Ravages of Time & Permanence of Wonder
Embark on a Journey Through Art, Culture, and Innovation as the author invites readers into a unique fusion of traditional and digital art, where physical impasto paintings merge with virtual reality to create immersive experiences.
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About the book
Embark on a Journey Through Art, Culture, and Innovation as the author invites readers into a unique fusion of traditional and digital art, where physical impasto paintings merge with virtual reality to create immersive experiences. Known for his innovative Hybrid VR Paintings, Alber bridges the physical and virtual worlds, allowing art lovers to explore galleries in a whole new dimension.
About Dave Alber
A storyteller at heart, Dave Alber crafts worlds where the line between history and mystery blurs.
With a passion for blending rich narratives with immersive, cutting-edge technologies, he invites readers to explore both the past and the present through vivid, multi-dimensional storytelling.
Whether it’s the winding alleys of Suzhou or the shadows of forgotten legends, Dave’s work captivates with its intricate characters, timeless themes, and gripping suspense.
When he’s not writing, you can find him exploring new ways to merge the worlds of art and narrative—constantly searching for the next story that demands to be told.
“Visual Storytelling Par Excellence! Travel artist, Dave Alber’s “Ravages Of Time & Permanence Of Wonder” is visual storytelling par excellence! Dave’s work marries his images in traveling through both high and low aesthetics in Modern Contemporary Art using a diversity of artistic mediums. I am struck by the sheer joy I experience that is expressed in this visual narrative. In my encounter with this book I marvel as if a spirit that wanders alone through the world also leads one to a threshold transforming spirit to wonder, that witness who shares with others in simple happiness what there is that is eternally possible to share through art.”
Stephanie Pope
mythopoetry.com
“This is a marriage of art with technology. It isn’t only one or the other, but a seamless blend of both.”
Participant at Old World New World exhibition
“What Lucian Freud does for portraiture, Dave Alber does for cityscapes.”
— Shanghai Art Drop buyer
“Honestly, I have thought so much about Puxi and Pudong, but I’ve never thought about it like this. The visuals on that page, the breasts swelling, the Puxi and Pudong breasts. I can’t even. So much effort. Thank you for sharing this with us. What a gift.”
Clara Davis, Founder of Unravel (at the Shanghai Literature Festival)
http://unravellive.com
© Dave Alber, 2025