Winslow Garage

Rachel Finkelstein / Face Me
Opening Sunday Sept 22nd 5-8 pm
On view through Oct. 20th by appointment

Winslow Garage is delighted to present Face Me, a recent technology-based work by Los Angeles artist Rachel Finkelstein. Having embraced computer art since the early 1980s, Finkelstein has a distinguished history of exploring both abstraction and feminist body art. In this exhibition, she reflects on "the body as an assemblage that is constantly coming together and falling apart." AI-generated, fragmented self-portraits are set in motion through QR codes, creating a moving, psychedelic vision where fragments of her image coalesce and disperse in rhythmic patterns. The installation also features a table-sized 3D printed partial portrait of the artist's head and a selection of source images that informed the work.

Rachel Finkelstein is a Feminist and LGBTQ mixed-media artist with a distinguished art practice spanning over 40 years. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Saint Martin's College of Art in 1979 and her Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art in 1982. In 2021, she completed her MFA at California State University, Long Beach. Finkelstein's work has been exhibited across Europe, the United States, and Israel. Her contributions are featured in seminal texts, including Mary Kelly: On Sexual Politics and Art (1987) in Framing Feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970-1985, edited by R. Parker & G. Pollock, and Richard Dyer's Now You See It: Studies in Lesbian and Gay Film (1990). Her work delves into complex themes of identity, materiality, and the interplay between the physical and digital realms, consistently pushing the boundaries of contemporary art practice.