Neon Parc

As a natural extension of her methodology, each image is worked up from a series of prompts or actions which the artist feeds into the machine – deeply specific and exacting ideas which draw on her own specialist interests. Yet instead of utilising the imagery in her personal library of books, Georgetti can now harness the power of the internet and the enormity of its resources, in concert with traditional methods of image making. In this way, Georgetti’s work straddles both modernist traditions and the cutting edge of technology in contemporary art.

‘TALISMANIC’ encompasses multiple new streams within Diena’s oeuvre, and includes a suite of meticulous square abstract paintings, with titles all beginning with “Archive Standard/…”. An expansion of her widely known and celebrated paintings, this series features striking geometric patterns and compositions within painted historical frames. Fighting against the ‘truth to materials’, a core tenet of modernism, Georgetti preferences a Trompe-l’œil look with the wood grains and sheen of framing materials rendered first by machine, and then by hand. In the painting “Archive Standard / neoplatonic”, 2024, Georgetti embraces the translation of delicate details as the algorithm flickers in its’ attempts to mimic the art historical references. In this slippage between maker and machine, geometric patterns remain in fragments within the frame, an almost complete square is left with one side open and a light brown incision cuts across the image of the frame – subverting the illusion of the painting.

The title “Archive Standard / neoplatonic” references Neo-Platonism which was a philosophical movement that reinterpreted the writings of ancient Greek philosopher Plato. The movement believed that “the world which we experience is only a copy of an ideal reality which lies beyond the material world.” This series of paintings is Diena’s version of this reimagined world. Together the paintings read as a serial attempt to rewrite or reconfigure the cannon of art history and instead reaches for the rich marrow of artists and artworks she has uncovered through her deep dives into the past. Diena incorporates the infinite growth of technological advancements through her studio-based practice by building a series of works which commands the respect of art history, through the act of subverting it.

Georgetti’s digital UV prints are a series of eight, and their imagery includes archetypes of “the artist” and “the studio” while also ruminating on ideas around the muse, the body and the self. All the characters or protagonists in the images are female, even the sculptures. Between them they are crying, praying, making and contemplating, the images don’t provide simple answers or character arcs but rather offer a glimpse into their narrative, and perhaps the psyche of the artist.

“The Mother and the Mothering”, 2024, depicts a naked woman pressed up against a large blue voluptuous sculpture, standing together in the middle of a studio with art ephemera scattered around. The title hints at the reciprocal bond between artist and artwork, and their intertwined identity. “The Self Ceremony”, 2024, features a masked figure, hands meeting in prayer, sitting cross-legged on a Persian rug. The woman seemingly prays to a sculpture in front of her, sparking ideas of ritual or idolatry and inferring the higher power of art. Bespoke sleek aluminium frames hold the works against a grey linen backdrop, evoking a late 1960s aesthetic.

In ‘TALISMANIC’ each artwork is a testament to Diena Georgetti’s ability to weave together disparate elements into a cohesive whole, creating a tapestry of shapes and hues that invites viewers to explore and interpret. Highlighting the dynamic nature of art as a reflection of technological progress and cultural change, AI-generated art asks us to consider the extent to which creativity can be encoded into algorithms. But despite these advancements, the human element always remains a critical component of art. Diena Georgetti continues to demonstrate the irreplaceable value of human intuition, emotion, and experience—and above all, the enduring force of artistic creativity. Ultimately, it is the artist’s vision which build worlds within her imaginative paintings that register as familiar and yet entirely new. Her paintings pay homage to the past while helping us to imagine the future.