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Mechanical Turk
Hans Heiner Buhr • Painting, 2021, 160×200 cm
$16
Digital copy: 910.6 kB
1704 × 1237 px • JPEG
44.1 × 35.3 cm • 89 dpi
28.9 × 20.9 cm • 150 dpi
14.4 × 10.5 cm • 300 dpi
1704 × 1237 px • JPEG
44.1 × 35.3 cm • 89 dpi
28.9 × 20.9 cm • 150 dpi
14.4 × 10.5 cm • 300 dpi
Digital copy is a high resolution file, downloaded by the artist or artist's representative. The price also includes the right for a single reproduction of the artwork in digital or printed form.
Seller: Hans Heiner Buhr
Hans Heiner Buhr
Description of the artwork «Mechanical Turk»
The "Mechanical Turk" was an invention, a fraudulent chess machine from 1770 that was apparently able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent.
The fraud was later exposed. A small human was hidden inside the machine, who unrecognizedly controlled the moves of the "Mechanical Turk".
My picture shows the "Mechanical Turk" who doesn't play chess, but paints a picture at the easel.
Like a painter who mechanically implements an idea and suddenly thinks that he should actually paint the picture completely differently.
I painted the picture in 2021 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The fraud was later exposed. A small human was hidden inside the machine, who unrecognizedly controlled the moves of the "Mechanical Turk".
My picture shows the "Mechanical Turk" who doesn't play chess, but paints a picture at the easel.
Like a painter who mechanically implements an idea and suddenly thinks that he should actually paint the picture completely differently.
I painted the picture in 2021 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
