Christine Wang
Florida, 2021
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in (91.4 x121.9 cm)
CW175
Luke Murphy
Long Bundle, 2020
steel studs, steel and aluminum braces, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
108 x 45 x 45 in (274.3 x 114.3 x 114.3 cm)
LMU007
Luke Murphy
(detail) Long Bundle, 2020
steel studs, steel and aluminum braces, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
108 x 45 x 45 in (274.3 x 114.3 x 114.3 cm)
LMU007
Installation view
Luke Murphy
Field Sign, 2020
discarded Xmas tree, steel studs, aluminum wire, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
91 x 35 x 9 in (231.1 x 88.9 x 22.9 cm)
LMU005
Christine Wang
Dinosaur, 2020
acrylic on canvas
84 x 108 in (213.4 x 274.3 cm)
CW164
Christine Wang
Volcano, 2021
oil on linen
48 x 48 in (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
CW180
Installation view
Luke Murphy
(detail) Lord Kelvin Column with 5 sides and 9 Lights, 2020
steel studs, aluminum wire, wood, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
82 x 10 x 10 in (208.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
LMU003
Christine Wang
Mannequin, 2021
oil on linen
72 x 60 in (182.9 x 152.4 cm) CW165
Luke Murphy
(detail) Upset Cube, 2020
steel studs, sheet metal, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
29 1/2 x 25 x 25 in (74.9 x 63.5 x 63.5 cm)
LMU006
Christine Wang
Mandala Red, 2021
acrylic and oil stick on canvas
72 x 60 in (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
CW176
Christine Wang
Looters, 2021
acrylic on canvas
96 x 72 in (243.8 x 182.9 cm)
CW178
Luke Murphy
Ladder-Exchange, 2020
ladder, steel studs, aluminum wire, LED matrix panels, video driver hardware, software, power supplies, PC, code
96 x 30 x 40 in (243.8 x 76.2 x 101.6 cm)
LMU008
Christine Wang
Dog, 2021
oil on linen
72 x 60 in (182.9 x 152.4 cm)
CW179
Screen Time is an exhibition of new work by Luke Murphy and Christine Wang. Both artists address the screen as a digital intermediary for experience. Though its trajectory began long ago, the screen's total encroachment upon daily life reached new heights in 2020, becoming the primary tool of community engagement, creative exploration, and consumer activity in response to long-term shelter-in-place restrictions. Murphy and Wang consider the omnipresence of the screen without dogma, addressing its cultural and perceptual implications with a sense of humor and an appreciation of unexpected beauty.
In equal parts euphoric, critical, escapist, hilarious, and mournful, their work presents a kaleidoscopic approach to a moment of cultural inundation and mass uncertainty, finding value in the sheer play of perception and the long standing role of art to illuminate through confusion.
Screen Time is on view through March 13 by appointment and online viewing room @ Night Gallery 2276 E 16th Street