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Visualize the diversity of my collections of digital variations

To give an overview, of my digital variations in one place, I have selected 2 variations from each of the 8 series that I terminated as of today. Full collection is available from here ___________ The Grand project totals 20 oil paintings at present (size : 60 x 90 cm). I realized 1024 digital variations of painting 2-02 (printed size : 60 x 90 cm). These variations form a continuum that gives a wall of 19.2 x 28.8 meters. Grand project: H: 3 m, W:4.5 meter

Series 8. 1024 digital variations of painting 2-02 from "the grand project. Beijing 2020. The Grand project totals 20 oil paintings at present (size : 60 x 90 cm). I realized 1024 digital variations of painting 2-02 (printed size : 60 x 90 cm). These variations form a continuum that gives a wall of 19.2 x 28.8 meters.

Series 7. 256 digital variations of painting 2-01 from "the grand project. Beijing 2019.

Series 6. 256 digital variations of painting 1-05 from "the grand project. Beijing 2019.

Series 5. 256 digital variations of painting 1-04 from "the grand project. Beijing 2019.

Series 4. 256 digital variations of painting 1-03 from "the grand project. Beijing 2019.

Series 3. 256 digital variations of painting 1-02 from "the grand project. Beijing 2019.

Series 2. 256 digital variations of painting 1-01 from "the grand project. Beijing 2019.

Series 1. Artsense. 300 Digital variations. Waukesha. Wi. 2005

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First devastating societal blow in Late-Modernity

A series of 20 articles about the outcome of the present health crisis for the world. The world will be another place after the Corona-virus comes under control.

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Wall 104 is finally online

The complete gallery, of all 256 digital variations of painting 1-04 from "the grand project" is finally online. Here is how the full wall 9.6 x 14.4 meters looks like

Summary about my "walls of digital transformations" * In real life each of the digital images in this gallery has a printed size of 60 x 90 cm (or approx. 2 x 3 Ft). * These images form a narrative continuum that totals 256 digital paintings and this continuum gives a wall size of 9.6 x 14.4 meters as on the picture here under. I published this gallery on my personal website for the good reason that I can not render the continuum between images on any other platform. But ...to get a sense of the wall continuum you will have to view this gallery from a large screen. You can view the collection here. Some samples of these 256 digital paintings.

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Digital transformations wall 104

I started the digital transformations of painting 1-04 of the "grand project". Check here for a description of the differences between digital transformations and fractals or other algo art. This series will total 256 digital paintings which are forming a narative continuum. When this series is terminated the wall of 256 paintings will have a size of 9.6 x 14.4 meters. The original oil painting as well as the prints of each digital transformation have a size of 60 x 90 cm. Check older walls Check the Organic Art Manifesto Original painting 1-04 from the Grand Project.

First transformations

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Organic art manifesto

I recently published the first version of my "Organic Art Manifesto". Download it here.

Its present form is a customization in book form of my last 7 blog posts titled "Organic art = the patterns of life" . I would be grateful to anyone for any suggestions or critiques. Please use the comment section or the mail-form.

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What is going on ? The book.

1. Book I just published "What is going on ?". You can donwload it here

This is a first version customization in book form of my series of 14 posts going by the same title that I published on painting and thing. After letting the book settle for a while I'll eventually further edit the text. In the meantime I would be grateful to anyone for any suggestions or critiques. Please use the comment section or the mail-form. ________________ 2. Digital variations art-wall I will now plunge for some time into digital painting. I plan on realizing a series of 256 digital variations from painting 1-04 from "the grand project" collection. Each of these digital paintings will have a print size of 60 x 90 cm. They will form a continuum of 256 paintings and this will give a wall size of 9.6 x 14.4 meters. I'll regularly post some of these new digital paintings. Here is an image of painting 1-04 from the "grand project" collection.

Oil painting size is 60 x 90 cm

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Gabriel Barredo’s Mixed-Media Sculptures

Gabriel Barredo’s meticulous mixed-media sculptures and installations are made using found objects. The artist’s pieces are at times created to move, their writhing interworkings appearing both organic and mechanical in nature. Works like “Madamadam” (top), startle even in their stillness. “[Barredo’s] work is meant to create entire opuses. He builds them through months of bricolage, sketching and painting, elevating his sculptures to nearly theatrical lengths, immersive for the viewer, featuring numerous pieces both large and small, some of them simple drawings, others motorised, along with object-led side-narratives—with all of it accompanied by sound and light. The highly reclusive artist has pioneered kinetic sculpture in the Philippines and his work is included in many important collections.”

(via Gabriel Barredo’s Absorbing Mixed-Media Sculptures | Hi-Fructose Magazine)

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E-book

An e-book of all posts in the series “A growing disconnect between China and the West”. After editing the posts the e-book totals 150 pages. To download go here

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Olaf Hajek’s Acrylics

Olaf Hajek’s acrylic tableaux are globe-trotting, combining icons and textures of varying cultures. A recent body of work shown at Southern Guild in Cape Town, titled “Paravent,” collects these recent works on wood. “The works on show were all painted by Olaf during a recent residency in Cape Town, which he calls his ‘second home and addiction,’” Southern Guild says. “Grouped in pairs, they tell different stories that reference myths, folklore and dreams.

