Toxic #1 (AIbstract) Painting

This piece is part of a series of paintings where the initial ideas are generated by algorithms and then painted in an abstract expressive style. Inspiration for this piece came from artificial intelligence—algorithms that can generate characters based masculine and feminine attributes. By pushing these attributes to the point of abstraction, I sought to find the implicit biases in the data set and technology. In this case, the chaotic mixture of highly "masculine" and highly "inhuman" attributes pushed the AI toward a hulking, almost grotesque, form on spindly legs. Like a green monster who's been skipping leg day at the gym too many times. The green color felt like a literal expression of "toxic masculinity." Painting the piece was a process of hiding and revealing core forms, in the spirit of Franz Kline, and letting the natural wood absorb different viscosities of paint layers.

Painting:Acrylic on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 24 H x 2 D in

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