THS
Fine Art
Multidisciplined artist focused on innovating in every field.
Microscopic detail, hours of focus and competitive drive producing quantifiably unique pieces merging art and science.
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Ink
Cityscapes following their own rules.
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Tones and detailing measured at a microscopic level to ensure incomparable pieces.
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The ink is blended with a unique solvent; individual to each piece creating a district molecular identity.
Charcoal
Drawing a tree, using a tree, on a tree. ​
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The inspiration and material are all entirely derived from nature.
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Given the climate, it is
likely that these indelible features of Britain could be exclusively found on paper in the coming decades.
Sculpture
Just because something cannot be seen, does not mean it is not there.
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Having performed microscopic manipulation during my PhD, microscopic sculpting became the goal.
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Smallest pieces is currently 0.05 mm.
Authentication
Without quantification, one is simply guessing.
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40% of all art is a forgery or misattributed costing $6 BN yearly. Combining advanced imaging and ML​, it is possible to quantifiably determine the authenticity of each of my artworks with 100% accuracy eliminating forgeries.
Epidemic
It is pessimistically estimated that 40% of all art in the world's major galleries are fakes, forgeries or misattributed demonstrating current technologies inadequacies.
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Forgeries and misattributes of fine art cost $6 bn per year. When extended to luxury goods this rises further to $30.3 bn.
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AI and robotics are leading to an exponential rise in forgeries and misattributes that current technology cannot define.
All works legitimacy must be questioned.
If authenticity is false, it can erase an artists contribution to society, eliminate an owners value and erode a sellers credibility.
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Artists, experts, millionaires and billionaires are all susceptible to fraud which occurs regularly causing reputational and fiscal pain to all those involved.
Solution
By focusing on micro and nanoscopic invisible points; one can create a unique identifying fingerprint for every piece of art.
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By focusing on unique, instantaneous stochastic processes, billions of individual data points are analysed within a centimeter. This is impossible to replicate in high fidelity preventing duplication.
This is in contrast to other methods including QR and RFID tags that can be copied or removed and reapplied from the original to a fraud. Removing the unique pattern destroys it preventing reapplication.
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The pattern is used with standard varnishing practices to protect the art whilst not disrupting the integrity of the work.
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This is the only process for protecting the asset into the future.
Technological lead
Access and development of advanced microscopy, spectroscopy, ML and 3D printing in an academic setting ensures a technological and ideological edge.
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Combining interdisciplinary knowledge is fundamental to success and maintaining a technological edge now and into the future.
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Double Dealing
Made in Chelsea star Victoria Baker-Harbers husband; Inigo Philbrick is a notorious; serial art fraudster having previously received a 7 year prison sentence in the US.
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Inigo sold the same artworks to multiple buyers and sold works which he did not own or possess making at least $86 million in the process.
Those conned include the billionaire business men, the Ruben Brothers who are the third wealthiest family in the UK.​​​
Date Modification
Damien Hirst's peak critical and economic performance occurred in the 1990s winning the prestigious Turner Prize.
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Several of his iconic formaldehyde sculptures were found to have been made 2017 but dated to 1990s significantly increasing their value but have been globally exhibited in prestigious galleries.
Hirst stated 'what's important, the original artwork or the original intention. I come from a conceptual art background, so I think it should be the intention'.
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Hirst has also 'misdated' thousands of paintings from 'The Currency' series, which were actually mass produced in 2018-19. While it was claimed only 10,000 exist, with many destroyed if an NFT version was collected, the true number in circulation remains unknown. ​Despite this, The Currency made ~$21 million.​​​
Ponzi Scheme
Lisa Schiff is accused of multimillion pound fraud and Ponzi scheme with over 50 claimants filing individual claims in excess of $2 million.
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Works involved in the scheme include those by Damien Hirst, Chris Ofili, Michael Craig-Martin, Barbara Kruger, and Tracey Emin. While many are held in storage facilities, galleries and auction houses, a full audit of their authenticity and location remains elusive with over 100 works missing.
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Those affected include Mira Dimotrova (senior director of Friedman gallery); David Schrader, (head of private sales at Sotheby’s); Maya McLaughlin (Art Advisory); Frestonian Gallery; Leonardo DiCaprio; Thomas Hagerty (MD Thomas H. Lee PE) Brian Conway (chairman TA Associates PE). Most are claiming in excess of $1 million.​​​
Classical
Forgery
One of NYCs oldest art dealers (Knoedler and Co) closed after 165 years in 2011.
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It had been caught selling forgeries of expressionist masters including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Rothko totalling ~$80 million.
The master forgers was a chinese national (Pei-Shen Qian) who has since fled to China to avoid extradition. He was discovered on a street corner in Queens and was initially paid just $500 per piece which later rose to $5,000 while the gallery sold these for millions. Despite being a skilled forger, he was a poor negotiator.
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Those affected include the former chairman of Sotheby's for $8.3 million and Hedge Fund manger Pierre Lagrange for $17 million however nearly all claims have been settled outside of court making it hard to determine to true price of the fraud.​​​
18.06.24
British Museum
Brazilian MSc Student 'Ile Sartuzi' walked into the British museum, removed an English Civil War coin and replaced it with a replica worth ~£1000.
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This 'crime' was never identified and would likely never have be identified with the British Museum providing credibility to the fraudulent piece.
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The year before; the British Museum sacked a curator Dr Peter Higgs who was alleged to have stolen 1,800 items.
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