Her works were some of the first of their type to be displayed in the Museum of Modern Art. This new movement began a new field of art. She began this work of art as a continuation of her earlier works, and the merge between technology and art continued to grow. She later became more involved in the computer workfield and worked for AT&T as well as IBM (lillian.com).
One of her works discussed in the readings was a merging of Leonardo DaVinci's face with that of the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is such a famous piece of art, and most everyone has seen it somewhere: on a coffee mug, a magnet, or parodied on television. Many people might not, however be as familiar with DaVinci himself. I found it to be a very interesting dialogue between the artist and the work of art itself to be a whole other art object.
I thought this particular work to be extremely successful, and made me think about the relationship between the artist and his work more than usual. Especially with a piece so iconic in nature, where most people do not go beyond the fact that it is famous.
Some of her other works include her anatomy series. These are 3-D images which can be viewed with 3-D glasses to achieve the full effect. Here, she payed attention to the pixel itself and how altering individual pixels could change a piece (lillian.com)
Her pieces in general strongly resemble something generated from a computer based media, and are not intended to be "hyperreal" or super realistic. They are taken for what they are.
Here is a documentary of her thoughts on the Mona Lisa and the development of :
Lots of artists paint or photograph themselves as part of their work--I"m not surprised to see this with Davinci!
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