“Technology is the mortal enemy of art.” I disagree with this statement. I think that technology has helped art improve in many ways. Technology had helped Magazines, Posters, album covers and advertising t etc to develop.
Artists such as Shigeo Fukuda created world famous graphic posters that was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. He creates very simple, minimalistic graphic posters with nominal writing. The poster Fukuda is most famous for is Victory 1945.
Fukuda’s work was hard-hitting but it still retained an unmistakably playful side, which is what is so unique in his work and inspires many artist to do in their own work and be more simple yet creative.
Victory 1945, Poster, offset print, 1975
McRay Magleby being another amazing artist that uses technology to create what Is thought to be the greatest poster ever ‘Wave Of Peace’. This poster was designed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
Magleby’s poster and Fukuda’s are both very minimal but have so much meaning within them. I think that Magleby created a very beautiful piece using graphics with an enormous amount of meaning. The doves that represent peace flying out of the crashing wave is appealing.
Wave Of Piece, 1985
However I do strongly believe that without technology art will be just as great and will continue to develop further without technology. But technology also does give art that push to do more and open more doors and concepts for artists.
Reference
McAlhone, B., 2015. A smile in the mind. 5th ed. New York: Phaidon press.