Oil on canvas has been the symbol of classic art for centuries. However, what was once revolutionary is now established. Contemporary art has long since embraced new and different media: VR, robotics, 3D modeling, games, AI, and more.
Artists in the digital age demonstrate that new technologies are not just tools, but artistic languages in their own right. They are experimental, bold, and ultra-contemporary.
For collectors, this opens up not only a new field, but also the opportunity to be part of an artistic avant-garde that defines the present state of art.
Here are 3 positions that define the New Avant-Garde
Ayoung Kim, an artist from South Korea, builds immersive worlds where AI and speculative fiction collide. Her installations feel like stepping into a sci-fi novel – visually pointed and poetic. In her show Many Worlds Over she shows a future shaped by nonhuman consciousness. Definitely worth a visit!
Jakob Kudsk Steensen creates hyperrealistic landscapes that intertwine nature, technology, and mythology. His immersive worlds feel like digital ecosystems in which we can get lost – beautiful, almost transcendental, and deeply meditative.
Salome Chatriot creates intimate ecosystems in which breath becomes code and body merges with machine. By activating mechanical processes with her physical rhythms - breath, heartbeat, touch - Chatriot explores a deep, almost erotic symbiosis between human and technology. Her ongoing series Fragile Ecosystem is both vulnerable and futuristic, like an intimate vision of a post-human future.
If you'd like to learn more about new media art and consider getting started, I'd be happy to guide you – from your initial orientation to your first work within your own home.
