My show, Ava, Chloe, ʙʟᴀɪʀ, Nicole, opens this Saturday at Lubov. Reception: 6–9pm. (TJ Byrnes afterparty) From Olivia Kan-Sperling’s (@dianadiagram) text on the show: These eight paintings were first bred by Connor from digital photos, starting with a perfect girl (Bella, Lily-Rose, Kate) and then (abusively!) toggling different parameters—“gender,” “earrings,” “mouth open,” etc.—to find their breaking points. I’m glad Connor’s pushing this model to her limits; she should have to suffer at least a little. I picture Connor in a white lab, pumping this perfect girl full of qualities until she’s full, until she can’t take it any more. And she bursts, and the traits start leaking out of her every hole. Like a punctured Tide Pod, her features swirl around in a facial whirlpool; her puffy and botoxed skin puckers into a paisley. Always-already unfinished, made to be dissolved, stuffed with potentials, her uses are many—it’s all up to your personal preference. The room suggests the classic combinatorial game in which you pick a face, pick a potion, and suture them, with a little love, on the table. 🩹⚗️👗👤🤍🧪 (pictured: ’Chloe’, oil on canvas, 36x36”)