Also known as “idea art”, the conceptual art movement began in the 1960s and extended to the late 1970s. Its tenet embodies the notion that the primary purpose or function of an artwork is to convey its idea or concept; to that end, the physical creation is almost superfluous to the work. Some conceptual artworks are complete when the artist has detailed the piece through text, never fabricating it in a tangible form.
Published in Chapter:
The Aesthetics of Net dot Art
Yueh Hsiu Giffen Cheng (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan)
Copyright: © 2009
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-352-4.ch010
Abstract
The development of net art originates from the rising of net media generally. During the past two decades, Net art has overthrown the standards of traditional aesthetics, just like the conclusion given by Walter Benjamin that: “Technology and techniques restructure the human sensory apparatus (Esther, 2000, p. 42).” Even though we can admire the unique aesthetics of net art as they appear in some postmodern art movements, Net Art is in such a multi-polar form that one cannot easily find a single point from which to admire it. Based on the research of literature reviews and case studies in net art, this article tries to discuss the characteristics of net art, and classify net art into eight catalogs (Email Art, Non-linear Narrative, Online Performance, Information Art, Game art, Collaborative creation, Internet Community, Physical Interaction) in order to emerge the aesthesis of net art from the general aspect of contemporary arts.