Walter Benjamin wrote the article "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" he had a view on what art should be. Compared to art in today's society there are many different mediums for which artists can work with. In the time Walter Benjamin wrote the article art was either painted or sculptured, however these days anyone can produce an "art" work from a mechanical machine. Society can now form nothing into something from a click of a button where as in 1931 an artist took months or even years to produce and art piece. It was this time and effort that created a beauty or an "aura" about the work, now that has been lost in many aspects of works of art not being original.
I personally think that photoshop is not authentic due to the fact that it is one way in which art work has lost its aura, anyone can produce it and most of the time it is a piece of work that someone else has done. Society should have to reference a photo when they rip it off just like a piece of writing. A photoshop image may be art if there isn't another one in the world but if its truly that good to be called art then someone will copy it in the future. A beautiful panting is real "art".
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