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Bård Ionson | Naked Flames
NFT DROP: 2 JULY 2024 | 6 PM CET
Collection curated from a StyleGAN3 model trained with hand-selected images of fire and nude paintings by the artist, Bård Ionson.
"The nude fire. Grasping at identity is like a flicker of fire. The flame goes out when held too tightly. The desire to know brings more uncertainty. In the age of artificial intelligence, we are learning to live with the anxiety of our naked uncertainty. Our nakedness meets the flame. We still seek to know the next event, whether by fire or the casting of bones, or now by algorithms and models trained on all of human knowledge.
The textures evoke the color and form of paintings from a distance and merge the human form with fire. A closer inspection shows the fingerprint of the AI algorithms can be seen in the matrix-like patterns."
– Bård Ionson
Part of the group exhibition THE PATH TO THE PRESENT, 1954–2024. On view at EXPANDED.ART in Berlin from 2 July – 10 August 2024.
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Fire Cell
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Fire God
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Incêndio
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Fuego Cerro Pedernal
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Embrace of Fire
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Body Of Fire
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Threshold Of Fire
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Fire’s Blue Period
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Eternal Fame
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: 451°
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Deep Flame Portrait
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Sins Of Flesh
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Wisp
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Anxiety Of Hell
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Pelvis
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Fire Entity Matrix
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Burning In My Bones
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Bård Ionson
Naked Flames: Almost Sapient
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