self portrait - legs spread no. 1 by Addie Wagenknecht

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Addie Wagenknecht

self portrait – legs spread no. 12017

IKB dry pigment and resin on linen36 x 24 in / 91.4 x 61 cm

To create this series, Addie Wagenknecht modified a Roomba vacuum to paint on canvas as it follows its preprogrammed cleaning algorithm. Reclining nude, Wagenknecht allows the Roomba to navigate around her body, leaving behind blue strokes that reference Yves Klein’s Anthropométries. Unlike Klein’s spectacle of objectified female nudes as "living paintbrushes," Wagenknecht's work shifts focus to what is absent. The female form is suggested only by the void, framed by the robot's abstract strokes, challenging traditional depictions of the nude.

Linen Painting

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self portrait – legs spread no. 1 by Addie Wagenknecht, 2017

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