Art
on the Internet
Artists find it hard to resist
any new medium. Even the most traditional painter can become interested
and even quite enthused over a new kind of paint, as was the case
when acrylics were introduced. Artists have been involved with
the capabilities and technologies of computers ever since this
medium became accessible. Many of the oldest SIGs on the earliest
online systems are art interest groups. Sound artists use MIDI.
Video artists edit on computers. Special effects on stage are
computer controlled. The communications media have also been extensively
exploited. 24 locations around the earth separated by an hour's
time zone difference and communicated real-time via interactive
up linked video. Internet based art has been initiated, or rather
instigated, by people whose fields are not generally art. The
New York strong site, as it is called, joins several other cities
around the world to create a setting where artists around the
world can create and share interactive multidisciplined works.
A dancer in California, for example, may perform in real-time
with a musician in Austria. Cyber-culture blossoms here as local
patrons of the cafe have access to the teleconferencing systems
as well. Countless virtual pubs and cyber-collectives exist throughout
the world where users meet to discuss and collaborate.
Links
to Art related Sites
This is a
virtual space where artists join together in sharing their art
with others on the Internet. http://www.art.net
This site
aims to become the definitive and most effective guide to museum-quality
fine art on the Internet. They have compiled a comprehensive index
of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image
archives, and other online resources.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Here you will
find contributions from thousands of artists, collectors, and
dealers. dART's features evolve from a listing service, a web
directory, and artist research forums. http://www.fine-art.com/
The Gallery is open to all medium, including: paintings
drawings, photography,
pottery, sculpture, computer art, cartoons, etc.
http://www.artonthenet.net/
Chinese Art
on the Internet http://greatwallart.com
Asian Art
techniques, paintings, equipment, history, lessons, information,
photo database, Japanese gardens, shodo, shufa, waterolor painting
http://eastwindonline.com/
African artifacts
provide some interesting insights into the African culture. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
Here, you
can read current and past issues of the weekly Arts Wire CURRENT
online magazine. You can also access several hyperlinks from artists
and organizations involved with Arts Wire and browse extensive
listings for artistic and cultural resources available on the
Web.
http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/www/awfront.html
