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This has less to do with Instagram and more to the fact that all art is derived from other art.
by coralreef 7y ago
This has less to do with Instagram and more to the fact that all art is derived from other art.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoIt has more to do with the fact that most humans are social and cultural mimics, and genuine creativity is rare - and not always welcome when it appears.
- Liquix 7y agoCould it have anything to do with the sheer volume and accessibility of 'art' in the modern world? There was a time where thousands of people had to favor an artist/photographer's style in order for them to rise to prominence. Nowadays with people scrolling through hundreds or thousands of Instagram posts a day and voting with their thumbs, the barriers to entry into the 'art' world are much lower.
- coldcode 7y agoAs an artist I find looking at art on a phone sized device nauseating. I think the size of the ultimate image makes creating homogeneous images much more likely as you can only see the barest hint of detail, even on a retina screen. Seurat's famous A Sunday on La Grande Jatte is an enormous painting, but seeing it on small screen makes it look like a comic.