Bad Fruit, Fertile Ground: Kathleen Ryan at Karma
Clearly in dialogue with seventeenth-century Dutch still lifes, Kathleen Ryan's bejeweled sculptures of rotting foods are also inspired by DIY crafts and homespun decor.
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All Rise: Cameron Rowland at Essex Street
Accompanied by texts relaying the entangled histories of slavery and policing, Cameron Rowland's expositional sculptures also serve as memorials and forms of protest.
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One Work: Rindon Johnson’s “Coeval Proposition #1: Tear down so as to make flat…”
With a towering wooden sculpture installed at SculptureCenter, Rindon Johnson reclaims the architecture and symbolism of a Bay Area landmark.
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Controlled Chaos: Katie Bell at Spencer Brownstone
Katie Bell's show "ARENA" at Spencer Brownstone offers a playfully domestic take on Post-Minimalist scatter art.
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The Effervescent Everyday: Mindy Rose Schwartz at Interstate Projects
Schwartz's sculptures are crafty, kitschy, and totally sincere.
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The Body’s Truth: David Hammons at the Drawing Center
The institutional presentation of the body prints of the late '60s and '70s felt at odds with their carnal critiques of racial inequality.
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Social Scales: Aaron Gilbert and Martin Wong at P·P·O·W
The two painters, working decades apart, have represented social crises in ways both mystical and grounded, caring and stark.
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One Work: Arghavan Khosravi’s “Black Rain”
With clear symbols and a complex composition, Arghavan Khosravi represents a struggle for independence.
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One Work: Joan Semmel’s “Waiting”
Depicting herself in an unsettled pose and cropped composition, Joan Semmel captures the process of appreciating a vulnerable body.
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Spirits Welcome: Beverly Buchanan at Andrew Edlin
Beverly Buchanan's photographs and "legends" of the real or imagined lives of rural Southerners contextualize her celebrated shacks.
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