TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGINATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART. ASPECTS OF MODERN SCULPTURAL OBJECT Cover Image

TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGINATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART. ASPECTS OF MODERN SCULPTURAL OBJECT
TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGINATION IN CONTEMPORARY ART. ASPECTS OF MODERN SCULPTURAL OBJECT

Author(s): Mihai Ionut Rusen
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: contemporary sculpture; technology in arts; sculptural object;

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary sculpture involves three concepts: the concept of imaginary, creativity and technology. Essential for the imaginary and creative process is the environment/media through whom all objects, artefacts and contemporary sculptural productions survive and circulate. The 3D printing represents for the 21st century the same technological revolution as it was the typewriter a century ago. The Polaroid, due to its instant snapshot technology and instant developing of the film, transgresses technology and becomes the visual language of artistic human expression - it is an unprecedented democratization of access to artistic creativity. Technology is a language for artistic imagination creating and generating sculptural objects, contemporary installations and even contextualized photographs where objects are invested with aesthetic and symbolic values difficult to anticipate: everything is under the sign of an overflowing creativity. New media and modern photography are highly influential for contemporary art teaching, especially for sculptural object

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 276-284
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English