The rise of AI seems to be taking over every conversation these days. A recurring debate among my art-writer friends is whether it’s better for an artist statement to be written by AI or by the artist themselves — because let me tell you, neither option is without its problems. Thank God for Scott and Andrea Zieher’s gallery, ZieherSmith, which continues to come up with exhibition statements that no chatbot could generate, full of unexpected ideas and sentences that are genuinely pleasurable to read. Take Archetypos, for example, a two-person exhibition featuring work by Dan Mandelbaum and Lindsey Rome: “We think we disagree with Dr. Jung’s idea of archetypes as a ‘gathering place of forgotten ... unconscious content that is altered by becoming conscious and by being perceived’ primarily because nothing is forgotten, it’s just not yet remembered.” This is a great way to showcase two of the gallery’s most interesting artists — Mandelbaum works with limestone carvings and other labor-intensive stonework, and Rome makes intuitive works on paper that are part Howard Finster and part Peter Max. Come see how well rock and paper can work together. Note: The gallery’s street address has recently changed names, but the location is the same as it was when it was on South Street.
Through June 27 at ZieherSmith
1207 King Hollands Ave.
