You know why? Because society doesn't give a damn about reclusive artists dicking around with a pencil in their hand actually putting in work to make a living. It's all about "personalities". A personality is often a passable substitute for being clever, and a flashy fursuit is often a passable substitute for a personality. So put it in front of a camera and people will keep watching whereas an actual artist will bore you to tears with their thought process and inspirations and, ugh that's so not marketable or fuckable! I mean everyone knows media is inherently sensationalist. The root word is "sensation", feeling, not thinking.
There's a brand of (more or less) mainstream media out there that does seek out and interview visual artists and it's probably not that they wouldn't shine a light on furry art, it's just that traditional, visual artists are so marginalized as it is, they do more good by focusing on, say, Mi'Kmaq artists than some people drawing generic anthros doing generic anthro things.
You know why? Because society doesn't give a damn about reclusive artists dicking around with a pencil in their hand actually putting in work to make a living. It's all about "personalities". A personality is often a passable substitute for being clever, and a flashy fursuit is often a passable substitute for a personality. So put it in front of a camera and people will keep watching whereas an actual artist will bore you to tears with their thought process and inspirations and, ugh that's so not marketable or fuckable! I mean everyone knows media is inherently sensationalist. The root word is "sensation", feeling, not thinking.
There's a brand of (more or less) mainstream media out there that does seek out and interview visual artists and it's probably not that they wouldn't shine a light on furry art, it's just that traditional, visual artists are so marginalized as it is, they do more good by focusing on, say, Mi'Kmaq artists than some people drawing generic anthros doing generic anthro things.
My point is television can kiss my ass.