King Charles Portraitist Jonathan Yeo’s Paintings Get the A.R. Treatment – Artnet News

British artist Jonathan Yeo remains best known for his portrait of the newly crowned King Charles III. But, the self-taught artist has also experimented with technology for over a decade. Last October, this line of enquiry culminated with a three-day show of Yeo’s paintings at the Centre Pompidou in partnership with Snap, which helped animate his portraits using augmented reality (A.R.). The exhibition, “Spectacular: The Art of Jonathan Yeo in Augmented Reality,” makes its U.S. debut this Sunday at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Yeo has painted famous people for three decades. On a video call, he described portraiture as his “day job.” Its static nature has historically frustrated him. “I tend to spend half my time doing the portraits, and half the year experimenting,” Yeo said. Early forays included collages and themed series. Key art for “Spectacular” featuring Jonathan Yeo. Photo courtesy of Snapchat. “In recent years, that side of it’s been slightly replaced by playing with technologies,” he said. In 2017, he produced his first bronze sculpture, a self portrait cast from a model made with Google’s new 3D virtual reality painting application, Tilt Brush. In 2021, he helped judge the Venice International Film Festival‘s Venice
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