#20 Visionary Art of 2023: AI Wonders, VR Journeys, and the Heart of Collecting
#20 Visionary Art of 2023: AI Wonders, VR Journeys, and the Heart of Collecting
👋 Hello, we are Julian and Marcel, and welcome to our weekly edition of The Curious Collector. Each week we humbly curate what’s happening in the digital art realm. ✨
It is a subscriber-only newsletter, delivered every Sunday, highlighting mainly digital and sometimes physical art news.
Dive into our latest issue before the Christmas break, featuring Refik Anadol's AI-driven work recognized among ARTnews' top 25, and Fabio Giampietro's innovative VR and oil painting works.
Discover how AI is reshaping contemporary art with insights from Laurie Simmons, Mario Klingemann, and Casey Reas, and meet the emerging artists who are shaping the evolving landscape of art and technology.
News Digest
25 defining artworks of 2023 have been selected by ARTnews. Its amazing to have a digital artwork among the list. Refik Anadol’s “Unsupervised” has been chosen for its innovative use of AI to reimagine MoMA’s collection (a work we've extensively covered in recent issues).
Fabio Giampietro's art, blending traditional oil painting with virtual reality (VR), represents a paradigm shift in artistic expression, challenging traditional frameworks and encouraging immersive, interactive experiences. His work invites audiences to engage with art in a more dynamic and personal way. This article explores his artistic journey.
Laurie Simmons, Mario Klingemann, and Casey Reas discuss here how AI is transforming their art practices. Simmons highlights AI's intuitive grasp of her subconscious, Klingemann views it as a blend of technology and philosophy, and Reas approaches it as a modern form of collage.
Their insights collectively illustrate the diverse and profound impact of AI on contemporary art.
Digital Highlight
About Nobody Here
“Video abstraction built from automatic gestural brushstrokes, distortion map, masked feedback effects, moments alone, ripe figs, "unplugged" afternoon, recognizing it has been awhile now and I forgot to do anything.”
Andrew Benson aka pixlpa is a Los Angeles based visual artist working between interactive graphics, animation, and experimental processes.
Notable Insight
“My advice is don’t become an art ‘investor’. Instead, collect what you love and what you believe will be culturally important in 20 years.
Curate it, share it with others, and have fun in the process”
Echoing the advice, collecting art that resonates on a personal level and holds the potential to be culturally significant in the long term encourages a more thoughtful and fulfilling approach to collecting.
It emphasizes the importance of passion and personal connection in digital art collection, rather than focusing solely on potential financial gain.
Sale Spotlight
About Tetra
Tetra is an exploration of the transformative potential of a basic digital element, the pixel, reflecting the artist's personal journey through emotions and experiences. The work captures the duality of connection and isolation, evoking the impermanence of life and the intricate beauty of constantly evolving identities.
Daniel Aguilar’s work is characterized by abstract compositions that blend structure with unpredictability, using algorithms and generative processes to forge new associations and meanings.
Artist to Watch
aurèce vettier, an art project by Paul Mouginot, employs an algorithmically generated alias to represent a collaborative, hybrid approach, blending the 'real' and 'data' spaces.
The project explores new forms through AI and mathematical processing, creating tangible objects and considering machine-generated elements as raw material for artistic expression, with poetry as its practice's backbone.
Recently, aurèce vettier has been selected to be part of The Paris AI Collection with Bright Moments. Earlier this year, he was interviewed, providing more insights into his work.
Collectors to Watch
Closing Remarks
As we close this issue, let's embrace the wisdom from our notable insight: the true value of art lies not in its investment potential, but in its personal and cultural resonance.
As you continue to explore the world of digital art, remember to cherish the works that speak to you and hold promise for the future. Stay curious!