Addie Wagenknecht at Bitforms

Yves Klein’s use of nude female models – daubed in his signature blue paint – as live paintbrushes increases in political incorrectness as the years go by. Now, Addie Wagenknecht has joined the ranks of artists who’ve responded with their own takes on Klein’s iconic objectification. Engaging a Roomba to paint as it skirted her nude body, Wagenknecht creates expressionist canvases with an algorithm and robot. (On view at Bitforms on the Lower East Side through Feb 11th).

Addie Wagenknecht, self-portrait – snow on cedar (winter), IKB dry pigment and resin on canvas, 80 x 90 inches, 2017.