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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I think that, in a time when images can be and are manipulated and "fabricated" to such a huge extent, painters have an especially important role to play.
I have been going to art galleries and museum shows and openings and a million other art events for the past 15 years. I have seen every media and style imaginable, and I can honestly tell you that, no matter the prevalence of digital media and photography, it is the painted works that seem to inspire and grab the attention of the audiences. People seem to get lost in paintings in a way they do not with photography, or sculpture, or mixed media stuff, or installations.
photographs do not seem to inspire the same level of contemplation. People are so used to them and so "sophisticated" in their experience twith photography that a cursory glance is all that is needed.
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How is an image 'fabricated'? are you referring to digital art?
I think different mediums inspire and provoke different things within different people. No particular style or way of making art is more important or of greater worth than any other. Photography can inspire and obtain ones attention just as well as a painting can.