While there are a few interested curators and museum folks who are looking into what is going on, the majority shun all computer related endeavors. To change this though, I think it is a mere job of education. It is an easy mistake to make if you are unfamiliar with the technology. Remember, it was only a few years ago that photography itself was considered dissident in the art world. Photomontage emerged as an art form in the 1920s and 30s.
Technology is quintessential to the structure of communication and art in an era.
New technologies will always affect how artists accomplish their work and it definitely has had its affect on me. It is a mere utensil in a futurist banquet of aesthetics. Obviously the great photographic montage master, Jerry Uelsmann is a great influence. His ability to seamlessly weld together a mystical image which visually transcends reality is unsurpassed. Surely everyone admires the great Renaissance their ever continuing influence on contemporary art.