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Enormous, reptilian eyes and rough-hewn features give Robin F. Williams\u2019 female characters – named Siri and Alexa – a memorable boldness that runs contrary to the perky helpfulness of their digital namesakes.\u00a0 Titled \u2018Siri Defends Her Honor,\u2019 this painting casts Apple\u2019s assistant into the role of a mob boss\u2019s wife as played by Uma Thurman in an iconic scene from \u2018Pulp Fiction,\u2019 examining constructed AI personalities via female roles in cinema.\u00a0 (In \u2018Xenia:\u00a0 Crossroads in Portrait Painting\u2019 at Marianne Boesky Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea, on view through Feb 15th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Robin F. Williams, Siri Defends Her Honor, oil and acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Enormous, reptilian eyes and rough-hewn features give Robin F. Williams\u2019 female characters – named Siri and Alexa – a memorable boldness that runs contrary to the perky helpfulness of their digital namesakes.\u00a0 Titled \u2018Siri Defends Her Honor,\u2019 this painting casts Apple\u2019s assistant into the role of a mob boss\u2019s wife as played by Uma Thurman … <\/p>\n

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