I've noticed that 2D artists/non-sculptors who engage in strange mediums or techniques generally only make realistic closeup portraits of people. I saw the headline, thought "neat, but I bet he just makes normal expressionless faces." Opened the page and it seems like that's the vast majority of his work. As an artist myself, I'm always like ehhhhh when I see this. Feels a bit like the kind of stuff you see for sale in tourist areas.
I’ve seen a lot of his work IRL, he was one of the artists at the now (sadly) defunct Aurum Gallery where I was a regular visitor.
For better or worse, he’s mostly know in the “street/urban art” world (which is much bigger than graffiti). And one of the features of a lot of the art in that scene is high technical mastery paired with “low” / populist motifs and composition.
Seen up close these works are really quite amazing, and I respect the artist choosing to make the things that can make him a living. Even Brice Marden, at some point, just kept making those trademark squiggles and cashing those checks.
In Exhibition section Lasting Moment is showing 4 glass sheets standing parallel to each other.
It looks like the cracks are same on all 4 sheets. That is amazing. Their are only 4 pictures though. I want to see them more closely.
Edit: while looking for more photos found more work here. The 3D effect by layering sheets is so cool. https://aurum.gallery/simon-berger/ I like the sphere more than the skull.
I did notice art as a profession, or people calling themselves artists, are usually within Europe, but rarely in North America. Whenever I stumble upon an art or artist portfolio online, I assume they are in Europe, and most times it turns out to be true. My theory is that the system in Europe allows people to nurture their creative side, meanwhile in North America it's a hyper-capitalistic system and society where you are always running away from some beast -if not debt, it is rent, if not taxes, it's something else- making people run like hamsters on wheels with zero space for disconnection and solitude. And if you managed to make something cool, suddenly you are pressured to grow and expand and look for investors and whatnot. Even job-wise, in the US for example, there's this hustle culture where you are somewhat expected to keep grinding after work, and if you don't, you are either seen as less productive, a slacker, or even terminated for performance issues. If you decide to quit, you might end up homeless, so you are in this never-ending cycle where your life is about grinding and being busy with what's considered "productive".
Not to dismiss the rest of the world, but my focus was on the western side, not so sure how it goes in other parts of the world.
This could be a really cool practical effect in a movie. Imagine the protagonist of a horror movie walking through their house when suddenly a mirror breaks and it's a face watching them.
Although I liked the video of the artist working, I didn't appreciate that they took away the controls to pause, play, seek. Is there a workaround to get back the playback controls on websites that disable it?
Fictional artist Feofan Kopytto, who was immortalized in "The Little Golden Calf" [0] used oats and other cereals for his paintings. On the back of the book authors' talent it became customary to refer to his artistic endeavours as "charlatanism". Having internalized it through my Soviet upbringing, I struggle to see why the same wouldn't apply to the art being discussed. LLM kindly helped me to generate hypothetical ad copy for Kopytto in the same style [1] - I honestly see no reason to not relate to both with the same reverence (or, rather, lack thereof!). I'd appreciate a human explanation (re: why?), if anyone has a minute or two. It would help me (and maybe others) to guide understanding why AI slop of all kinds may or may not deserve the same treatment as intent-driven human "output".
Interestingly, I think this HN topic is very relevant to understanding of contemporary LLM hype, as it illustrates the power of language (and propensity of human mind) to create an appearance of substance and meaning even where there is absolute emptiness (or, worse, manipulative fraud) underneath.
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The technique is cool though.
Technique is undoubtedly interesting, but content....
For better or worse, he’s mostly know in the “street/urban art” world (which is much bigger than graffiti). And one of the features of a lot of the art in that scene is high technical mastery paired with “low” / populist motifs and composition.
Seen up close these works are really quite amazing, and I respect the artist choosing to make the things that can make him a living. Even Brice Marden, at some point, just kept making those trademark squiggles and cashing those checks.
It looks like the cracks are same on all 4 sheets. That is amazing. Their are only 4 pictures though. I want to see them more closely.
Edit: while looking for more photos found more work here. The 3D effect by layering sheets is so cool. https://aurum.gallery/simon-berger/ I like the sphere more than the skull.
Edit: Found some more pictures of those sheets with same cracks in his Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/C_34-G0K-Qm/?igsh=MWtzY2FydWQxa2...
Not to dismiss the rest of the world, but my focus was on the western side, not so sure how it goes in other parts of the world.
Interesting to consider how different mediums are mechanically reproducible to varying degrees as AI and automation grow more capable.
Interestingly, I think this HN topic is very relevant to understanding of contemporary LLM hype, as it illustrates the power of language (and propensity of human mind) to create an appearance of substance and meaning even where there is absolute emptiness (or, worse, manipulative fraud) underneath.
- [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Golden_Calf
- [1] https://pastebin.com/j7wsXQxe