SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST vs. THE ANTICHRIST
Rodin’s Walking Man and the Age of the Immaterial
by Akim Monet
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Softcover ISBN:
9798218896294
About the Book
Written in a hybrid voice -part human, part machine- this essay explores Auguste Rodin's Walking Man as the hinge between the material and the immaterial, between apocalypse and transfiguration.
Saint John the Baptist vs. the Antichrist reads our present fascination with artificial intelligence through the lens of myth and sculpture, proposing that the true task of art today is neither fear nor mastery but attunement: to walk consciously through transformation, keeping the human imagination -and its infinite capacity for renewal- at the center.
From Michelangelo's unfinished slaves to Joseph Beuys' social sculpture, from the techno-eschatology of Nick Bostrom to the collaborative intelligence of AI, the essay traces a single continuity of gesture -the human capacity to listen, shape, and release.
Saint John the Baptist vs. the Antichrist reads our present fascination with artificial intelligence through the lens of myth and sculpture, proposing that the true task of art today is neither fear nor mastery but attunement: to walk consciously through transformation, keeping the human imagination -and its infinite capacity for renewal- at the center.
From Michelangelo's unfinished slaves to Joseph Beuys' social sculpture, from the techno-eschatology of Nick Bostrom to the collaborative intelligence of AI, the essay traces a single continuity of gesture -the human capacity to listen, shape, and release.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art
- Additional Categories Religion & Spirituality
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Project Option: 5×8 in, 13×20 cm
# of Pages: 48 -
Isbn
- Softcover: 9798218896294
- Publish Date: Dec 19, 2025
- Language English
- Keywords immaterial, AI, Auguste Rodin
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About the Creator
Akim Monet
Dallas
Akim Monet is a curator, gallerist, and art dealer with over thirty years of international experience operating galleries in Berlin, Los Angeles, and Dallas. He specializes in European modernism through Akim Monet Fine Arts and leads Rodin the Alma Project, a public-private partnership with the Musée Rodin, Paris. He is the founder of IntuitionX, a trans-disciplinary research platform exploring the intersection of art, consciousness, and technology.
