A communication art from a postmodern perspective: New media art

Within the scope of the study, the developments related to art due to the widespread use of the internet have been examined from a postmodern perspective. In this direction, firstly, the phenomenon of postmodernism, the subject of communication, the art of new media and technology were covered. In the field of new media art, the importance of technology in terms of art has been examined by addressing the evaluations such as video art, digital art, social media and communication art. In addition, such issues, the limitation of art, the definition of art, to whom and what art is made, and who its consumer is also covered. After trying to answer these and such questions, the current meanings of art movements such as internet art, net.art, web art, digital art were evaluated and the branches of art that could occur were examined. The evaluations made from the postmodern perspective show that the effects of technology on art are both positive and negative. However, in the art of communication, the increase of interactions with the new media and especially the increase of the communication effect of social networks shows that communication has an important place. In the research, general evaluations related to this subject were examined within the context of case studies and historical process. Key Words: Postmodern, Communication Art, New Media Art, Postmodern Art Movement