Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

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In this untitled work, a stylized, blocky female figure examines a strip of celluloid, contemplating the scene that unfolds before her. Two of the cells are magnified and projected into space, revealing a seated figure with arms outstretched above her head. The painting draws on Avery Singer’s memories of watching her father work as a projectionist at the Museum of Modern Art and on her own student experiments with Super 8 filmmaking. Singer uses Google SketchUp, three dimensional computer modeling freeware, to construct the scenes and then translates the digital images to canvas using an airbrush paint application. The resulting image simultaneously suggests twentieth-century avantgarde art and design and early computer graphics. Reconciling these distinct reference points in her work, Singer has explained that “the aesthetics of the avantgarde have been so thoroughly digested by the culture industry that this style, while recalling very specific artistic movements, might also closely resemble a virtual reality space or even a cartoon.”

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UNTITLED, 2015

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Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Entry Gallery, Floor 6

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UNTITLED, 2015

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