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My gallery show got pulled because of a single AI debate

Last Friday, a small gallery in Portland was set to show my digital series 'Urban Echoes' for a full week. The day before opening, the owner called and said they were dropping me because my work uses some AI upscaling tools in the process. He said a board member saw a post about it online and called it 'not real art.' I spent over 200 hours painting those pieces by hand first. Now I'm stuck with prints and nowhere to show them. Has a tool you use ever gotten your work rejected like that?
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granthunt
granthunt29d ago
Tools are just tools... your hand-painted work is still the real art.
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james317
james31729d ago
Totally get what you're saying @granthunt. I felt the same way until I tried digital painting and realized the skill is in the vision, not the brush. The tool just changes how you get there.
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sean_green44
Honestly felt the same until my traditional art teacher tried digital. The vision is what matters, not how you get it on the canvas.
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