Con Art indeed - what an excellent article.
When my D was studying History of Art at uni, they had to produce some art efforts themselves, which she did and enjoyed. Hers was a series of paintings based on forms seen under the microscope.
A friend on the course was doing her work and the tutor said it was too "nice" and "bland" and that she would get a very low mark if she did not make it more interesting. So the girl thought "S** this" and produced a complete p***-take - she divided a sheet of board into squares and in each she very rapidly and crudely drew a gruesome scene - torture, beheading, rape etc. - in which the central character was a jelly baby stuck on. Needless to say she got the top mark ("a searching examination of the nature of innocence") - talk about the emperor's new clothes!