Digits to Digital: An exhibition of iphone and ipod finger art, is a fascinating, international online exhibition curated by John Bavaro for the Art Academy of Cincinnati by request of the editorial staff of the Incliner.
The following link will take you to the exhibition, which consists of numerous works by 10 artists, accompanied by a curator’s statement that opens a conversation about the compelling implications of a new form of art created by a medium for communication. The individual artists have also contributed brief statements about their work.
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Below is a sampling of work from the exhibition. Visit the link above to see many more pieces by these great artists.
James O’Shea
Daly City, CA, USA
Kara Kovacev,
New York, New York, USA
Matthew Watkins
Bari, Italy (Born in Manchester England, raised in Toronto, Canada, now living and working in Southern Italy
John Halliday
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
John Bavaro, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Susan Murtaugh
Wisconsin, USA
Benjamin Rabe,
Hamburg, Germany
Julian Wigley
Melbourne, Australia
Cedric Philippe,
Saint Claude/Jura, France
James Schaffer
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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The editors at the Incliner would like to thank John and all of the artists in this exhibit for all their hard work!
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Curator John Bavaro is Associate Professor of Art (Painting and Drawing) at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where he is also the director of the Bruce Gallery. His own work, with the iphone, is an extension of his “GENUS” series-a collection of 100 oil paintings of primates (both human and non-human). More of John’s art can be viewed at
www.johnbavaro.com
A bit about John from his website:
“I’m an artist and educator at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where I’m the gallery director at the Bruce Gallery. I also teach full time in Drawing, Painting and 2-D Design.
I graduated with a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Cincinnati, and received my B.A. in English from Miami University. I also did additional art foundations studies at Miami and the Art Academy of Cincinnati before getting an art degree.
In the 1990’s I spent four years in Thailand with the Maryknoll Mission Association, teaching a variety of groups including Buddhist monks and mentally disabled children. As the cliche goes, I’m sure they taught me more than I did them.”
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