Long Story Short | Global and Digital: The Diversity of the Present

Our contemporary world is shaped by digital images and the ever-evolving use of technology. These developments have long since found their way into the visual arts and have become integral to the practices of many artists.

Everyday emojis, for instance, become part of a new visual language in the work of Jacqueline Humphries. High-resolution images of human skin—originally created for medical purposes—are transformed into larger-than-life screens in Seth Price’s work, symbolizing the growing intimacy between human and machine. The tight interweaving of global media events, internet culture, everyday life, and art is made strikingly visible in a 10-meter-tall inflatable sculpture of “Felix the Cat” (Mark Leckey)—the iconic 1920s cartoon figure and the first image ever broadcast on television. The final chapter of “Long Story Short” focuses explicitly on the relationship between art and technology, featuring works by Kerstin Brätsch, Sondra Perry, Martine Syms, and Kelley Walker.