He enjoys taking aspects of culture and subjecting them to a kind of gestalt analysis, where viewers gain an overview of a massive amount of material in a reduced form. -Holly Willis, Daily Insider

bitforms gallery is pleased to announce a string of concurrent exhibitions this Fall with artist R. Luke DuBois (b. 1975, United States). Politics As Usual marks the artist’s first solo gallery exhibition and the New York debut of his Hindsight is Always 20/20 series, which tours in Denver, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. A complete set of limited edition letterpress prints will be featured.

Commissioned by the City of Denver and opening August 23, the U.S. Democratic National Convention will premiere forty-three free-standing outdoor light boxes in the Hindsight is Always 20/20 series. The same day in Minneapolis-St. Paul, host city of the U.S. Republican National Convention, an exhibition of the forty-three letterpress prints in series will open at the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota.

Later in the Fall, DuBois’ light boxes will travel to the National Constitution Center at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia where they will unveil on National Public Lands Day, September 27. There, they will remain on view through December 31.

About the Hindsight is Always 20/20 series: Hindsight is Always 20/20 examines the history of American political discourse through the metaphor of vision. Drawing from the annual State of the Union (SOTU) addresses given by Presidents to Congress, ‘Hindsight’ consists of a single Snellen-style eye chart for each president to have given SOTU addresses. Instead of the typical characters present in an eye chart, the piece employs words drawn from their speeches, presented in order of most frequent (top line) to least frequent (bottom line) word. The result is a startlingly clear snapshot of the lexicon of each presidency, containing a mix of historically topical keywords and rhetoric unique to each president and the time period in which they served in office.