ART

Dating back to the stone age, cave paintings are one of the oldest forms of art. Throughout time art genre's have evolved, genres borrowing features of other genres as they evolve through time. In the beginning of 'art' genres were defined by the country of origin, such as the egyptian genre from 3100 b.c.- 30 b.c. This genre of art had an afterlife focus, like painting tombs and making pyramids, genres like this were extremely specific to the country more than the time. More recently art has been defined more globally such as Dada and Surrealism from 1917 to 1950 which was not specific to a country but rather the events that were happening at the time, for this genre in particular it was The Great Depression and World War 2 that influenced the art. This is a good example of globalisation as it shows countries coming together to form global movements and changes rather than being completely separate and specific.

“Globalization is being shaped by technological change.” (Nederveen, 2004) . This also has been a large part of why art has become more global and the way that art has developed. Being able to share art techniques and artists over the internet allows ideas and new ways of looking at art to be shared. Nederveen also asserts that

“Technological changes and their ramifications contribute to the impression that globalization is "inevitable," "unstoppable."”(Nederveen, 2004) I think that in relation to art this is true. I think that the more that people can share their cultures and techniques and styles with art there is no way of knowing what could be produced or how art will progress.

Green Composition, Kandinsky 

In my own experience of art I know that we were encouraged to look at other artists from all different countries and genres to influence our work. We were often encouraged to copy their work directly in studies.

One artist that interested me in particular while I studied art was Kandinsky, he was not only influenced by art but also by music. His artworks were named after the very compositions of music they were influenced by. He himself was Russian but he later on influenced other artists from all over the world. For example his use of colour influenced the Russian, Mark Rothko, the American, Jackson Pollock and the Australian, me.

References:
Nederveen Pieterse, J 2004, ‘Globalization: consensus and controversies’, Globalization and culture: global mélange2004, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md, pp. 7-21