Moving Paintings

Hear from the artists and curators who blaze the trail of fine art on screens: artists like Jennifer Steinkamp, Anne Spalter, Jim Campbell, Brian Knep, and John F. Simon, and curators such as Barbara London, George Fifield, and Christiane Paul. Explore the concepts, technical considerations, and market for this art. We are surrounded by screens in our everyday lives, and this book examines the possibilities and ramifications of fine art on screens.

Explore the medium itself: its styles, construction, installation, display technologies, artistic directions, challenges, and future. Discover the principles of creating art in motion, different schools of thought, ambient art, and the ways artists use time and movement as fundamental elements of composition. Then enter the rapidly developing market for moving paintings. How should this work be curated and displayed? What makes a moving painting good? Where can you buy one? What exactly do you own when an artwork consists of screens, computers, software, and digital files? And how can artists successfully sell work in this new medium?

Featuring perspectives from pioneering artists and curators, historical context, practical guidance, and an extensive survey of artists, Moving Paintings examines what happens when one of the defining surfaces of modern life becomes a canvas for fine art: the screen.