Identities · Acrylic on Canvas
(2023) | 80x80cm
Identities (1)
In the year 1968, Philip K. Dick famously pondered whether androids dreamt of electric sheep. Little did we foresee that machines would one day possess the capacity to conjure autonomous works of art – and that such questions, akin to the musings of certain artists, would resurface in a peculiar manner.
We observe that our visual contemplations on the self and its ambivalence have been drawn from machine-induced reveries and their algorithms, and we have wholeheartedly embraced their 'third-kind cooperation' proposal.
From the very inception, those digital prototypes emerging from the crucible of our 'prompts' appeared as though a chemical reverie in the space-time continuum – a narrative interrogation of the prevailing conception of identity, a fragmentation of the self, a torn representation of the 'avataristic' personality of the digital era.
Confronting these digital mirages are the acrylic paintings, as though they place their fingers upon the canvas to mark the traces of our existence. These paintings are a raw resistance against the virtual, a rebellion of the artisanal against the abstract. The avatars, once digitally estranged, are captured here in colors and structures, and their transformation becomes an expression of human metamorphosis.
"Identities" challenges us to move beyond the surface, to penetrate the deeper layers of our being, and to redefine the fundamentals of our selves. This is no mere exhibition; it is a living experiment in the realm of thought. The dynamic tension between virtuality and materiality, between fleeting pixels and steadfast pigments, becomes the resonating chamber for our self-reflection.