Painting Goes Digital At The Museum Of Contemporary Art In Chicago
PHOTO BY NATHAN KEAY
Through November, you can visit the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to see .paint, an exhibition demonstrating how painting is being redefined through the use of digital technology. Each piece in this small show is made using Adobe Photoshop, inkjet printing and mobile devices. “Alongside the emerging field of post-Internet art, we have seen more artists turn to technology in the making of paintings,” shares chief curator Michael Darling. So is this style the future of all contemporary painting? Probably not—but it offers a fresh approach to the age-old art form. “Artists have always been on the cutting edge in terms of the uses of nascent technologies,” Darling adds, “and their innovations reveal new ways to understand and engage with those technologies not only in art, but across disciplines.” mcachicago.org
