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What's the Pointillism?

Two pieces of art hang next to each other in an art gallery. As you stare at the works trying to find meaning in them, you hear complaints from other gallery attendees. Taking into account each critic's perspective, who are these paintings for?

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A 5x6 grid of colored blocks on a white background Row 1: Red Yellow Green Yellow Red Row 2: Magenta Cyan Yellow Cyan Magenta Row 3: Blue White Yellow White Blue Row 4: Blue Cyan Green Cyan Blue Row 5: Blue White Yellow White Blue Row 6: Cyan Magenta Red Magenta Cyan In the bottom right corner, a venn diagram with three circles is filled in black at the center, with a minus sign next to it
Cyan person: "This takes away from real art. Why is it even here?" Magenta person: "My kid could do better with his watercolor set." Yellow person: "What a waste of perfectly good paint."

A 5x6 grid of colored blocks on a black background Row 1: Magenta Cyan Cyan Cyan Red Row 2: White Black Black Black White Row 3: White Black Black Black White Row 4: White Magenta Magenta Magenta Yellow Row 5: White Black Black Blue Yellow Row 6: Magenta Green Green Green Magenta In the bottom right corner, a venn diagram with three circles is filled in white at the center, with a plus sign next to it
Red person: "This adds nothing to the exhibit." Green person: "I have doodles on my phone that are better than this." Blue person: "Y’know what would improve this piece? Turning the lights off."