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1. 1. Painting in the twenty-tens;where to now? : (You can’t touch this!)

   University essay from Kungl. Konsthögskolan

   Author : Max Olofsson; [2012]
   Keywords : Painting; painthing; information painting; digital painting; pixel; pixels; cave paintings; materiality; physicality; video –games; projection; reversed evolution; comics; passion; utopia; Gerhard Richter; Super Mario;

   Abstract : The essay is a manifesto-like personal take on painting, and a redefinition of painting in the digital age. Careless usage of the term ”painting” has led to a diluted descriptive function and a waning categorizing capacity; almost anything can be called painting, which in turn puts actual painting in an awkward position – where it, apart from being itself, could be almost anything. READ MORE