142 - Audience (question from Victor Leleca)

Hi Jeremy ! Hi Rafael! I am Victor Leleca, half-Belgian-half-Moldovian painter based in London. My question is do you make art for an audience? And the subquestion: Do you think dominant distribution platforms (such as social media or marketplaces) are steering the audience away from connoisseurship towards fandom? I am not sure if I am doing art for anybody, but my most rewarding audience moment was IRL, when a small child stood about 5 minutes in front of my painting, amused and mesmerised. Lots of Love from rainy London, Victor Leleca