Jun 1st 2024

A Third Act

@ SULK Chicago

525 S Dearborn St, APT 209, Chicago, IL 60605

Opening Saturday, June 1st, from 7PM - 10PM

On view through Sunday, June 30th

Sulk Chicago is excited to announce the opening of “A Third Act,” an exhibition by artists Justice Apple and Mac Pierce. The show will premiere on June 1, 2024, with an opening reception from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Sulk Chicago, located at 525 S Dearborn St. #209.

“A Third Act” explores the implications of AI image generation and deepfake technologies, a growing trend in the contemporary art market. Using nudifying apps, Apple and Pierce challenge viewers to reconsider the boundaries of reality and artifice. The exhibition features composite images created by photographing the artists in full-body morph suits within detailed, hand-made sets, then altered by AI to produce uncanny, fabricated bodies.

“New technologies are rapidly adopted for art and controversial uses. AI tools for deepfaking can create non-consensual pornography by mapping nude bodies onto clothed individuals. In ‘A Third Act,’ we use these tools in our art, photographing ourselves in morph suits to create images that force viewers to question what is real and what is fake.”
– Artist Statement

Mac Pierce (b. 1993, Seattle, WA) is a Chicago-based artist who critically engages with emerging technologies. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has exhibited at Expo Chicago and Ars Electronica.

Justice Apple (b. 1992, New York, NY) is a Chicago-based artist whose work explores feminine power, fragility, and resilience. Her recent work interrogates relationships between sexuality and vulnerability
through photography, collage, mixed media, and sculpture.

The opening reception for “A Third Act” will be on June 1, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Sulk Chicago. The exhibition runs until June 30, 2024. Gallery hours are every Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 PM, or by appointment.

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