https://maggieappleton.com/generative-forgery
"Art by the most famous artists in the world has never been more aesthetic than
it is now. Between its creation a few centuries ago and today, everyone's art
has gotten brighter, more colourful, more dramatic, more aesthetically
pleasing, better composed, and more desireable.
While Monet, Van Gogh, Klimt, and Matisse are sleeping in their graves, we've
been busy improving their life's work.
The Water Lily Pond
might have wowed people in 1904, but it's looking a little pale and boring in
2024, and it could do with an upgrade.
Fear not; sellers on Etsy are all over this problem. When you go looking for
prints by infamous artists on there, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the huge
range of options. There are way more pieces of artwork than you remember any of
these artists creating. How were they so prolific??
And the artwork itself will hit you differently. Monet's landscapes didn't seem
this vivid on a screen projector in art class. Matisse's use of shapes and
colours seems more experimental and bold than you remembered. Van Gogh's work
is more detailed than it looked in textbooks.
How did you fail to appreciate this craftsmanship when you first saw it? Why
hadn't you explored their full bodies of work beyond the classics? And why does
it all seem so much more
impressive now?"
Via Esther Schindler, who wrote "Are we at a point where we have to question if
the artist we love…is actually making the art we love?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
