After reading the required blog topic (long and boring, of course), I felt that even though there is a "difference" between the new media and old masters, they share similarities that will never diminish. Computer programs, for instance, have media that will imitate real brushstrokes, oil colors, and charcoal brushes to sketch with, right on the blank white "canvas" that sits on a computer screen. At the same time, the technical nature of canvas painting (the traditional way) lends itself to a more emotional and expressive approach compared to the finished and overly polished quality of some digital pictures.
For example, take these above images. The top one is a piece of digital art, recognizable by the high polish of finished material and bright, bold color. The bottom image is a mix of oil and acrylic paint on traditional canvas. I, personally, find both images emotionally stimulating through color and subject. I consider both fine pieces of ARTWORK that can both be displayed in a gallery with relative ease. It is up to, in my opinion, the viewing public to make their own decisions on what they call art and what they decide to reject as art.
Each artistic movement has had its followers and its rejections. Why should the subject of new media be any different than Abstract Expressionism or Romanticism?
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