Virtual Art

I think I am warming up to virtual art or at least I tell myself I am. I’ve have been reading a lot lately about some of the major artists turning to digital art as a way to provide art work to those who cannot afford their traditional work. I am not surprised by this new development. Electronic art – it had to happen sooner or later. There’s an app for almost everything. Why not art?

I will have to admit that I am not totally sold on this latest trend for all things digital. Although the publishing companies seem to have adopted this as a new way to do business in the future, I believe that everything digital is not good. I still read paperbooks and occasionally purchase a CD.

I suspect that this new trend to digital art work has taken off regardless of whether it will be a good thing for the art industry. It will be interesting to see in the next few years where this new venture takes us. Will we no longer have artist producing art work that you can feel, smell and hold?

Time will tell if the collectors and admirers embrace this new technology for the visual arts. As I slowly adapt to this new technology, I think as an art lover I will continue to visit as many galleries and museums as possible to view the real thing.



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Why Pop Art?

What makes Pop Art popular? I have often wondered why Pop Art has sustained its popularity throughout the years. Most large museums have had major shows featuring Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Coons, Ty Wobbly and others this year. There were numerous museums exhibiting Warhol all over the country this year. One of the major shows at the museum in the city where I live was Andy Warhol.

It seems that the when the Pop artists first became popular in 1962 and it was new many were acquiring this work and the prices began to skyrocket. Many who were early investors in Pop art compared their acquisitions to high priced stocks. Today, perhaps the same is true. At recent postwar and contemporary art auctions, the Pop art work is going for ridiculously large sums of money.

Some say Pop Art is for the masses. Most people enjoy Pop Art because of its simplistic style and perhaps because it reflects the soul of a society. Pop Art still rules today and you could probably say it has become as much of a commodity as gold and silver.

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