Is anyone else craving messiness?
- Emma Tripolone
- Nov 17
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 21
I don’t know if its just me but I have been leaning heavily towards ‘messier’ art for some time now. I have seen a growing trend particularly on social media towards the pursuit of some kind of perfection. Some of the content I inevitably get sucked into viewing on Instagram feels more and more flawless and in turn, less real. I feel something is lost and I think I know what it is.
"I can never make something as perfect as an iPhone, but Apple could never make something as flawed as what I do." Tom Sachs
I really love this quote from artist Tom Sachs, he really sums up the conundrum we have in todays modern society. We can surround ourselves with technology that is amazing and in some cases life changing, but no matter how amazing it is, it doesn’t give us the same sense of connection and belonging as the human touch.
This is what I’m craving! Give me the messy stuff, show me the process, let me see your weird personality, quirks and all. I not only find it more interesting but it opens up for connection, as more people can relate.
So when it comes to consuming and creating art these days, I am much more interested in the messier stuff. Wobbly lines, wonky shapes, rough textures, rips and tears, fingerprints, mistakes….I want to see that somebody made something with their hands and that there were layers to the process.
To be honest this may all be my personal response to digital and AI art. I don’t really know what the future will look like with the development of AI but what I do know is that we will never stop craving messiness, that human touch, that feeling that we are here and belong to this world, and no computer can recreate that.
Wow that got unintentionally deep. There you go.
If you're feeling like me and are in need of some beautifully imperfect art, here are some artists that I am really loving at the moment:
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