Anna Ridler Links Tulips to Bitcoin in Avant Galerie Vossen Show
Anna Ridler's work is featured in the group exhibition 'De la tulipe à la crypto marguerite' at Avant Galerie Vossen in Paris, running until March 20, 2021. The show explores intersections between art and finance, prominently linking tulips and bitcoin. Ridler's installation 'Mosaic Virus' (2019) uses generative adversarial networks to create virtual tulips whose petal markings reflect bitcoin price fluctuations. She first photographed 10,000 tulips for 'Myriad (Tulips)' (2018), annotating each image to build a dataset that trained the AI. The tulip motif references 17th-century Flemish painting and the historical tulip mania, a speculative bubble. The exhibition coincides with a surge in crypto art and online sales platforms during museum closures due to the pandemic. Crypto art transactions, secured by blockchain, are conducted in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, which have reached record highs. A new breed of collectors showcases acquisitions on YouTube, often prioritizing financial value over aesthetics. Dominique Moulon reviews the show for artpress.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'De la tulipe à la crypto marguerite' at Avant Galerie Vossen, Paris, until March 20, 2021.
- Anna Ridler's 'Mosaic Virus' (2019) uses GANs to generate tulip images linked to bitcoin price fluctuations.
- Ridler photographed 10,000 tulips for 'Myriad (Tulips)' (2018) to create the dataset for the AI.
- The tulip references 17th-century Flemish painting and tulip mania speculative bubble.
- Crypto art transactions are secured by blockchain and use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.
- Bitcoin has reached record highs during the pandemic.
- Museum closures have driven audiences to galleries and online sales platforms.
- Review by Dominique Moulon published in artpress.
Entities
Artists
- Anna Ridler
- Andy Warhol
- Dominique Moulon
Institutions
- Avant Galerie Vossen
- artpress
Locations
- Paris
- France
Sources
- artpress —