It can, so it happens
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:55 am
bigstock-Picture-frame-vector-Photo-ar-38912215A painting by Vincent van Gogh is a story. With a history, an idea, a context, a base layer that was painted over, a stubborn canvas, a stray trace of a brush. The end result that we reach is a canvas with layers of paint. You can also unleash a 3D printer on this end result. It is called Reliefography. A secure three-dimensional scan of the canvas is made, the thickness of the paint is also included.
This Large File is printed. The result is a hilly landscape that precisely reflects the relief of the original work, and then a perfect high-resolution print is applied to it. An identical frame is placed around it.
This replica is being marketed. It is a collaboration between Fuji sweden mobile phone number list and the Van Gogh Museum. In Hong Kong, an exhibition of relievos - as these 3D replicas are called - can be seen until August 4. They are for sale, €25,000 each. The proceeds will go to the renovation of the new museum wing in Amsterdam.
It can, so it happens. Experts say that the replica would be indistinguishable from the original. Could you also put a soul through a 3D printer? Would a relief of a vine ever produce grapes?
Vincent van Gogh once said: “I cannot change the fact that my paintings do not sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paint I used in the painting”. True words. The value of a painting lies in the encounter between painter and viewer. If the relievo achieves the same, there is nothing wrong. But even then, the order of things was quite different.
This column was also published in Het Financieele Dagblad .
This Large File is printed. The result is a hilly landscape that precisely reflects the relief of the original work, and then a perfect high-resolution print is applied to it. An identical frame is placed around it.
This replica is being marketed. It is a collaboration between Fuji sweden mobile phone number list and the Van Gogh Museum. In Hong Kong, an exhibition of relievos - as these 3D replicas are called - can be seen until August 4. They are for sale, €25,000 each. The proceeds will go to the renovation of the new museum wing in Amsterdam.
It can, so it happens. Experts say that the replica would be indistinguishable from the original. Could you also put a soul through a 3D printer? Would a relief of a vine ever produce grapes?
Vincent van Gogh once said: “I cannot change the fact that my paintings do not sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paint I used in the painting”. True words. The value of a painting lies in the encounter between painter and viewer. If the relievo achieves the same, there is nothing wrong. But even then, the order of things was quite different.
This column was also published in Het Financieele Dagblad .