(via Pocket: Olaf Hajek’s Globe-Spanning Acrylic Scenes)

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Sophia Narrett Embroidered Narratives

“Her highly contemporary narrative unfolds through the language of a deeply historical medium,” Freight + Volume says. “Although the origins of embroidery date back to as early as 5th century B.C., it has a distinct socio-economic history in America, wherein prior to the implementation of a public education system, it was one of several formal skills young girls were taught in a spirit of homemaking practicality. Narrett redefines this conventionally domestic craft and imbues the work with a haunting cerebral quality.”

(via Sophia Narrett’s Stirring Embroidered Narratives | Hi-Fructose Magazine)

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If disaster comes, you will find that all the myths you once cherished are of no use to you. You will see what it is like to live in a society where morality has collapsed, causing all your assumptions and prejudices to crumble before your eyes. And after it’s all over, you will watch as, slowly but surely, these harshest of lessons are forgotten as the witnesses pass on and new myths take their place.

I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on | Stanisław Aronson | Opinion | The Guardian

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Hueman's Paintings

“There are echoes of the Catholic devotional art which Hueman experienced growing up—expressed as aesthetic influences from Renaissance textiles and drapery to the bright flourishes of illuminated manuscripts, as well as in a more general motif of spiritual experience,” Hueman says. “In this new evolution of her style, she is equally inspired by more conceptual contemporary art historical traditions of California Minimalism and Light and Space artists like Robert Irwin and James Turrell—artists using innovative materiality in their explorations of pure color and ambient light.”

(via Hueman Offers New Paintings in ‘Veiled Intent’ | Hi-Fructose Magazine)

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Liora Ostroff's Oil Paintings

The oil paintings of Liora Ostroff, with varying textures and contemporary imagery, call upon the history of the form. With her lush environments and occasionally morbid edges, she navigates humanity in both vulnerable and surreal terms. “Liora Ostroff’s current body of work uses paired art-historical themes with imagery drawn from contemporary life,” a recent statement says. “Giotto’s architectural compositions meet Baltimore’s brick facades, and stiff groupings of saints become young partygoers and couples. She references Da Vinci’s lyrical hand gestures or Van Eyck’s colorful motifs to compose a new scene. Either violent or serene, these paintings exemplify Ostroff’s contemplations on time, place, politics and the self. Lust devolves into a misandrist fantasy; a quiet Shabbat table setting is overcome with swastikas. The incessant specter of droning helicopters over the city replaces the glow and radiance of angels, which are so ubiquitous in the Renaissance compositions. In these paintings, history and the present collapse in on each other.”

(via The Lush Oil Paintings of Liora Ostroff | Hi-Fructose Magazine)

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Raquel van Haver’s Mixed-Media Narratives

Raquel van Haver‘s mixed-media scenes on burlap, using materials like oils, charcoal, tar, wood, and more, offer riveting and socially conscious narratives. The works carry notes of street art and historical references, crafted in relief-style, varying planes. The artist was born in Bogota, Colombia, and she’s currently based in Amsterdam. “The artist skillfully fuses great traditions of painting and current practices of graffiti in her local surroundings,” a recent statement says. “She begins by collecting imagery, either found or from her own photography and sketches. These are then deconstructed and fragmented through collage to create new narratives. Surface and subject are finally sculpted into relief using thick layers of paint. The stories they tell are recognisable to the viewer, but left open and inviting interpretation.” (via Raquel van Haver’s Massive Mixed-Media Narratives | Hi-Fructose Magazine)

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Victor Fota’s paintings

Victor Fota’s paintings often explore our relationship to science and machines, with both retro notes and elaborate contraptions. Recent work also mixes in futuristic abstraction and seemingly alien lifeforms, with detailed studies that remove humanity from the scenes. A desperate or at least, uneasy vibe offers a dystopian slant to his visions.

(via Victor Fota’s Recent Dystopian Paintings | Hi-Fructose Magazine)

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Hannah Yata's paintings

Hannah Yata’s paintings explore both nature and the subconcious, with vivid, vibrant scenes. The work can feel both romantic and and allegorical, with a recent set of works embodying both in …

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Riki Fukuda’s papercuts

Japanese cut paper artist Riki Fukuda (previously) continues to create mind-bogglingly detailed designs using simple tools: a cutting mat, blade, and paper. The artist shares her in-progress and finished works on Twitter, including the pencil sketches that she cuts into for her final works. More recently, Fukuda has been working on smaller-scale creations and experimenting with holographic paper.

(via Complex Cuts Form New Detailed Paper Sea Creatures, Flowers, and Reptiles | Colossal)