Continuing on my theme, which I’ll soon get bored with, of finding meaning to modern art by using AI, this is ‘Starway to Orion’ by Alain Urrutia (1981-) which was created in 2014. AI has decided again that it thinks that it was created by a professional artist rather than a child, but has added that it could have been created by a very thoughtful and gifted child. This is an interesting category, and I look forward to future galleries labelling works as “possibly by a serious adult, but do not rule out an unusually reflective seven-year-old”.
AI is going for this being a dreamlike landscape with the black dots giving the indication that this is a very controlled artwork which “moves this from a nice atmospheric landscape to gallery label incoming” which isn’t an unreasonable comment. What AI didn’t notice is that the dots are the constellation of Orion, although when I questioned it to look again it did reply “it looks like a constellation, but not one that I know” which is at least getting there.
This website gives a more detailed explanation about the artwork:
“Beyond mere representation, the artist seeks to create spaces where images become vehicles for exploring the ineffable and the mysterious—images that inevitably engage the viewer, evoking not only cinematic language but also the poetics of dreams. In this way, Starway to Orion alludes to an inner landscape that invites reflection, where painting acts as a bridge, reflecting his ability to condense complex emotions and thoughts into images that, at first glance, may seem simple but soon reveal their depth and become profoundly evocative.”
I didn’t get that, I thought it was an out of focus landscape with bullet holes. I don’t think I have the emotional depth for all of this. This is why I need AI, although given that it missed Orion, perhaps we are both attending remedial modern art class together.