Debora Hirsch Merges Painting and AI at Villa Bernasconi

Debora Hirsch's exhibition 'PLANTALIA' at Villa Bernasconi in Cernobbio, Italy, combines painting and artificial intelligence to address environmental loss. Curated by Aldo Premoli, the show features video animations from the 'PLANT' cycle and large acrylic-and-pen canvases from the 'FIRMAMENTO' series. Hirsch used AI to identify two endangered plants from the Lake Como area, which are displayed alongside threatened species from South Africa, Florida, and other regions, creating a memory of vanishing nature. The exhibition is the third stop of a tour that began at Museo di Santa Maria della Scala and Museo Botanico in Siena, and continued at Boccanera Gallery in Trento. Future venues include Miami, Mexico City, and Hutchinson Gallery in New York. Hirsch, born in São Paulo in 1967, balances emotion and reason, instinct and method, tradition and innovation, with painting emerging as the dominant medium.