After visiting Pulse, artist Sam Rolfes ended up making a series of digital sketches related to the fair. They’re not true-to-life, these alien-like, expressive portraits.
“I ended up being entertained by the gallery attendants,” says Rolfes. “Once the scent of collectors had faded from the booth’s vicinity, they slouched over their iPhones—in contrapposto—or other various states of digital repose.”
What follows are Sam Rolfes’ figure studies, his digital sketches of gallery dealers and attendants, set next to his favorite work in the booth. All captions by the artist.
Philip Bloom Gallery figures in front of a few good paintings.
A thoroughly sweatered representative of C24 gallery and a top view of the sweet glass video jar by Katja Loher, which reminds me of fellow Chicagoan Yaloopop‘s work in the best way possible.
The booth attendant for Pictura Gallery balancing on “Municipium” by Conner Green.
Lesley Heller Workspace: reclining against “Bungalow und Zimmer I, (Zempin, Germany)” by Katherine Newbegin.
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