In the context you're talking about, I agree, but non-contextual/pure consumption art is a different story. Think about how game art/textures, Instagram/imgur/reddit images that people look at for one second, like/upvote, then move on, YouTube background music, etc.
We might not get world-changing, paradigm-changing, transcendental, strong social commentary-inflected art, but we are getting some cool stuff people like looking at. Not to mention meme material ("Dog or Bagel" and friends) that uses stuff like this as part of its input (which, I would argue, is its own kind of art.)
We might not get world-changing, paradigm-changing, transcendental, strong social commentary-inflected art, but we are getting some cool stuff people like looking at. Not to mention meme material ("Dog or Bagel" and friends) that uses stuff like this as part of its input (which, I would argue, is its own kind of art.)