• @Dkarma
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    -12 months ago

    Now do pour painting

      • Jonathan Hendry
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        52 months ago

        @dgerard

        I had a bit making an exception for the value of “fine art” because that can get weird, like “unmade bed with a bunch of trash around it” or a signed urinal.

        But I seem to have left that part on the cutting room floor.

        If a piece of purely prompt-generated AI art hits a price like a shark in formaldehyde I strongly suspect it’ll be some kind of inorganic AI industry insider self-dealing to hype up the AI art market, similar to the big Beeple NFT sale.

        • @[email protected]
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          52 months ago

          Okay but the shark in formaldehyde is fucking awesome to see in person.

          It’s a shark! In formaldehyde!!

          • @[email protected]
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            32 months ago

            yeah, Hirst can be a bit of a hack and the names of the pieces are super cheugy but he’s definitely made some really evocative stuff

          • Jonathan Hendry
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            32 months ago

            @V0ldek

            Yeah I’m not dismissing that. It’s a big ass shark in a tank.

            Or the guy who made a cast of his own head using his own frozen blood, that’s kept in a special refrigerated display case.

        • @[email protected]
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          42 months ago

          I think it might be worth reflecting on exactly why Fountain seems to “get weird;” it had a context and complaints about it are part of that context. I liked this recent video which explores the politics of Fountain.

          • Jonathan Hendry
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            32 months ago

            @corbin

            I just mean “weird” in terms of “valued far higher than the average person might expect” but I’m not implying that that value isn’t merited. I’m not one to dismiss a Rothko.