Consideration of Cultural Context

In this post I will be comparing the differences in cultural context between traditional and contemporary art. Traditional artists such as Lawren Harris pieces are mainly based off of traditional Canadian landscape and culture. Harris rarely did work based on other countries. This could be because it was harder to travel in the 1920's. So if Harris couldn't travel to international places he could not paint about them. Harris sat and viewed landscapes, and experienced them first-hand in order to create his master pieces. However, as technology has evolved now anyone could paint a picture of a place half way across the world by just "googling" it. Almost in a way contemporary artist have more freedom because they are not stuck experiencing one culture. Travel is much more convenient now so artist can travel the world. I also believe pieces now are made to prove a point or make a statement about the flaws within our present day culture.