Cory Arcangel

Still Images from:
(1) Photoshop CS: 110 by 72 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient “Spectrum”, mousedown y=1098 x=1749.9, mouse up y=0 4160 x=0«, 2008
(2) Super Mario Clouds, 2008

Information about the artist

Cory Arcangel (born May 25, 1978) is a Brooklyn, New York artist who makes work in many different media, including drawing, music, video, performance, and video game modifications for which he is perhaps best known.

Arcangel often uses the artistic strategy of appropriation, creatively re-using existing materials such as dancing stands, Photoshop gradients, and YouTube videos to create new works of art. His work explores the relationship between technology and culture.

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Notes

Micah Walter talked about this artist as an influence on his work on April 27th, 2010.

As a starting point, Arcangel uses already obsolete technology or hardware as a playground towards modification and expression.

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Importance to myself

Cory Arcangel is possibly a persona – for an artist whose materials are obsolete technology and how they can be re-contextualized in a “high-Art” manner.

The fact that he is very open about his work and how he completes them is very respectable to me, especially considering that it can be reproduced by others rather easily.