Perhaps it was. However, since he as an artist created works that I enjoy looking at, he was by definition a successful one. And his art, succeeded in touching something in another person. Love it or hate it, it is indeed art.
I like to paint and I would have loved to paint like he did.
Compare Kincaid’s art to “modern” art. Even “modern” art from decades ago until now.
Kincaid is King of all Artists compared to any modern art.
My mother was into art, was an art historian, and I was around a lot of art, museums, lessons etc. I fancied that I liked modern art until when I was around 17 I went to a gallery and saw their new exhibit (this was in the late 1960s). It was a room filled with what looked exactly like oversized piles of dogs*** made out of white vinyl.
I walked out of the gallery and never wanted to rest my eyes on any “modern” art ever again.