Modern life lies somewhere between screens and reality, and as with changes in collective consciousness and communication, art responds accordingly. When World War I destabilized the global community, artists like the Dadaists reacted with absurdism and irreverence. As mass media and consumer consumption became an ideology, culture drove Pop Art to challenge what art could be. From our current state of online existence stems a new visual language. Emerging artists confront the omnipresent digital age with a similar spirit of disruption—to understand, educate, and question the new norm.
