I would say it largely depends on the baggage each viewer brings to the experience. If you value the process more than the result, that is certainly true.
But for those among us for whom the result is the ultimate goal, how he came there is much less important than the fact that his artwork provokes thought. It does not accuse, it does not imply, it simply makes us uncomfortable enough with our own actions that we should actually stop and think about it all.
May not be as pretty, but IMO it beats the umpteenth rendition of an all-traditional print of dry fruit or fresh vegetables on an old, worn-out plate or some other such tired cliché any day.
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