And holograms are the most reliably disappointing medium in art.
Previous discussions of the relation of form and matter, and of the role of medium in art, have addressed this point.
Adhering to this vehicular medium in art, may then at least equip philosophers with a notion that can deflate the concern of whether conceptual art, by rejecting physical media, denies the need for all artistic media.
The advent of digital recording technologies in the 1990s and beyond has further extended the possibilities of TV monitor-based or projected video art as a major medium in modern art.
I believe that sometimes, the medium in which art is worked upon can transform the art that is being created, and with my typewriter, I absolutely felt this was true.
It is ideally, if serendipitously, complemented by a second show, "Luxurious Essentials" at Kaikodo, composed primarily of painted fans, representing a minor but flourishing medium in Chinese art.
An exhibition titled "Subject to Sound" at the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn Heights explores the expressive and formal dimensions of sound though the work of contemporary artists who use sound as a medium in their art.
Curious, I looked more closely at the wallpaper, then at the text on the wall, which stated: An Te Liu's mesmerizing design entitled "Pattern Language I: Levittown" is evidence that custom wallpaper has become an important medium in the art world.
Children will be very active — they can make collages of mixed mediums in an art workshop; use rollers, brushes, sponges and other tools for painting in an exploration studio; and join a family collaborative sculpture project involving cardboard, wire, string and other materials.
It is followed by "Get Rid of Yourself," a looping program of videos and films that track the prevalence of those mediums in new art, starting with Jack Smith's bacchanalian "Flaming Creatures" (1962-1963) and featuring the first major work of the wunderkind Ryan Trecartin, "A Family Finds Entertainment" (2004).
But in the 1970s, when performance art became acknowledged as a legitimate art medium in the United States, many practitioners adhered to the principle that it should never be reperformed or commodified.
