First, let’s define what an internet meme is. It is an element or phenomenon taken up and declined in mass on Internet. In its most basic form, an Internet meme is a simple idea or concept, spread across the web. This idea can take the form of a hyperlink, a video, a website, an image, a hashtag, a recurring character, a GIF or simply a sentence or a word.
This meme can be propagated by many people through social networks, blogs, instant messaging, news, and other Internet services.
It can sometimes change over time, by chance or because of a comment, imitations or a parody. Internet memes can evolve and quickly spread virally over the Internet, often reaching global popularity and disappearing within days of being released. They are spread by Internet users, willingly, and peer-to-peer, rather than predetermined and automatic.
Although the humorous element is the most important in the same, the phenomenon, by being democratized, addresses new themes, with for example politics, philosophy, and art. Basically, by being a graphic creation, the Internet meme can be considered as an art, where the technique resides in representing, reproducing or parodying another already existing one. In addition, at first neglected, the aesthetic side is more and more important, and some are made with a good mastery of pao software, with quality renderings.
In fact, it is his young age and his incomprehensible nature by a majority that makes no one grant him the status of art.
However, all this obviously depends on our definition of art, which is often fuzzy, and differs from person to person. Yes, the Internet meme are works of art, it requires advanced knowledge in this category, multiple references, qualities of graphic designer, often rely on the news, the problems of society, politics or other art forms.
Some quality memes for connoisseurs:
https://www.facebook.com/classicalartmemes/
https://www.facebook.com/mmpsev/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Superbemaddog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vruXyAufte0&list=PLv3TTBr1W_9tppikBxAE_G6qjWdBljBHJ
And you ? What do you know about meme ? Did you hear about it before? Is art for you?
Thibault.
agency.art.blog 
Thank you Thibault for this article.
I never really ask myself about meme and art but this is actually a really good question. I use it everyday and I never really imagine that as a form of art, but when we take the time to think, I can understand why it can be considered as art. The fact that you have to found the good joke and image to illustrate what you want and the editing you have to do to propose something good and funny.
So thanks again for this article and hope to see another one very soon !!
Alice G
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Hi Thibault, your article is very nice, I’m really agree with you. I think today the meme have take a big place in our social media’s feeds. I see tens of them everyday and this is often very funny. Those types of post are very popular because you can make memes with every subjects, even movies, clips or series. I think they can be a good marketing support for brands providing that they are relevant and not discriminating.
What do you think about that ?
Thank you !
Tom JOURDAIN
catagency
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Well done Thibault for this article.
As a big fan of twitter, i’m really into memes and i like them a lot. I personally consider memes as a form of art. However, i think it’s too bad that the author of meme aren’t cited. Imagine being a genius and create the most funniest and iconic memes, everyone will know your memes but your work won’t be recognize…
Anyway, memes still are cool ! 🙂
Juliette Thillard – Weblog’holmes
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