Speaking of artists, I asked X-Grok to create a picture “in the style of” the nation's former foremost painter (Updated)
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Crack pipe in that left hand? You’d have to ask Grok, because I didn’t specify it (although I would have had I thought of it)
Sic transit gloria mundi, am I right? Up until not too very long ago, Hunter Biden’s entry on the Georges Bergès Gallery’s “Our Artists” page touted him as an up-and-coming master:
A lawyer by profession, Hunter Biden now devotes his energies to the creative arts, bringing innumerable experiences to bear. The results are powerful and impactful paintings ranging from photogenic to mixed media to the abstract. His chosen substrates are canvas, YUPO paper, wood, and metal on which he affixes oil, acrylic, ink along with the written word; all of which creates a unique experience that has become his signature.
Georges Bergès himself was in on the charade, saying of Hunter back in Feb. 2023, by all accounts with a completely straight face: “I know that there’s a lot of politics involved at the moment which is a shame because his work is not only good, it’s important. Hunter Biden will become one of the most consequential artists in this century because the world needs his art now more than ever.”