‘Data Visualization’, An Art Exhibit Presenting Iconic Paintings as the Computer Code Used to Represent Them

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Rene Magritte – The Son of Man

Data Visualization is a project by New York-based visual artist Yousuke Ozawa that depicts famous paintings as the computer code used to represent them them on Google Images. Once retrieved, the code was printed out and hung in a Tokyo gallery. Ozawa is the same artist behind the font created out of images of buildings from Google Maps.

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Gustav Klimt – The Kiss

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Pablo Picasso – The Weeping Woman

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Edvard Munch – The Scream

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Vincent van Gough – Portrait of Joseph Roulin

images via Data Visualization

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Brian Heater
Brian Heater