18th-century painting meets Y2K aesthetic ૮ • ﻌ - ა ˖⁺‧₊˚♡˚₊‧⁺˖✿ Reimagining this poodle portrait for the internet age, artist oliviaheung swapped brushstrokes for keystrokes using ASCII art, an early form of digital art that creates images from letters, numbers, and symbols. “I’m interested in tracing how representations of plants and animals have evolved from traditional painting to computer imagery,” Olivia Heung says. “The expression of the poodle and its fur immediately jumped out at me.” How does Olivia’s version make you see the original differently? What details come into focus when paint becomes text? #OpenCall 🖼️ George Stubbs, “White Poodle in a Punt,” c. 1780. Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 15/16 in. Paul Mellon Collection. 📍 On view: West Building Main Floor, Gallery M61 #art #ascii #explorepage