One wall of the gallery is a long stack of lively faces, the energetic style matching the animation in the faces. They match their subject, a clown in the old-school sense, more Charlie Chaplin than Ronald McDonald. The artist, Brian Flinn, has numbered the series under the title Auditions. It’s an entertainer looking for a gig. But for Flinn, it’s a sly double meaning, because it’s also a test run for new way for making art. Does it pass?
The series of faces are part of“Adjusted Intentions,” a show of work by artist Brian Flinn running concurrently with photographer R.F. Wilton’s show“Forces of Attraction” at Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., through Oct. 8. Both shows see the artists working through variations on visual themes that fascinate them, through very different means. And even if the shows may not necessarily be meant to be paired, taken together, they have something pragmatic to say in the polarized debate about the use of artificial intelligence to create art.
