Innocence art deco and experience deals principally with the shift in recent decades from a positive, hopeful vision of childhood’s purity and power to a counter-imagery of youth threatened or corrupted. the gallery exhibition includes works by diane arbus, robert gober, mona hatoum, and mike kelley. an accompanying film and video exhibition includes films and videos by stan brakhage, joseph cornell, sadie benning, louis malle, satyajit ray, and arturo ripstein. matter investigates the new deco role of materials art deco in fine arts and design, as well as its force in inspiring and guiding the creative process, by considering and connecting several distinct creative fields. works by joseph beuys, robert morris, gaetano pesce, mona hatoum, eva hesse, designers deco hella jongerius and tom dixon, and photographer vik muniz are shown.

currently our site is international, representing over 100 artists from around the world. we have poets, musicians, painters, sculptors, digital artists, performance artists, animators and much more. we are always open to adding artists in new areas. to reach the artists here, you can visit art their studios and see their email address. if you would like to reach the site webmaster, our email address. art on the net came into existance in june of 1994. the idea of having such a site came to lile while she was involved in an open studios event in april. she was displaying deco many of her new oil paintings in her studio when a friend and young entrepeneur came through and wanted to purchase an oil painting entitled "art on the net". they talked about how wonderful it would be to have art up on the internet for viewing and he offered lile internet access for a www site that would help artists share their art. so like many things in the art world, the site began with a barter with lile trading the oil painting, "art on the net" for an internet connection for one year.