October 5 - November 9, 2024
From Galleri Urbane:
“Galleri Urbane is pleased to present Revaluation of Origin, an exhibition of work by Juan Alberto Negroni. This is the first solo show for Negroni, who has participated as a visiting artist in numerous group shows at the gallery since 2018. Temporality is evanescent in the artist’s new work. Or, rather, everything might be a mirage. In this first intentional foray into Artificial Intelligence, Negroni uses the technology as a potent tool in a partnership laced with dualities that culminates in a new vision, at once dulcet and haunting, ancient and modern. Using an AI application, the artist delivers prompts “intended to generate images of atemporal hypothetical spaces,” he says. They begin with a request for the past: 1930s or 40s black-and-white photography. From there, he leans toward the otherworldly. His subjects—collections of monoliths on abandoned beaches or hovering in deserted expanses—could be anywhere, anytime. Layered on top is his customary grid, here used to anchor. His subject-objects disorient. They are lost, when it is unclear what it would mean to be found. They are solitary, though they share the picture plane. Melancholy and meditative despite their non-sentience, they wax nostalgic, though there is no clear before or after.”
Reception: October 5, 2024 | 5–7 pm
2277 Monitor St.
Dallas, 75206 TX
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