“Binary Equilibrium” Luxuriates in Polarity
A collaboration between the Korean Association of New York Artists (KANA) and Gallery Chang delves into philosophical history.
Michael Wang Challenges Visions of a Nuclear Future
Yellow Earth by Michael Wang presents the ethically ambiguous relationship between humans and uranium.
Serene and Grounded, Tony Huynh’s Paintings Depict Summertime Memories
A California-based painter explores his memory, feeling, and imagination in his solo show at Scroll NYC.
To Leave More Than A Trace
At Zepster Gallery, bodies are suspended in varying states of metamorphosis and disintegration.
Image, Object, and Compression with Asher Liftin
Liftin unpacks how his work manipulates object-image relationships and inhibits the viewer’s direct access to a world of optical illusions.
Scratchy and Gritty, Pauline Rintsch’s Figurative Work Explores Interiority
Rintsch’s figures, which she boxes into tight-cropped frames, possess a feeling of existential confusion and youthful dread.
Betty Tompkins’ P.P.O.W Exhibition Recontextualizes the Female Body
Tompkins reexamines imagery meant for male self-pleasure, juxtaposing them with insults and violent rhetoric against women.
Curatorial Deviations
At Arsenal Contemporary, gaoyuan makes curatorial experimentations in the group show Theater of Energies.
Messages in Flight: “Function–Fiction” at GOBI
Artists take inspiration from the imperial-era gobi to present thoughtful storytelling around collective histories and known rituals.
A Letter Home with Paul Rho
For Rho, the ocean is a temple — “Ebbs and Flows,” then, is a spiritual space that oozes with a quality of surrender.
Eva Hesse: Five Sculptures
At Hauser & Wirth 22nd Street, Eva Hesse: Five Sculptures concerns the artist’s mature period, which she realized in the last five years of her life.
“Paper Cuts” at Elza Kayal Gallery
Metamorphosis, the apparent theme of the show, relates to the heterogeneity of process and the variety of techniques.
The Feminine and the Posthuman: “Fembot” at The Hole, Tribeca
Are they receivers of not only the male gaze but also the human gaze? Are they delegations of human existence into an unstable, cybernetic world that we cannot physically or intellectually navigate with ease?