Generative Art

painting

Also known as: arte generativo

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Generative art involves using computers to create new content, such as images or text, based on a set of instructions or a large database of examples. This process is often referred to as generative AI, which learns from existing data to produce original outputs.1

In the context of painting, generative art can mean using specialized software and interactive devices like digital cameras or electronic tablets to manipulate computer-generated images. The goal is a purposeful creative process where the computer acts as a tool to produce unique visual art.2

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Latin American art
Trends, c. 1950–c. 1970
…Argentina, a founding member of Generative Art in 1959 in Buenos Aires (with Miguel Angel Vidal and later Ary Brizzi), created paintings that gave the illusion of volume with intersecting geometric lines. MacEntyre’s acrylics on canvas recall early 20th-century Constructivist sculpture of Plexiglas, but their lack of tangible scale makes…
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…Argentina, a founding member of Generative Art in 1959 in Buenos Aires (with Miguel Angel Vidal and later Ary Brizzi), created paintings that gave the illusion of volume with intersecting geometric lines. MacEntyre’s acrylics on canvas recall early 20th-century Constructivist sculpture of Plexiglas, but their lack of tangible scale makes…
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