Loudoun Campus Art Gallery

Tony Karp
Techno-Impressionism
October 22 - November 16, 2007

Tony Karp has been working with projects involving art and technology for over fifty years. He believes that all art requires technology, and vice versa. Tony calls this blending "Techno-Impressionism." Tony's work has taken him down many paths, through many different careers with the common thread being the successful integration of art and technology.

Tony believes that there is bad art, good art, and even great art, but most of it isn't interesting art. If you go through any of the large art museums, you will find some rooms crowded and most rooms empty. He believes that the art that draws the crowds is the interesting art, and that is what he aims for.

Most of his current pictures start with a digital photograph. He works on these images without a definite plan, experimenting until he produces an interesting image. Sometimes he knows what he's looking for when he begins. Sometimes he trusts to fortune. He has developed many techniques, but he tries to remain open to new tools and techniques that lead down unexplored paths.

Most photographs strive for total accuracy and realism and this makes them less interesting. There is too much information. The Impressionists discovered the secret of removing some of the information from a picture. With Tony's work each viewer recreates a different view of the artist's vision and this makes the picture more personal.

Tony sees himself as an artist rather than a photographer. Taking the picture is just the first step. From there, it's sometimes a long path to the final image. Some images go through many steps (stages) until the final version is reached. Sometimes, a series of variations will be produced along the way This is the way that Picasso worked, always open to new possibilities, variations, and methods.

Tony's Museum: http://www.timuseum.com

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