Comments on: A defense of digital art, hear, hear! http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/ "Life imitates art - so watch out!" Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Brad http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/#comment-43 Brad Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:47:16 +0000 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/#comment-43 Hi, Cath. "Eye of the beholder" is right on. The thing is this..."art" (whatever that may be) is not a function of how it's made, but how it's perceived. If a Mona Lisa is art, it is certainly not because it was painted with oils on canvas. And it would be just as much art if seen in a book, on a poster, on a web page or on a corn flakes box. In the digital domain especially, we do need to try to educate folks to ask not how it was made, but to ask what it does for them. Hi, Cath. “Eye of the beholder” is right on. The thing is this…”art” (whatever that may be) is not a function of how it’s made, but how it’s perceived. If a Mona Lisa is art, it is certainly not because it was painted with oils on canvas. And it would be just as much art if seen in a book, on a poster, on a web page or on a corn flakes box. In the digital domain especially, we do need to try to educate folks to ask not how it was made, but to ask what it does for them.

]]> By: Cath http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/#comment-42 Cath Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:57:19 +0000 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/#comment-42 What is Art? Great topic! I just heard from somebody that is from a different generation, that one needs to be 'discovered', in all fairness -- this is the way of the past. There is a quote,though: art is in the eye of the beholder. People who are critics of new tech and the artist behind it, are, unfortunately unaware of the beautiful and successful career/business that a artist today, can have. Eduction is key to raising the level of awareness of the ARTS. Thanks for a thought provoking article! ~ Cath What is Art? Great topic!
I just heard from somebody that is from a different generation, that one needs to be ‘discovered’, in all fairness — this is the way of the past. There is a quote,though: art is in the eye of the beholder. People who are critics of new tech and the artist behind it, are, unfortunately unaware of the beautiful and successful career/business that a artist today, can have.
Eduction is key to raising the level of awareness of the ARTS. Thanks for a thought provoking article!
~ Cath

]]> By: Jeff Foster http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/#comment-40 Jeff Foster Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:50:12 +0000 http://blog.turningpointarts.com/2009/01/25/a-defense-of-digital-art-hear-hear/#comment-40 I couldn't agree with you more! I've given up my "traditional" tools of paint and mess for digital nearly 18 years ago and haven't picked them up since! I now do my "painting" digitally and still manage to get 5'x6' Giclee canvas prints mounted and THEN people seem to think of it more as "art"! I couldn’t agree with you more!

I’ve given up my “traditional” tools of paint and mess for digital nearly 18 years ago and haven’t picked them up since! I now do my “painting” digitally and still manage to get 5′x6′ Giclee canvas prints mounted and THEN people seem to think of it more as “art”!

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