A new suite of paintings by Robin F. Williams fixates on the spell of our screens and the unease they generate. In Infinite Scroll (2026), acrylic and oil on canvas, 42 x 44 inches, a nude figure with frazzled hair lies in bed beneath sickly-hued linens, fingertips lit an angry red while clutching a navy phone. An electric infinity sign hovers over the scene, unfurling like a perpetual current from the device. It9s a clear emblem for the endless loop Williams pursues across the series.
Extrapolating how humans and machines tangle together, the Brooklyn-based artist shapes a mystical realm steeped in pop culture and art history. In Merminator (2026), oil on linen, 60 x 40 inches, a metallic hybrid of an 80s cyborg assassin and a Disney princess sits atop a rock, echoing Ariel9s gaze toward a world it yearns for but remains outside. I Am Not a Robot (2026), acrylic and oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, is a symmetrical composition that nods to the spiritualist abstractions of Hilma af Klint. It also draws on Boticelli9s Madonna of the Pomegranate, which uses the fruit as a stand-in for the heart; here, the pulsing center becomes a phone, radiating outward as the new lifeline.
Titles, media, and measures
- Infinite Scroll (2026), acrylic and oil on canvas, 42 x 44 inches
- Merminator (2026), oil on linen, 60 x 40 inches
- I Am Not a Robot (2026), acrylic and oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
- Holy Thirst Trap (2026), oil on linen, 42 x 30 inches
- Language Model (2026), oil on canvas, 60 x 54 inches
- Spooky Action at a Distance (2026), acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 44 inches
Titled Act Natural, the body of work leans into the uncanny, conjuring a hyper-sleek, frictionless world where the magnetism of technology sits alongside its menace. P b7P b7O b7W presents Act Natural as a pop-up at Frieze9s No. 9 Cork Street in London, where it9s on view through October 24. All photos by Ian Edquist, courtesy of Robin F. Williams and P b7P b7O b7W, shared with permission.
