To celebrate the Dutch painter’s 170th birthday, One Central Macau is hosting an AI art exhibition, that has been inspired by Van Gogh’s paintings and curated by Hong Kong artists
Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh’s artwork continues to fascinate the art world and beyond even now—more than a century after his death. So, to celebrate the artist’s 170th birthday this year, art curator Heiman Ng, founder of fine art and art tech consultancy Art Prince Advisory, has created an immersive experience called Starry Night Garden, which is the first of a series of immersive art experiences called Artech.
Taking place at One Central Macau, Starry Night Garden runs until July 31 and features Van Gogh-inspired AI artworks by Hong Kong’s digital artists like William Lim and Vanessa Tao.
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Take, for example, Lim’s immersive AI art zone, Full Moon and Blossoming Flower, which is a highlight of the exhibition. The dreamy space contains projections of six animated oil paintings of flowers based on Lim’s existing artworks: Ode to the Wandering Son (2023), Flowers Good Moon Round (2023) and Journey Home (2022). Flowers and the moon form his recurring theme, and taking inspiration from Van Gogh’s painting style, Lim infuses his art pieces with a personal touch.
For this Macau exhibition, Lim wanted to create kaleidoscopic immersive digital artscapes based on his oil paintings. To do that, he first scanned and digitalised the paintings, and then collaborated with creative agency Kaiju Matter to inject AI technology, which causes the images to move, with their changing colours and movements depicting the change in seasons.
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