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It depends. What’s the context? What’s the purpose or goal?
If the goal is to evaluate technical merit or the chemical composition or the audio waves or the pixels, then the artist may be trivial.
If the goal is to establish chains of causality, bolster or undermine moral stances, or simply understand the context of a piece of work, then the artist is central.
Context and purpose are crucial.