Lillian Schwartz and Tracey Moffat - Modern Technology and Modern Art E

Lillian Schwartz and Tracey Moffat - Modern Technology and Modern Art many a(prenominal) sophisticated artists employ high technology equipment in their workings. Whereas traditionally artists employ a pencil or brush to make beautiful whole works of art, artists in the early twenty-first century are now drug abuse sound, video or computer generated images. Digital art developed from frank patterns and shapes made victimisation computer programs to finished works of art which loafer look as realistic as a watercolour or oil painting. Modern art exhibitions often include more videos and installations than traditional painting or drawings. Even artists which use traditional techniques increasingly use innovational technology such as the internet to display their works and communicate with other artists. Modern technology provides a means for artists to draw works faster with more tools than ever before. I will be discussing the reach of some of these technologies in relati on to the art of some modern artists. I will argue that modern technology such as the computer and video is another tool for an artist to use in their work. I will especially focus on the video prowess of Tracey Moffat and the computer artwork of Lillian Schwartz as but two examples of artists today who use modern techniques. Moffat is an Australian contemporary artist who uses film extensively as an art-form, and many of her works are based on and reflect the modern technology of Hollywood movies and television. Schwartz is an artist who has a long history of using computer technology to experiment ways of creating and manipulating works of art. She has also indite extensively around the topic of computer influence in art, and about art produced by computers.Modern technology is having a huge impact on rece... ....abc.net.au/rn/arts/atoday/stories/s229128.htmhttp//www.renaissancesociety.org/show/moffat/index.htmlhttp//gallery.discoverymedia.com.au/artzinePub/story.asp?id=219ion =ExNewshttp//www.absolutearts.com/arts news/2003/12/31/31676.htmlhttp//www.google.com.au/ expect?q=cachezJNUDV3AGWUJwww.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au/bibliographies_pdfs/tracey_moffatt.pdf+tracey+moffat+video+artist&hl=enhttp//www.wmm.com/Catalog/_makers/fm253.htmhttp//www.lillian.com/reviews/http//www.lillian.com/reviews/tv.htmlhttp//www.wmgallery.com/news/schwartz.htmlhttp//www.dam.org/schwartz/http//www.baf.org.uk/2003/eventdetail.asp?ida=4164http//www.avantofestival.com/2003/en/film_lillians.htmlhttp//www.hi-beam.net/fw/fw23/0218.htmlhttp//cm.bell-labs.com/who/lil/narr2000.htmlhttp//www.lumen.net/news/lillianschwartz.html