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Siebren Versteeg at Bitforms Gallery

A figure with a body made of rebar hunches over an iPad in Siebren Versteeg’s solo show at Bitforms Gallery, scrolling through social media, distributing ‘likes’ willy nilly. Just as a real body is not necessary to consume content, existing media is sufficient for making more art – on the walls, paintings made with software that mines Internet images mimic the form of Jay DeFeo’s famously massive ‘Rose’ painting, built up from years of accumulated paint. (At Bitforms Gallery on the Lower East Side through May 28th).

Siebren Versteeg, Danny Liker, from the series Dummies, custom software (color, silent), steel, cast concrete, tablet, 42 x 42 x 26 inches, 2017.

Quayola at Bitforms Gallery

Italian artist Quayola revisits the subject of Laocoon, the ill-fated Trojan priest in ancient Greek mythology, in an arresting sculpture that combines a digital, geometric rendering of the priest’s head with a realistic representation. Coated in oxidized iron powder, the sculpture appears both aged and new. (At Bitforms Gallery on the Lower East Side through April 9th).

Quayola, Laocoon Fragment G_003.V, iron, epoxy, fiberglass, 14.1 x 12.7 x 12 inches, 2016.

R. Luke DuBois at Bitforms Gallery

Using voter machines from the 40s, 50s and 60s, Luke DuBois presents gallery-goers with some more esoteric choices than the U.S. public faces in today’s election (us vs them, water vs fire, nature vs machine). Once visitors have locked in their votes, a unique video response interprets the data. (At Bitforms Gallery through Dec 23rd).

R. Luke DuBois, Learning Machine #2: Image, AVM voting machine (instruction model, blue, ca. 1955), voting booth, computer, camera, lights, screen, 11.75 x 13.5 x 13 inches, 2016.
R. Luke DuBois, Learning Machine #2: Image, AVM voting machine (instruction model, blue, ca. 1955), voting booth, computer, camera, lights, screen, 11.75 x 13.5 x 13 inches, 2016.

Anouk Kruithof at Bitforms

Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof’s vaguely anthropomorphized stand features a printed sheet of vinyl bearing a picture (a screenshot) of a deliberately blurred ID card posted by the TSA to its Instagram account alongside contraband found on the traveller.   It’s a strange and provocative rematerialization of web-disseminated images. (At Bitforms on the Lower East Side through July 31st).

Anouk Kruithof, Neutral (openhearted), graphite, printed vinyl, rubber band, 70.1 x 48.5 x 11.81 inches, 2015.
Anouk Kruithof, Neutral (openhearted), graphite, printed vinyl, rubber band, 70.1 x 48.5 x 11.81 inches, 2015.

Daniel Rozin at Bitforms

Faux fur pom poms and cute stuffed penguins move in response to gallery visitors, creating rough portraits in Israeli-American artist Daniel Rozin’s solo show at Bitforms on the Lower East Side. (Through July 1st).

Daniel Rozin, Pom Pom Mirror, 928 faux fur pom poms, 464 motors, control electronics, video camera, custom software, microcontroller, wooden armature, 48 x 48 x 18 inches, 2015.