It certainly has an impact. What its nature is, I denno, but starving artists and sawing off your ear might be some slightly good leads. It happened, and it still doth. Still, it’s not obsolete, because good and unique art has always survived, despite reality shows making us buy jars of poop from the contestants. Or perhaps I’ve been sold…TO A BIGGER HOUSE!!
I mean…yeah, I think it can. Commercialization is a big thing and can often affect art, how it gets created and received, or how people see art of all types. Still, I’m pretty sure art wouldn’t exist if so much of it wasn’t done by people who just don’t give a fuck about all that, and just want to do art for fun or to express themselves. Whether it sells or offends or soothes or is considered as art or not and whatever else, there’s still a clear distinction between art or just getting with the program, whatever the original intent of the work. I would say a lot of the impact, in respect to your specifics, is negative though, especially when it comes to the perception of what art is, or should be. Then again I’d have to claim to be able to define what art truly is to say that, and I can’t so…Calvin and Hobbes, FTW!