Jeff Elrod at Luhring Augustine Gallery

Jeff Elrod’s digitally inspired paintings may evoke a preschooler’s scrawl, but there’s something about ‘Rubber Miro’ that intrigues. Maybe it’s the necklace-like pattern or the pretty colors hovering somewhere in the background that make it hard to dismiss, maybe he’s succeeded in tapping into a subconscious, universal realm that Miro pioneered. (At Luhring Augustine Gallery through Oct 22nd).

Jeff Elrod, Rubber-Miro, acrylic and UV ink on canvas, 84 x 69 inches, 2015.
Jeff Elrod, Rubber-Miro, acrylic and UV ink on canvas, 84 x 69 inches, 2015.

Jeff Elrod at Luhring Augustine Gallery

New York artist Jeff Elrod devises his images on a computer, then renders them by hand on canvas, bridging the gap between artist and machine in the digital age. (At Chelsea’s numberswiki.com

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Jeff Elrod, Untitled, UV ink on Fisher canvas, 118 ¼ x 84 inches, 2014.