Christopher Knight on watching artists work

Here's an addendum on the Glass & Tourism posts in which the performance of making glass in order to attract tourists was examined in the context of art.  Christopher Knight, LA Times, writes about the reality TV show "Work of Art" in which artists are filmed as they complete assignments, after which they are judged by an art critic, gallerist, etc.  Is it true that they are not making art but "dramatizing the act of making art," as he says?  Can this be applied to the museums that feature artists in their hot shops?  Or are television and, as Knight says, the drama it requires, different pressures than a few "shows" before a live audience?

June 2010 Christopher Knight:

[excerpt] "Rather than making art, the cast is charged with dramatizing the act of making art.  Before the series ends, one or more of the contestants might recognize that. (It's what the academic critics call television's "performative" quality.) Perhaps they'll figure out how to meet the assigned challenges while also making art that lacerates the program's death grip on convention."

Knight, C. "TV review: Work of Art the next great artist on bravo." June 8, 2010.  Accessed June 17, 2010.  LA Times.   http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/tv-review-work-of-art-the-next-great-artist-on-bravo.html.