You might recognise the artist as Keith Haring.
On the left is his Unfinished Painting, created in 1989. The original artwork occupies only the top-left corner, leaving the rest blank, symbolising the loss caused by the HIV epidemic.
An X user used AI to ‘finish’ the artwork, because they were ‘sad’ it was unfinished.
Their version is on the right.
Our 2 cents?
Any decent designer or artist could have ‘finished’ that painting in the 35 years since 1989. And done a much better job, too. Compare the top-left with the bottom-right and you’ll see what we mean.
But, we didn’t.
Why not?
Because we respect the idea behind WHY it’s unfinished.
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