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| Ian Chang, BOB: Production Drawings (2018-2019), Double-sided, 8.5inch x 11inch, ink on grey stock. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. |
NEW YORK, NY.-
Gladstone Gallery is presenting an exhibition by Ian Cheng, the artist's debut with the gallery, and the United States premiere of BOB (Bag of Beliefs). The first in a new series of artificial lifeforms, BOB takes the form of a chimeric branching serpent.BOB advances Cheng’s use of simulation to focus on an individual agent's capacity to deal with surprise: the subjective difference between expectations and perception. Over the course of its lifetime, BOB's body, mind, and personality evolve to better confront the continuous stream of life's surprises, and metabolize them into familiar routines. Crucially, BOB incorporates the tutoring influence of the viewer to help offset BOB's temptation to only satisfy its immediate impulses and childhood biases. [
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| Installation View: Ian Cheng – BOB. Photo: David Regen |
