My opinion, without saying something that's too complex/nuanced, is that ignorant/knowledgeable, stupid/intelligent, etc. are basically category errors for art.
Artworks aren't people being IQ-tested or tested on what information they've acquired and retained about anything. And one can't assume that artworks are straightforward, transparent confessionals by artists. Even when artworks have elements of that to them, they're usually not only that, and the confessional stuff is difficult to sort out unless one knows the artist intimately, and then sometimes not even then. One also can't assume that any artwork is only presenting what it superficially or "literally" appears to be presenting.
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