What is passable as fine art and what do we consider new media art? Can new media art be labeled as a practice of fine art? In my piece that I created, I specifically used traditional media (canvas and marker), to create a piece, "Got iphone?", that echoes and satirically mocks new media art... which since taking this course seems to be an underlying "trend" of artists in this media.
Something else that inspired my piece, was the Broadway show, Art, adapted by Yasmina Reza. I had seen this show years ago, but the plot of it is as follows:
When an art lover buys what is in essence a pure white painting for a horse-choking sum, his best friend goes ballistic. Yet a third friend gets squeezed in the middle. Questions about the meaning of the strange modern art and strange modern friendships-- and how they're sometimes not all that different
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I extracted from my inspiration and the practices, themes, and context of new media and came up with my piece. Simple and to the point.
I really enjoyed this piece! I thought it was extremely clever yet very simple. It very clearly demonstrated your thoughts and opinions successfully. Another possible generative topic for this piece could involve making works inspired by the question that you posed, "Is Fine Art Dead?"
ReplyDeleteYou should work for Apple! This would be a good add for the application too. Great social commentary. Do you have an iPhone?
ReplyDeleteYour drawing really shows how reliant people are on technology. For many people, living without a phone or computer is like living without water. It is interesting think what would happen to the world if all the computers and phones were shut down for a day.
ReplyDeleteThe other day my phone died while I was in a different town, and I got to tell you, I think I might have been frothing at the mouth by the time I got home and had to plug in my phone first thing! I hadn't gotten a single call but I felt as tho I had lost an arm.
ReplyDeleteThis piece is a fantastic way of showing how people rely upon technology to do and be everything they need to survive. I could easily see this piece being used as an apple billboard!
This simplicity of the line drawing strengthens the piece as a whole. The style slightly imitates that of the apple company's signature ads which only adds to the wittiness of the piece!
ReplyDeleteThis piece was very clever. I like that your materials were simple - they did not take away from the message you are sending with this work. I-phones fascinate and confuse the hell out of me simultaneously, and I liked your portrayal of them.
ReplyDeletethe majority of the new media artists i like best all seem to use the technique of drawing attention to how they are made. for example, web art that is made up icons and recycled, pixelated computer graphics make it clear what they are made of.
ReplyDeletei like how your work does the opposite. you are kind of doing the same thing, by using strictly traditional media; at the same time the drawing is a parody of new media. i like this piece, it promotes discussion.
I learned a lot from your piece because it drew attention to the stupid iphone applications and all the ridiculous crap that people buy and buy into. I like how simple of a drawing it is, the fact that it is not overworked allows more of a direct approach to your message. This all relates to what I'm saying about virtual realities. There are people in the world without clean water to drink on a regular basis who couldn't even fathom why there are people out there pretending to chug beers with their iphones. Great job.
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ReplyDeletethe young, the new and the fresh...and
then what happened to the
studied, the tedium of the toning and patient
brushstrokes of the fine artist...
I am still working on it. I am so glad you
brought it out in your piece.
Is fine art dead? I would like to believe that fine art will never die but rather become more excepting of new techniques and mediums over time. I do think the term fine art has changed greatly over the past few decades but only for the reason of survival and staying relative to the times.
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