Mobile Art Observations

Mike NourseARTIST, EDUCATOR Illinois, USA Mike Nourse is an intermedia artist and Director of Education at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago.

When I was first asked to write about iPhone art in 2009, whatever iPhone art meant to the larger art world was up for debate. Now, in 2013, the song remains the same, although with thousands more apps, the growth of mobile art in general, and the explosion of online sharing, it would be hard to doubt the impact of this tool and its powerful effect on the world as we know it. Some continue to see the iPhone as a powerful art-making tool while others still see nothing more than a phone with bells. While the debate goes on, fine artists everywhere are making, sharing, and selling ...

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