More like a one-album wonder, but, yeah, it's similar phenomenon to Tupac - she was talented, but her work gets played up more than it might deserve simply because she died reaching her potential.
It’s originally a movie, I think. I thought there was a related website at some point, but it looks like it might have been something else called Rotten, maybe? I wasn’t going to mess around with that shit.
I'm no help because I am also an old man and I haven't heard of half the things you brought up. Would the whole "Faces of Death" bullshit be part of this?
To be more specific, the strokes circle and undulate like puffs of smoke. Not a haze so much, the invisible ringlets almost literally obscure Charles from the gaze of the viewer or cloud Charles’ view of his world.
It’s hard not to look too deeply into this portrait because it’s so discomfiting. You don’t get even a humorous place to view this portrait due to the violence it projects.
But seriously, it’s important to note that King Charles gave his blessing to this portrait. It may say less about the institution of the monarchy and more about the man himself.
Ooooo…. A new champion has entered the lists. But, I’m too busy atm to dig up Sponges’ thread to respark the debate. Suffice to say that AI in the art world will never amount to much more than a clearinghouse for commercial artists.