Skipping by the haunting presence of a boarded up house. Xaviera Simmons in the Nothing Personal group show at Nicole Klagsbrun.
Reversing the personal associations of a studio wall collage in seething metallic red. Lyle Ashton Harris in the Subliminal Horizons group show at Alexander Gray Associates.
Using mud to performatively reshape bodily curves. Carla Santana in the Engraved into the Body group show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.
Interrupting the artist’s face with a cluster of matchboxes. Antonio Tarsis in the Engraved into the Body group show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.
A floating pose of crucifixion in murky pink water. Ayrson Heráclito in the Engraved into the Body group show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.
The uneasy seductiveness of a dental exam. Torbjørn Rødland in the Wish group show at Metro Pictures.
Staging porn actors in police uniforms, playing with the man in uniform cliché. Heji Shin in the Wish group show at Metro Pictures.
Powerfully facing down Sol LeWitt’s wall of stone. Carrie Mae Weems in the Social Works group show at Gagosian Gallery.
Locating Black couples amid an unforgiving cratered surface. Zalika Azim in the Social Works group show at Gagosian Gallery.
Embedding photographs in ragged scraps of salvaged asphalt roofing. Karyn Olivier at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.
Matching photographic bodies with curves of ceramic and wood. Sheree Hovsepian in the A Thought Sublime group show at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
Using ladders to arrange 1920s era swimwear. George Hoyningen-Huene in a paired show with Horst P. Horst at Staley-Wise Gallery.
The elegant flow of a spider dress. Horst P. Horst in a paired show with George Hoyningen-Huene at Staley-Wise Gallery.
An unsettling combination of raw meat, guns, and glowing red eyes. Farah Al Qasimi in the DOG group show at Company Gallery.
Arranging a physical echo of an FC Gundlach portrait setup as a tribute to Jean-Luc Godard. Barbara Bloom at David Lewis.
The supportive sisterhood of dancers at Houston’s Club Onyx. Adrienne Raquel at Fotografiska.
Using photographs as source material for drawings. Tom of Finland at Fotografiska.
Mysterious collaged faces, dissolving into aggregation of overlapped detail. Romare Bearden in Artist’s Choice: Yto Barrada—A Raft at MoMA.
The delicate lines of a spiderweb. Ilse Bing in Artist’s Choice: Yto Barrada—A Raft at MoMA.
Creating an expansively linked family tree of food brand characters/faces. Nina Katchadourian at Pace Gallery.
