A Non AI-Driven Neo Deco Celebrity Nude – 09-03-23 Drawing

Even at the Mauritshuis This graphite pencil drawing ‘A Non AI-Driven Neo Deco Celebrity Nude – 09-03-23’ is something different or is it? Inspired by a smashing reference picture I was although I don’t know its origins. There are so many art deco pictures out there but I thank its creator anyway. So, nothing new compared to the last one already present in the series. I felt compelled to make a statement on artificial intelligence though. It seems it has creeped into the art world slowly but surely. Here and there I hear disturbing reports about AI-generated art works exposed as such in art competitions. The Mauritshuis lended the ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ to the Rijksmuseum for the big Vermeer exhibition. Lo and behold, in the empty slot there is one. Is handcrafted art crumbling into pieces? Just Another Algoritm So I tried out a couple of AI generating websites to see what the fuss is all about. On my mind was a cubist painting of a woman, cat and a window. Of course in the style of Corné Akkers but I also had it generate it for Juan Gris and Fernand Léger. Surprisingly they all looked the same. After some ponding over it hit me. What people consider to be intelligent, how artificial it may be, is yet another algoritm. In fact, I don’t think AI doesn’t exist as such. My works and those of other artists are just part of it. We all will be part of the stuff AI picks up in order to generate something that looks original. AI will be the finger of the wise to many a viewer, whereas the finger secretly points to the moon. That’s where artists dwell. Graphite pencil (Faber Castell Pitt Graphite Matt pencil 14B) drawing Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm) Artist: Corné Akkers