Highly successful and critically acclaimed, "Art of the Electronic Age" is now available in paperback for the first time, bringing to a wider audience the extraordinary artistic experimentation of the last 25 years. Frank Popper reveals the various trends that have been spawned by these unprecedented innovations - laser and holographic art; video, computer and communication art; installation, demonstration and performance art - and analyzes each of these movements in terms of its objectives and its participants. In showing what cannot be described by words alone, the colour illustrations are an essential aspect of this analysis. Popper demonstrates that such art has not emerged out of the blue, but is a clear evolution from the art and artists that preceded it, with the same objective of creating a shared aesthetic experience. A valuable study, "Art of the Electronic Age" should encourage such pioneering art to be assimilated, interpreted and enjoyed by a wider audience.
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While the aesthetic experience has always meant some interaction among artist, creation, and viewer, the current "electronic age" allows a truly two-way involvement, with the possibility of input from both sides altering the creation. Popper ( Art-Action and Participation , New York Univ. Pr., 1975) examines the interplay of art, craft, and technology in five major categories: laser and holographic art; video art; computer art; communication art; and installation demonstration and performance art. At a time in which simulation and reality become interchangeable and humans and machines are intellectually connected, Popper grounds these examinations in a traditional focus on origins, artists, and aims. He also looks at the social and political impact of the rapid communication of ideas, experience, and images. The illustrations often explain the phenomena far more clearly than the text and help to point out how the techniques have evolved as well as the unique qualities they possess. Recommended for both lay readers and scholars.
- Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib. , New York
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib. , New York
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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