New Media Influence On Art

New Media In the latter half of the 1800s and moving forward into the twentieth century, new forms of media began to spring up, which drastically changed the way art was created and produced. The invention of the camera and motion pictures evolved art in a way that the question of which art forms should really be considered art was asked. In an article written by Domenica Quaranta, she brings up this question and provides some analysis. Her biggest point states that while a media may be new now, it will at some point become old like everything else, so media shouldn’t determine whether or not something is considered art (Quaranta 2011). Computers changed art even more, allowing digital creating and editing to be completed on a screen. With the accessibility of computers, cameras, TVs and movie players, anybody could now watch or create their own art, advancing art to a whole new level. Nam June Paik was a Korean artist who created the video art TV Buddha. In this setup, …show more content…
It is ultimately about the viewer and the work of art and embodies such a basic essence that art can be broken down now further. Minimalist art is free of emotion and was created as a way to escape the intensity and expressiveness of abstract art. Donald Judd was one artist that spearheaded minimalism and helped to bring it to the forefront of modern art culture. He wished to create a style of art that was void of emotional illusions, since much of the previous art had been a way for artists to express their emotion. He felt that the viewer should not be thrown into feelings that were not of their own and instead should form their own opinions and see art for what it was. In his work Untitled, 1969, identical metal and glass boxes were constructed and stacked one above the other and supported by a wall. In order to completely eliminate any sense of emotion or human involvement, a factory produced the boxes (Lewis, et al,