"Kulendran Thomas's works are complicated. They often feature paintings, inspired by A.I.-generated images. His video installations at MoMA and the New Museum involve deepfake interviews with celebrities like Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, or even other artists, together with documentary footage about Sri Lanka, where his family is from."
"Beneath all these complex parts, Kulendran Thomas is weaving together an ambitious and maybe even unsettling argument, about political systems, philosophy, technology, human creativity, post-human creativity, and where we might be heading in the future-as artists and as a civilization."
Christopher Kulendran Thomas is featured in the New Museum's opening exhibition "New Humans: Memories of the Future," which examines how artists reconsider humanity through technology. His multifaceted practice includes video installations at MoMA and the New Museum, paintings inspired by AI-generated images, and deepfake interviews featuring celebrities and documentary footage about Sri Lanka. Thomas simultaneously maintains project spaces in New York and Los Angeles. His complex works weave together philosophical and political themes, exploring post-human creativity and technological advancement. Through these interconnected projects, Thomas constructs an ambitious and potentially unsettling argument about political systems, philosophy, technology, and civilization's future direction.
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