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Art & The Internet
  • Library 015
  • December 13, 2007
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Three Main Points
  • Greater Exposure to Audience
  • You don’t have to starve as an artist
  • You don’t have to die to reach critical acclaim
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Greater Exposure to Audience
  • Visual Arts Student – Noah Kalina
  • Took photographs of himself
    • Every day
    • For six years
  • Posted on YouTube
    • August 27, 2006
    • As of December 4, 2007 – has received over 7,000,000 hits.
    • Was invited to major exhibition in France last month
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You Don’t Have to Starve!
  • F. Scott Hess – Artist from Los Angeles
  • Started exhibiting his work in 1976.
  • Started to offer his work online.
  • In 2002, the asking price for one of his works was $24,000.00!
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Don’t Die Yet!
  • Online art collectors are scouring the Internet to “discover” talent.
  • They buy the artists works while their works are still young.
  • As the artist grows in the art community, the piece of art purchased earlier becomes an investment.
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Internet Sources
  • F. Scott Hess http://www.hunsakerschlesinger.com/hess_bio.html
  • Peep-A-Sphincter http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/juxtapoz/checklist.html
  • Schneider, Keith “Art: The Internet elevates amateur self-portraits into art”, International Herald Tribune, 19 Mar 2007. http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=4954092