Wk 3 Avant Garde- technology is the mortal enemy of art

Traditional artist may come to the conclusion that technology is the enemy of art, because they feel that true art is organic and has come solely from the artist’s hand. But then you have to ask how far you can take that statement, the definition of technology is ‘The application of scientific knowledge’ Oxford English Dictionary, but then you wouldn’t be able to use paints because of the chemistry used to make them, you wouldn’t be able to use most materials. It seems that the traditional artist who still want to live in the renascence where only charcoal and oils were used. They have a bias against new ways of making art.
The Avant Garde movement was fighting against the people who don’t want art to move on, they did it by making art which had never been seen before, and showing the world that art is everywhere like Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, it was a urinal, and it pushed the boundaries of what was to be considered art having something which was just a piece of technology be on display as art.
So in our modern age when programmes are made purely to make art with, is it the enemy of art? Artist don’t have to spend as much time in photo developing studios to get their images or take time making sure all of their work is straight, to me it is helping art.

 

Oxford English Dictionary, technology 2017

Fountain (Duchamp)(2017), Wikipedia, Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)

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