
CAPTCHA #88
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 160 x 140 cm.
BENKA
Born in Abu Dhabi from a French mother and an Algerian father, BENKA is lucky to have the opportunity to see the world through his family travels from his childhood onwards. All these experiences serve to enrich his imagination and his wish to bring about noise through colours. BENKA pursued his music career while studying for his clinical psychology degree with a focus on smartphone addictions. This is the subject of his thesis and inspires him to create paintings representing aspects of the AIs and the smartphone addiction problem in our society.
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 145 x 130 cm.
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 145 x 130 cm.
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 145 x 260 cm.
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 145 x 260 cm.
In 2015 BENKA started studying art as a self-taught artist and has since devoted himself to his painting. His artistic approach aims to expose the question of the robotization of our world. If we are still very far from a war against robots , our time calls in his opinion to the questioning of our relationship to artificial intelligence. If A.I. has a considerable advantage in fields such as medicine or astronomy, on the other hand, it presents many drawbacks and raises both questions and concerns. Whether it is the digitization of our social relations through the invasion of smartphone screens, the progressive introduction of humanoids such as Aida, Sophia or Erica and cyber-surveillance, our contemporary society is facing a decisive mutation.
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 145 x 260 cm.
2021. Mixed Media on canvas. 145 x 260 cm.