‘Artists as Muse’ series featured in REFLECTIONS exhibition in Brooklyn, NY
My ‘Artists as Muse’ series was included in the Reflections exhibition, curated by Tender and on view at Artmatr in Brooklyn, NY in October/November 2023.
Reflections is an exhibition of new portrait series by 9 extraordinary artists at the forefront of art-making using AI: Ira Greenberg, Kirill Semenovich, Danielle King, Jenni Pasanen, Str4ngeThing, Francien Krieg, ClownVamp, Chelsea Jones, and Lily Illo. These artists have each established a practice of creating highly personal figurative works across their own unique interpretations of painterly styles. Given the power of portraits to share something deep about identity and human connection, it’s no surprise that these artists working with AI are bending the media’s capabilities to meet the expressive visions of their portraiture. This first of its kind exhibition showcases an entirely new way of bringing generative artworks to collector’s homes, using the revolutionary new oil painting technology from Artmatr. Every piece from these artists’ series is a unique original oil painting that will be auctioned as digital tokens, with the physical painting included in the price of acquisition.
‘Artists as Muse’ is a reflection on the interplay between creation and creator, reality and imagination, and an exploration of the role of women in art history. In this series, I employ AI as a creative collaborator to “paint” vivid self-portraits of imagined female artists from different eras, at different points in their careers, each with their own unique artistic style. Rather being the subject of the male gaze, these women artists are their own muse. These portraits are a gateway into alternate art histories, a contemplation of the multifaceted nature of self, and an exploration of the standards of beauty and femininity embedded within capitalist paradigms. Art history is not a monolithic entity, but a tapestry woven from countless threads. This series seeks to expand our understanding of this tapestry by inviting us to envision what could have been.
