John Cronin Artist - Professional Abstract Painter

HELLO AGAIN!

I have been locked out of this blog page for a few years - is it ironic, as so much of my work is about AI and technology? Anyway I got it back so here's a heads up as to where to find me and what's going on. My website is https://www.johncroninstudio.com/ and my Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/johncroninstudio/ I have a new body of work, ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY, which will be exhibited at the Green on Red Gallery in March 2024. More to come later.....

The new body of work is ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY here is a bit about it.

The ABC paintings are a witness to their coming into being – a process
at once slick and crude, with elements of the works breaking down both
compositionally and in their very materiality – once-luscious oil paint is
cracked, dried and exhausted, arid patches vie with free-flowing organic
rivers of paint, watched over by morphing, pathologising and destructive
elements. The colours, while less kaleidoscopic than in previous works,
are still vibrant and acidic playing with opacity, layering and
translucence. Each piece has the same compositional elements, but the
order of the application of those elements varies resulting in quite
different outcomes.

The title comes from the Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm. This
algorithm is a swarm-based optimisation technique that simulates the
foraging behaviours of honeybees and is used to solve continuous
optimisation problems. The algorithm, however, has several drawbacks,
such as difficulty solving discrete optimisation problems and is
susceptible to numerical noise. So many of the algorithms that are
beginning to govern our daily lives, are trained by our culture, and are
learning to automate historical bias. AI perpetuates a feedback loop that
can degrade the abilities and experiences that people consider essential
to being human at a time when the world is coming to terms with
historical, racial and gender injustices.

ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY

GREEN ON RED GALLERY, 2024

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 1 - HIVE MENTALITY - 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 2 - 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 3 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 4 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 5 / AUTOMATED BIAS 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 6 / PATHOLOGISING COMMUNITY 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

John Cronin Artist - ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY 8 / MATH DESTRUCTION - 2023 oil on canvas 6'x4' 182x122cm

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