Ashh

Hey my name is Asher Hoffman, and I'd like to introduce myself and my practice to you🧵👇

wtf, absolutely crazy insane news. honored to announce that this painting has sold for 30K USD to a private collection. in shock fr, wtf

@BHAREBOY Holy shit let’s go!!!!

@Eric_Erins Sick asf neighbors too jealous

I fear not enough people realize this statue on the Lakefront is only there because it started off in somebody’s yard and the neighborhood revolted

Gm, digital collage of Fuji San

@Irfaanz Thanks man! There’s far too much to see and do here. It’s awesome and overwhelming

@asherhoffman_ Thanks man! Hope your doing well I saw your traveling japan! Lmk if you need location’s I went a couple months ago

Eid mubarak to everyone celebrating

I’m painting a self portrait

Gn 🌸

a fruit is resting on the vine

@emikusano @Sko_hr @rk_contemporary @eli_schein @ArtBasel Woah looks beautiful

Good morning… Ornament Survival. A Japanese local factory that was also involved in manufacturing the Sailor Moon toy has carefully refined this piece. It will be unveiled for the first time at Basel in Hong Kong!🫶

@golaradotart Thank you!!

@asherhoffman_ Wow your sweatshirt 💯😍

Gm, loved Kyoto onto Kanazawa for a couple days 🙏

@crowgmi I’m gonna rent the other couple short books he’s written when it’s available on my library app. I liked it. I like weird stuff that just makes you think a little differently.

@asherhoffman_ Anytime Ashh 🔥🔥 it's definitely a weird one

if i love haruki murakami, what other fiction books should i check out

@_sigmaX_ Gm! Reminds me of one of my tattoos from an artist in Lisbon 👏👏

gm It is your story It is your journey Keep walking Keep creating Keep pushing

@P1AbyPIA Hell yeah pia! Love to hear this

I made my first sale in the first mixed exhibition I got curated on, with incredibly talented peers, literally got my art to very first art collector vault in physical reality and form- you get it - made me incredibly happy and proud, I feel like I am just starting

@crowgmi Trout fishing in America was weird and good. Appreciate the rec

@notshake Natsume Soseki - The Miner Richard Brautigan - Trout Fishing in America

Thank you for 46 mints so far! Primitives is a work that emerged from my curiosity. My work has often been mistaken for code-based art. That led me to wonder—what if I actually tried to recreate my work as code art? Conveniently, with the help of AI, it became possible for me to attempt this on my own. However, what I didn’t anticipate was that AI wouldn’t interpret my intentions as well as I had expected. At first, I tried feeding my previous works into the system and instructing it to generate them through code, but it didn’t work at all. In the end, I had no choice but to spend time generating everything through text prompts. On top of that, it took additional time to fine-tune the output so it could be minted on Highlight. I’m grateful to KZ_LAB_E for the support. I consider this work to be experimental. It is not something complete, but rather something still in process. Even so, I wanted to share it because it reflects the time we live in—not visually, but technically. I believe it is still relatively rare for an artist without coding knowledge to use AI to generate p5.js-based artwork. Whether that holds value is up to each individual, and I myself don’t yet have an answer. That is precisely why I limited the mint to a small circle of friends and chose not to set a price. As some of you may know, I have been exploring how to engage with AI since last year. This work is one example of that exploration. In the end, I may return to creating without AI, or I may move further toward AI-based practices (most likely, I’ll continue moving between both). Either way, what I find important is that the artist fully understands both the process and the outcome of their work. As long as that is maintained, I believe any tool can be valid—not just AI. Finally, I want to emphasize that my foundation remains in hand-drawn creation. At the same time, I have deep respect for code art created through manual coding, and I am constantly inspired by it. (In fact, working with AI this time has only strengthened that feeling.)

Went to the Raku Museum today. No pictures allowed 🥲 Easily the best and most important collection of tea ceremony cups I’ve seen by the family who helped make it famous 🤝

@A_Mashiro_nft Gm gm!

Gm 🌸