[tillinghast]

If art's worth is merely the response it illicits, bravo. Vile.

[xionon]

What’s vile here?

The art looks unique, detailed, and dynamic.

[iratewizard]

Different strokes. It looks an unrefined, unskilled imitation of 100 year old art styles to me.

[seiferteric]

When I looked at it I thought it looked dreary and "communist" somehow.. don't know why but I looked the artist up and yep... he was a communist. Is that a thing? Communist art style?

[havblue]

My father pointed out how it's Communist art when I saw it as a kid. It always struck me as odd that it was displayed so prominently, as if to say, "Were Detroit. You know we're about cars. But we're also about ultimately giving the proletariat control over the means of production! Detroit shall rise again!"

At least it made more of an impression on me than impressionist paintings of hay stacks I guess...

[deepdriver]

If these murals were posted to DeviantArt under a fake name, I think most would react like the parent comment. Social cueing plays a big role in how people publicly respond to art.

[woodruffw]

I don't think so -- most DeviantArt works don't look like 1930s Works Progress/Socialist Realism.

If what you mean is that the historical context of the art makes it particularly interesting, then sure. That's always been true!