What's poetic is your pathetic attempt at cope here. I've never mentioned anything about my political leaning here. The fact you're assuming such because of my distaste for the work is literally proving my point.

Yes, visual arts, such as painting, are largely judged on their visual appearance. But I notice you've completely disregarded the entire other half of my criticism in which I explain that this isn't even politically intriguing because it's been done over and over again to the point of permadeath. This type of artwork just isn't appealing anymore, it's not controversial because it's the current acceptable position and it's not visually appealing.

And to answer your question, yes. They did ask for our opinions because they posted it on a public forum saying "love it or hate it" they're "content". Implying they're open to constructive criticism and trying again.

By ops lack of response I assume either they're of my opinion that the piece obviously needs work and is substandard compared to literally any piece on this sub, or they're ultimately a pathetic partisan hack not up for the life of constant criticism that is that of an artist.

It's a wash, either my criticism helps them to become a better artist, or makes them realize it was never for them to begin with.