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SERIES: See Translation: The Poetry of AI Original encaustic paintings by Tamara Lepianka. This is a set of two 6x6 inch paintings. Encaustic and mixed media on wood panel with a .75" cradle. The edges are finished in a pigmented light brown shellac as shown. The paintings are wired and ready to hang. 6 x 6 x .75 in | 15.2 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm each About this Series: The idea for this series came to me one morning while scrolling social media. I adore Japanese pottery and textiles and follow many Japanese artists and makers. Not being a Japanese speaker I often have to use the See Translation option on captions to read the posts. That morning I found the interpretations made by the translation AI particularly funny and endearing. Then instantly the entire series came to me. I realized these translations were not failures of AI, but were machine interpretations of human thoughts trying to convey a feeling or thought about their artworks or creations. The AI is unable to capture the subtle nuance of the writer's language nor is it capable of expressing that nuance in the reader's language. It can only apply the known rules and vocabulary of each language. The result of these rules being applied to abstract writings about art and feelings creates wonderful little poetic expressions. In this series I've chosen a selection of the more curious translations for my abstract works, bringing an even greater level of poetic ambiguity to the phrases and the art. Each title suggesting a hidden story lives just behind the words in the textures and colors of the paint.

Multi-paneled Painting:Wax on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:12 W x 6 H x 0.8 D in

Number of Panels:2

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