History Painting (Origins/Emergence/Sapiens/Modernity), 2025
Archival print
73.5 x 42 inches
Ed. 5 + 2 APs
Mark Moore Fine Art is excited to present an exclusive ARTSY online exhibition of Jason Salavon’s remarkable series, “History Paintings.”
In this innovative collection, Salavon merges historical storytelling, computational techniques, and a critical reimagining of encyclopedic knowledge through generative art. The “History Paintings” project encompasses an expansive narrative of 800 entries, depicting the cosmos’ history—balancing rigorous historical accounts with personal and idiosyncratic reflections.
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Each entry is paired with descriptive text and unique generated imagery, showcased in a beautifully crafted hardcover Field Guide alongside four monumental archival prints: *Origins, Emergence, Sapiens,* and *Modernity.* These works collaboratively narrate significant epochs of cosmic evolution, natural history, and human civilization. Accompanying the prints are 800 dynamic video animations, generated from the same prompts, enhancing the overall experience with rich visual textures.
Salavon’s large print compositions seamlessly blend hundreds of generative elements, creating fluid visual tapestries that blur the lines between individual images, embodying both historical continuity and innovative experimentation.
At the core of this project is Salavon’s custom-built generative AI system, SPIM (Salavon’s Pathology Inducing Machine), which explores “off-manifold” visual terrains—areas of ambiguity and unpredictability—to generate striking and unexpected imagery.
By intertwining advanced AI methods, cultural research, and aesthetic inquiry, “History Paintings” engenders interdisciplinary dialogue between art, technology, and narratives of knowledge, inviting us to reflect on how contemporary technologies influence our understanding of history, memory, and visual culture.
Born in 1970 in Indianapolis and an MFA graduate from the Art Institute of Chicago, Jason Salavon has exhibited extensively across the globe, from prestigious institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Smithsonian Institution. His works are part of significant public collections, and he was recognized as one of the “50 Under 50: The Next Most Collectible Artists” by Art + Auction Magazine in 2013. Currently, he resides and works in Chicago, IL.
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