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Beeple’s latest exhibit at Art Basel features billionaires as robot dogs, critiquing how tech leaders like Zuckerberg and Musk shape our perception.
Four-legged robots with hyper-realistic masks of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jezz Bezos were displayed at Art Basel Miami Beach(X/ Art Basel)
Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos turned into bizarre robot dogs at Beeple art show
Renowned artists Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol were also featured as canine robots along with the exhibit’s creator Beeple, himself. While onlookers dubbed the spectacle “creepy” and “freaky,” Winkelmann said that his art had a deeper message. “It used to be that we saw the world interpreted through the eyes of artists, but now Mark Zuckerberg and Elon, in particular, control a huge amount of how we see the world,” he told the outlet.
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“We see the world through their eyes because they control these very powerful algorithms that decide what we see. And so we wanted to kind of play with that idea,” the 44-year-old went on, adding that while Bezos’ canine robot did not make prints, he had to be a part of the exhibit because the Amazon founder is “another person who shapes how we see the world.”
Winkelmann further said that people are now “increasingly seeing the world through the eyes of AI and robotics,” adding, “I think that will happen more and more.” The hyper-realistic masks were designed by famed mask-maker Landon Meier, according to the outlet. All of the robot dogs have been purchased by private collectors for $100,000 each.
