Open for Disposal from the collection of TAG Gallery

Open for Disposal

Digital Collage and New Media on Acrylic

30 x 30 x 1.5 in (76.2 x 76.2 x 3.81 cm)

$3,000

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Open for Disposal centers on a nude female figure whose face is obscured by a neon “OPEN” sign, converting the traditional site of identity into a storefront signal. The body becomes a display window, offered for entry and appraisal, while the word “open” reads as both invitation and instruction: availability as a condition, not a choice.

The figure sits under the looming shadow of skyscrapers, where corporate architecture functions like a permanent weather system, darkening the scene with scale and authority. Below, piles of trash and collapsed boxes accumulate into a second landscape, suggesting the afterimage of consumption: packaging, waste, and the residue of convenience. Embedded in the debris, a screen shows an upside-down Amazon logo that becomes a frown, a small but pointed inversion that turns brand confidence into quiet distress.

By stacking body, skyline, and refuse into a single vertical hierarchy, the work links visibility to disposability. It frames contemporary commerce as an ecosystem where desire is illuminated, labor is anonymized, and the consequences are pushed downward into the margins. Open for Disposal asks what it means to be “open” in a world that treats human presence as product, and what remains when the promise of progress is measured in trash.

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About the artist

Austin Lubetkin

b. 1996

Austin Lubetkin is a visual artist and software engineer whose work is shaped by his experiences of autism and synesthesia. He sees language, sound, and emotion as colors and patterns, and translates this sensory crossover into bold, graphic compositions. Using the visual language of advertising, social media, and luxury branding, his work explores how identity, beauty, and neurodivergence are packaged, judged, and sold. Lubetkin is a member of the international artists association. Lubetkin's work has been exhibited at galleries and museums across the United States including recent exhibits at the Sasse Museum and Awita Gallery and in international exhibitions at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and Red Dot in Basel, Switzerland. He has also served as both curator and featured artist for an exhibition at the Orlando Science Center, focusing on the intersection of technology and perception. In May 2026, Lubetkin will be curating a group show exploring the experiences of artists with autism at TAG Gallery

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About the artist

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