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.

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Persons: Patricia Piccinini, suckling, ”, It’s, Erwin Wurm, Wurm, “, it’s, He’s Organizations: Benz, Center for Art, Media Locations: Australian, Austrian, Karlsruhe, Germany