Following Venice Biennale showcase, David Salle brings AI-assisted works to Paris

Following David Salle’s solo presentation at the Palazzo Cini Gallery during the 61st Venice Biennale earlier this year, this exhibition, held in an intimate space at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin, reunites the works shown together in Venice. The paintings extend the New York-based artist’s use of artificial intelligence as a tool to unravel and recalibrate the logic of painting. Focusing his AI model on his earlier Tapestry Paintings (1989–91) – a series of works based on 18th-century Imperial Russian tapestries that were themselves interpretations of 16th- and 17th-century Italian oil paintings – Salle creates new paintings that collapse time, medium and place. Though committed to the centuries-old tradition of paint on canvas, Salle has been quick to adopt new technologies into his practice. His recent partnership with AI can be seen, in part, as an act of resistance to the proposition that AI will replace human creativity. Salle has been on the cutting edge