What do women want?
Or, to reframe that old Freudian saw with a postmodernist twist: What is it that our society and culture, and the forces that shape them, want women to want — from their families, friends and lovers; from society in general; and in and from themselves?
In Martha Wilson’s New Photo Works, Feminism Meets the Absurd
One might be led to think, from the title of Hunter Reynold’s current exhibition at PPOW Gallery, Survival AIDS Medication Reminder, that the show deals with issues of health and physical condition, or perhaps reminiscence. In some ways it does, but its compelling content and strident egotism completely overwhelm the conceit that ostensibly occasions the exhibition. To glimpse this conceit, it’s best to begin at the back of the gallery with a small wall text by the entrance to a darkened video screening room.
A red light blinking from a gilded security camera greets visitors to Seven’s surveillance-themed Anonymity, no longer an option. The seventh edition of the collaborative Seven exhibition has seven galleries representing seven artists at Pierogi’s The Boiler in Williamsburg, with a very special guest: the anonymously-made Edward Snowden bust that infiltrated Fort Greene Park last month and was recently released by the NYPD.
Because I am a writer, this confession may not shock you, but here it is anyway: I am extremely picky about pens. I silently judge people when they use dull, crappy ones, and I admire those who clearly take pride in their writing utensils. I am in fact so picky about pens that I only buy a certain kind, in packs from a store that I otherwise never visit, for more money than I tell myself one should logically spend on pens.
New Works and the Avenue A Cut-Out Theatre, Anton van Dalen’s first solo show in eight years, charts the shifting landscape of New York City. Populated with imaginative characters, the artist’s latest work vividly documents the forces of gentrification and change.
Exploring the Feminine Grotesque
Jessica Stoller, “Untitled (stack)” (2013), porcelain, china paint, and luster, 12 x 7 ½ x 9 in…
