Hannah Whitaker at Marinaro
New York photographer Hannah Whitaker departs from her usual complex, multiple exposure images in recent straight photographs that employ grids and gradients to create what looks like a digital environment for a lone female character. Here, a shaft of light illuminates a sliver of her modelās otherwise dark body, suggesting that weāre seeing a fragment of whatās before us. Imagined as a sister to digital avatars like Siri or Alexa, Whitakerās new figure questions who our AI characters are and why theyāre designed as they are. (On view in Manhattanās Two Bridges neighborhood through Jan 24th. Masks and social distancing are required.) Hannah Whitaker, Orange Eye, Slit, UV printed onto MDF with hand painted edges, 21 x 15 inches, 2019.
