William Brown

Lives and works in Atlanta, GA, USA

Artist statement

The New Painting/Photography Singularity William A. Brown April 2024 Note: I can write self promotional copy as well as most artists but I recommend you spend a few minutes looking at my video:https: //vimeo.com/991781062 We are on the verge of a revolution in how paintings will be produced. The robots are coming fast and it will change the way paintings are conceived, produced, and distributed. My work in this area suggests one way artists can create digital “pre-paintings” that can be actualized by the coming first generation of robotic painting devices. All of these works are available as oil paintings of any size or as prints. Oil paintings rendered by Art Matr, Red Tuxedo NY. Works based on Public Domain Art Works: 2019-24 My current experiments involve creating a range of photo-montages based on public domain art works that are readily available on Museum web sites. Sometimes he digitally cuts and pastes, creating new configurations based on the work of famous artists from the past. Other times he overlays up to five art history works, creating a new multiple exposure single image. Some works mix similar types of images from different artists on a theme such as images of common people. Aleatory Pre-Paintings 2019-2024 The creative approach I use to generate these virtual paintings involves applying random image merging strategies inspired by John Cage’s well known theory of aleatory element mixing. Painters have used this technique for decades. By using film editing...

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