📣 GUAN WEI has just been announced as a finalist in the Sulman Prize 2024 with his work, Off to the Space, (2024).
The artist writes, "recently, ChatGPT has received a lot of attention. The web-based platform is designed to provide human-like conversational experiences. Will this new technology change the world? This painting presents an AI robot with a face resembling a human’s. Its right eye is the sun, its left eye is the moon, while its mouth is a flying constellation made from a human body. On its cheeks, we see a bolt of lightning, the Southern Cross, traces of cosmic rays and antenna interfaces. On its forehead are the solar system and Cygnus.
This painting attempts to depict a world of artificial intelligence in which inorganic life has replaced organic life. Leaving Earth, the ark of mankind moves into space, looking for a new home."
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A big congratulations Guan Wei 🥂
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The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2024 exhibition is open from 8 June to 8 September at The Art Gallery of New South Wales.
IMAGE: Guan Wei, Off to the Space, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 162 x 306 cm (12 panels).