In The Age of Self Indulgence, Alice Gordon continues to explore the depths of human psyche with her distinctive visual style. Here, the self is not singular but splintered, a chorus of personas each vying for the spotlight. As the body is replicated and reimagined, it becomes a metaphor for the multiplicity of selves that we adopt for different aspects of modern life.
Generated with a custom trained AI model based on her previous art, then processed with two upscalers, Gordon’s latest series is an idiosyncratic surrealist collection. This is a realm where the self is endlessly recreated and displayed, a loop of introspection that both critiques and indulges the human penchant for self-obsession. Each tableau is a commentary on the contemporary condition, a blend of absurdity and truth, where the need for recognition and remembrance reveals our deepest desires and vulnerabilities.
Vintage items, each a strange anachronism, are positioned throughout the spaces and challenge the viewer to consider the absurdity of self-importance. The intentional manipulation of time through decors and outfits serve to show that the roots of our narcissistic tendencies, have always been the same. The opulent and excessive decor serves as a canvas for the critique, providing a stark juxtaposition to the neutral expressions of the subjects who sit among their own images, at once the monarchs and prisoners of their self-made domains.
The collection also serves as a meta-allegory of tile-based upscalers like Magnific. The way that these upscalers tend to generate human faces everywhere is a perfect mirror for our egotistical need to put ourselves everywhere. The central figures stand amidst their own multiplicities, surrounded by the opulence of their own echoes.
Every room is an echo chamber.
Every figure is a prisoner of egotism.
Every piece is an allegory of our fragmented modern identities.
Prints:
Collectors can purchase a 16h x 24w in. archival pigment prints of their pieces, printed on 325 gsm Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta paper, at cost plus shipping. The prints are available unsigned by connecting your art-holding wallet after the mint to wovn.xyz to order a print.