have you ever read Manny Farber's 1962 essay "White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art"? If you haven't, I think you'd enjoy it:
https://www.moca.org/storage/app/media/cropped-images/02_White%20Elephant%20Art%20vs.%20Termite%20Art.pdf
Tim_Eagon
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