This event is in the past.It took place on March 14, 2026 at Heft Gallery.




What happens when an artist lets a machine take the wheel? Kevin Esherick trained an AI on his own work, then stepped away for a year. This exhibition documents his year of creative exile: the strange loss of purpose, the drift, and two haunting new series forged in that alienation.
conceptual tech art
identity & authorship
Lower East Side gallery
provocative installations
Tips
💵"especially liked the dollar bills defaced by the pen plotter"
🍷excellent bar on-site for post-show drinks
The Artist is Absent
Chinatown




What happens when an artist lets a machine take the wheel? Kevin Esherick trained an AI on his own work, then stepped away for a year. This exhibition documents his year of creative exile: the strange loss of purpose, the drift, and two haunting new series forged in that alienation.
conceptual tech art
identity & authorship
Lower East Side gallery
provocative installations
Tips
💵"especially liked the dollar bills defaced by the pen plotter"
🍷excellent bar on-site for post-show drinks
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