meme art

Internet culture visuals

Meme art is visual art that incorporates internet meme formats, aesthetics, or references—either reproducing memes in traditional media or creating original works that comment on meme culture.

The term spans gallery pieces that elevate memes to fine art status and digital works that blur the line between shitposting and artistic expression: The museum's meme art exhibit featured oil paintings of Pepe the Frog.

Related

reaction · cursed · surreal · deep-fried · distorted bass · ironic · remix · caption · format · absurdist · brain rot · internet · culture · satirical · chronically online · collage · lowbrow · post-ironic

Opposites
cultural legitimacy and institutional status

meme artfine art

Aesthetic visual creations

high art · Old Masters · Renaissance masterpieces · masterpiece

creation and distribution context

meme artoil painting

Art made with linseed-bound pigments

gallery exhibition · museum collection · permanent collection · studio art · art installation

temporal and cultural permanence

meme artclassical works

Esteemed art from earlier periods

monumental art

Family

meme, art, memes, memetic, arts, arty, artsy, artist, artists

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G