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Roxy Paine: James Cohan Gallery.(art exhibitions)
Artforum International, April, 2006 by Hall, Emily
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Roxy Paine's work tends to fall into two quite different categories: machines that make art, and art that looks very much like nature. In the first category are devices called the "PMU" (painting manufacturing unit) and "Scumaks" (auto sculpture makers). With the aid of computer programs written by the artist, these devices create paintings in various historical styles and objects marked by Oldenburgian floppiness.
The second category encompasses meticulously rendered sculptures of flora and fungi presented in pseudolaboratory settings (poison ivy occupying a ...
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