Are Conventional Oil Paintings Post-internet?

Does post-internet art have to be made on the computer? Or ought to be presented online?

Or maybe, instead of an art movement, the term exists more like referring to a period of time. We have a.C. and BC; does post-internet art refer to the artistic creations made after the birth of internet?

Here is an oil painting.

The artist designed a computer program that can randomly generate numbers to set the dimension of canvas. Then it generates numbers for each grid’s measurement. Then it generates ratios of the three primary colors and grays. All the decisions were made by the program. After obtaining these data, the artist strictly followed and hand-painted the piece.

Presentation-wise, the above painting on the wall, being hand-painted with oil paints on canvas, wouldn’t be conventionally regarded as an internet piece. Because it has all the elements of a hand-crafted fine art.

But does it mean post-internet art can’t be hand-crafted?

Personally, I think this piece can be regarded as post-internet, because:

1. First of all, it needs to be classified as a piece of art. And it does.
2. It was made after the birth of the internet – which was in the 80s. Its creator was born after the birth of the internet. She was inspired of this piece after the birth of the internet. The paints, canvas, and palette knives used in the making process were made and bought after the birth of the internet. EVERYTHING post-internet.
3. It was the computer which dictates – the composition and color combinations were randomly generated through a program designed by the artist. How was the program codes inspired? The internet participated in the art-making process. The artist perfected her codes by researching online. Oh and of course, she used a computer to code. She also downloaded the coding software online. Therefore, internet.
4. What we see here is just a photo of the actual painting. A picture, which is located on the internet, of the painting. Ceci n’est pas une pipe! Is it a painting or an online photo? Are we actually talking about the photo being post-internet?
5. Furthermore, the image we see here has been digitally processed, having its brightness and white balance adjusted because of the poor lighting when it was photographed. Nowadays, arts are so easily accessible online, and art-viewers have choices to not go to an actual venue to experience art. But we are just looking at online pictures that documented the works. And of course, these photographs are edited – is editing has now become a part of the art-making process, because all the arts we see online are inseparable with this part?

So that’s that. Enough philosophy from me, what do you think?