By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 8:04 am PDT, Monday, October 22, 2018 The Burning Man Camp Big Imagination used a 747 Boeing plane to create a massive art piece for the 2018 festival. The plane is now parked on private land in the Black Rock Desert. The Burning Man Camp Big Imagination used a 747 Boeing plane to create a massive art piece for the 2018 festival. The plane is now parked on private land in the Black Rock Desert. Photo: BLM Participants attend Burning Man 2018, the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev. ("Sidney Erthal works with the Burning Man Project as an archivist, photographer, and translator.") less Participants attend Burning Man 2018, the largest outdoor arts festival in North America, in the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev. ("Sidney Erthal works with the Burning Man Project as an archivist, ... more … [Read more...] about Burning Man art piece made from 747 now a tourist attraction in the Black Rock Desert
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Algorithm art fetches $432,500 at NY auction: Christie’s
Viet Nam News NEW YORK — A portrait made by algorithm smashed new boundaries on Thursday, selling for US$432,500 and becoming the first piece of Artificial Intelligence art sold at a major auction house, Christie’s said. At first glance, Edmond de Belamy, the portrait of a gentleman dressed in black and framed in gold, could be any standard portrait from the 18th or 19th century. Up close, the image is more intriguing. The face is fuzzy and the picture seemingly unfinished. Instead of an artist’s signature, it bears the stamp of a mathematical formula on the bottom right. It’s the brainchild of French collective Obvious, whose aim is to use artificial intelligence to democratise art. To make the painting, artist Pierre Fautrel ran 15,000 classic portraits through a computer software. Once the software "understood the rules of portraiture," using a new algorithm developed by Google researcher Ian Goodfellow, it then generated a series of new images by … [Read more...] about Algorithm art fetches $432,500 at NY auction: Christie’s
The artless art of censorship in Vietnam
Vu Viet Tuan, a journalist in Hanoi A woman with a flower in her mouth and hair blowing in the wind. This was an attractive illustration that painter Thanh Chuong drew for the cover of a local newspaper in Hanoi for its spring issue. However, soon after the paper was published, a cultural czar, a bureaucrat tasked with reviewing and censoring art and culture-related products in the country, demanded that all issues be recalled, because, kid thee not, the woman’s hair was too “unkempt.” The official maintained that such a hairstyle was unbefitting of a “civilized city” like Hanoi. What’s more, the fact that she was holding a flower in her mouth implied that the country was too poor to afford its citizens a decent meal, so they had to resort to chewing on “blades of grass.” Repeat, kid thee not. This actually happened. Staying with women and flowers, on Hanoi’s mural street, Phung Hung, one wall section is covered by a painting of … [Read more...] about The artless art of censorship in Vietnam
Creepy chic insects art taxidermy
Maureen Feighan The Detroit News Published 5:43 PM EDT Oct 25, 2018 Tricia Kerns and Lauren Peterson are honest about the unique art, home decor and jewelry they create: It isn’t for everyone. At last month’s popular DIY Street Fair in Ferndale and Detroit’s Dally in the Alley, Kerns and Peterson of Skin & Bones Oddities said sometimes kids would walk into their booth and their parents would quickly steer them in the opposite direction. But Kerns of Wyandotte and Peterson of Ferndale use those moments as a teaching lesson. They view their work –a type of new taxidermy that mixes vintage picture frames and other accents with dead insects, butterflies, skulls and other specimens to create wall hangings, shadow boxes and art – as a way to pay homage to these creatures once they’ve died. It’s about nature and respecting it. “Death is a part of life so people shouldn’t be afraid of it,” says Peterson. “We try … [Read more...] about Creepy chic insects art taxidermy
New Orleans museum shows art collected by namesake duke
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Museum of Art is winding up the city's tricentennial with an exhibition of dozens of paintings collected by the man the city is named for: Philippe II, Duke of Orleans. He was King Louis XIV's nephew and regent of France for eight years, ruling for the boy king Louis XV. The duke owned 772 paintings when he died in 1723 — a collection rivaling that of his uncle Louis XIV in an era when art collections were symbols of power. It was both extensive and varied, with art from many countries and schools, including "artists not collected as much before him," said Vanessa Schmid, the New Orleans museum's senior research curator for European art. Now 30 of those paintings are together for the first time in centuries, loaned by museums across the United States and Europe. After a patrons' preview Thursday evening, the exhibit will be open to the public Friday through Jan. 27. "It's really a special experience to have these works from all over ... because … [Read more...] about New Orleans museum shows art collected by namesake duke