Warhol started a series of works of Marilyn Monroe shortly after her death in 1962, based on a publicity photo of Monroe, from her 1953 film Niagara.

“I guess it was the big plane crash picture, the front page of a newspaper: 129 DIE. I was also painting the Marilyns. I realized that everything I was doing must have been Death.”
Andy Warhol
In this series, I seeded the system with the same appropriated image as Warhol and explored hundreds of AI-assisted visual permutations of the iconic image.

I like to think Warhol would be a fan of generative art: the curation and exploration of ideaspace, the infinite variation, the gentle coaxing of parameters towards beauty…
The 23 selected below are available as NFTs at HicetNunc
Candied Marilyn Fjord Marilyn Fruits Du Mer Marilyn Glacial Marilyn Halide Marilyn Hitchcock Fever Dreams Marilyn Impasto Marilyn Inside Marilyn Macro Marilyn Manson Marilyn Masonic Marilyn Membrane Marilyn Micro Marilyn Memento Mori Marilyn Papal Marilyn Seed Marilyn Sherbet Marilyn Suburban Marilyn Telstar Marilyn The Map Is Not The Territory Marilyn Transistor Marilyn Tribble Marilyn Wet Centrefold Marilyn