In his atelier, Leon Löwentraut by ©Adrian Bedoy

Art Calendar, February 7, 2023: Art Calendar, February 7, 2023: Last night, German art star Leon Löwentraut announced on his Instagram account that the shows staged around him and his art are now history: "I thank you to have been a part of my first chapter! These shows that I have staged since I was 16 years old are now history. See you soon - but differently, Leon."

Now his fans and also the critics are puzzling over what could be meant by that. Could it be that the young star, who turns 25 on February 15, would like to devote more time to painting in the future? What do you think?

In the meantime, until you can admire Leon Löwentraut again at an event, you can enjoy his contribution to Deutsche Welle:

How Artificial Intelligence is Making Creatives Superfluous. Watch Leon Löwentraut's contribution in Minute 5.05.

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Leon Löwentraut had a teaching assignment at Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences in the Virtual Design course during the winter semester 21/22. The topic was "Future Exhibition Design". The students had documented the genesis of the image. Motion capture was used to record Löwentraut's movements while painting, and highly sensitive microphones recorded the sounds on the canvas, showing that Löwentraut entered a "flow" or "trance experience" during the creative process. Kaiserslautern's Professor Matthias Pfaff elaborates that theoretically Löwentraut's dreams could be recorded and AI could create a painting from them.

The project has already been shown at the Baroque Museum in Salzburg in 2022 and is currently on display at the Gerhard Braun Gallery in Madrid, Calle Claudio Coello 72, 28001 Madrid.

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AI plays a role in our daily lives, but what is its significance in art? Doesn't it make the artist obsolete if a machine can work faster and more precisely? Of course, an AI has all the technical capabilities, but it has no feelings. Can a painting painted without emotions be art at all?

Here you can find the link to the article in Deutsche Welle

See the contribution of Leon Löwentraut in minute 5.05

Now history? Leon Löwentraut at the Bucherer Time Mchine Store Vernissage with Ceo Carina Ertl and DJ Alexandra Richards, daughter of Keith Richards ©Bucherer

Löwentraut's art parties here at the Gerhard Braun Gallery in Madrid ©Leon Löwentraut

With George Clooney in Vienna ©Leon Löwentraut

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