#Idolization has killed the #artist. In essence, #artists are becoming #influencers (or idols) and losing their focus.

Instead of developing new styles, new movements, new schools, we see a constant retreading of same ground because the artform is only an accessory to the idolization.

‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump | Alan Moore | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/26/fandom-has-toxified-the-world-watchmen-author-alan-moore-on-superheroes-comicsgate-and-trump