Many works of hyperrealism call on old traditions of mimesis, among them anatomical wax models based on real carcasses, a technique dating to the 18th century.
Lately, though, new technology has made hyperrealism easier for humans to achieve, while simultaneously complicating the practice.
art generator — one that used randomized machine learning to mimic her reimaginations.
It’s a worrying development for any artist, but also one that has made human-engineered hyperrealism even more relevant — us versus the machines.
When it was installed four years later outside of the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany, a traffic warden gave it a parking ticket.
Persons:
Patricia Piccinini, suckling, ”, It’s, Erwin Wurm, Wurm, “, it’s, He’s
Organizations:
Benz, Center for Art, Media
Locations:
Australian, Austrian, Karlsruhe, Germany