April 17, 2010

Google Art

Ken Solomon
Josée Bienvenu Gallery
529 W 20th St 2nd Fl [map]
New York NY 10011
212 / 206-7990
April 8, 2010 – May 15, 2010

Jonathan Jones on Google Images as an art critic:

Green’s point is that Google has its own insidious “number one” works by these artists, which are automatically determined by the number of hits. But even if they are, does it matter?

It’s hard to argue, critically, with some of Google’s choices. Any picture researcher at an encyclopedia would be likely to go with Impression, Sunrise to illustrate Monet, or the aerial photo of Spiral Jetty to embellish Robert Smithson.

-Jonathan Jones, Can Google Gauge the Greatest Art?, The Guardian, April 12 2010