These might look like just a bunch of random dots.
But zoom out a bit, and you’ll see the bigger picture.
They are all dot renderings of famous Chinese paintings.
Yang Mian is a contemporary Chinese artist
whose work has appeared in both international and domestic
exhibitions since the 1990s.
These days, he’s mostly known for his dot paintings.
The dot paintings are part of a series called CMYK,
named after the four basic colors found in most printers.
Overlay them on top of each other
and you’ll get red, green, and blue,
the three primary colors.
Think of them as building blocks.
Yang Mian noticed the effect one day
when he was giving an art lecture
and projected a low-resolution Picasso painting onto a screen.
Fun fact about this video.
This shoot was kind of done spontaneously.
Our videographer, Nate, knew the artist,
and we showed up at his house,
and I thought it was cool enough
to warrant a video.
So what you just saw was completely done on the spot,
and I hope you guys enjoyed it.
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