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Shock of the New
Following its noisy arrival via ground-breaking exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City in 2001, digital art has entered public consciousness. But with innovation comes controversy, as critics question this new medium and artists attempt to define it. In ReadMe's extensive feature on the genre, contributing writers illuminate some of digital art's most compelling arguments, personalities, and works.
Last year, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City mounted digital art exhibitions -- a paradigm shift for a genre of contemporary art heretofore known only to a tiny subculture of practitioners, critics, and devotees.
Now, as the art-viewing public becomes more familiar with digital art, they will discover the only thing the works of the genre have in common is their lack of commonality. Some consist of computer-generated manifestations of random data, while others resemble traditional art, the fruits of months of labor with rendering and animation programs.
Some are as inconsequential as a flock of birds flying around the screen; others are windows into their creators' souls. But nearly all are lightning rods for the inevitable controversy: Is this stuff art? Read our profiles of 10 digital artists and art critics, and decide for yourself.
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