I’m way overdue on posting this. Our good friend David Scott Leibowitz let me know about this weeks ago and I just haven’t had a chance to get to it. In fact, I’m way behind on posting here generally – and I’m hoping to correct that starting today.
Anyway – the good news that David shared with me is that the whole iPhone art movement got some great coverage in a premier printed magazine about art – ART News magazine. The feature is shown in the scan above.
The article is quite a good one – focusing on how a growing number of artists are using the iPhone as a canvas, and discussing how this is having impact not only on how art is made, but even how it is viewed. It mentions the great British artist David Hockney’s heavy usage of the iPhone, which has become his preferred medium these days.
There’s even a quote from the art editor of the New Yorker magazine saying that the iPhone ‘can revitalize the art of sketching’. As an absolute non-artist that quote rings very true for me. It seems to tie in well with the saying that the best camera is the one you have with you. The iPhone is a tool that can always be with you – for someone like me, that means I can send a silly Twitter update from just about anywhere. For all these wonderfully talented iPhone artists, it means they can start capturing their ideas whenever and wherever inspiration strikes. That seems like a powerful thing.
The article also gives some good coverage to David Scott Leibowitz’s iCreated app (shown above) – which I am a big fan of.
It’s great to hear that iPhone art is gaining increased interest and coverage in the ‘mainstream’ media. If you have other notable articles you’ve spotted about iPhone art, please share in the comments.
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