Whether you love it or hate it, digital art is here to stay. The March/April 2022 issue of Artillery, The Digital, investigates how this latest development in contemporary art gave way to burgeoning indispensability of digital artists and marketplaces.
"Didn't we see this coming? With a world so hooked on our devices, it was just a matter of time before art would start appearing at the stroke of a thumb on our smartphones," writes Editor Tulsa Kinney, "And it was inevitable that somebody would figure out a way to monetize it.
In this issue, we bring you interviews with pioneering digital artists Nancy Baker Cahill, Petra Cortright and Casey Kauffman. Our columnists discuss the materiality of the digital, the rise of crypto commerce, embracing NFTs and meme culture, the role of the Responsible Artist and the legal pitfalls of appropriation art, among other topics.
Lastly, don't miss our advice column, poems, comic, Mad Libs spinoff, and more...