Chasing a plane, with a stylistic nod to North by Northwest. Rodney Smith (from 1998) at Staley-Wise Gallery.
Tripled legs, arranged into a semicircular fan. Pierre Molinier, in the back office at Fleiss-Vallois.
A doubled body encounter in the forest. Hans Bellmer (from c1935-1938) at Fleiss-Vallois.
The contagiously warm laughter of Maya Angelou. Chester Higgins (from 1970) at Bruce Silverstein.
Seeing the landscape as textural curves of light and dark. Jungjin Lee at Howard Greenberg Gallery. A review of the accompanying photobook can be found here.
A crumpled can against shiny metallic pink, as part of a family tree. Sadie Barnette (from 2022) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Hopes invested in a newborn, as inserted into a floral meadow. Widline Cadet (from 2021) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Using double exposure to create time shifted play. Sophie Rivera (from 1995) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Creeping vines overrunning the strict geometries of a tomb. Ralston Crawford (from 1973) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Realizing requests from travel-restricted Palestinians, here in the form of a visit to a mother’s grave in Jerusalem. Emily Jacir (from 2001-2003) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Restaging Man Ray as a way to reclaim a personal connection to African art. John Edmonds (from 2018) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Disrupting colonial legacies with contemporary efforts to counteract those histories. Todd Gray (from 2019) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Sinuous feminine forms carved into hard Cuban dirt. Ana Mendieta (from 1981) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Bedsprings hung from a tree, evoking the spirituality of the Gullah people. Carrie Mae Weems (from 1992) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Camouflaged in floral wallpaper and drapery. Cecilia Paredes (from 2022) at Ruiz-Healy Art.
Making an outward city view and an inward portrait every day for a year. Ken Ohara (from 1972) at Miyako Yoshinaga.
An abandoned wheelchair in the Provincetown dunes, seen in the artist’s “cross-color” process. Lola Flash (from 1991) in the Trust Me group show at the Whitney.
Dappled shadows and a faintly disappearing silhouette. Muriel Hasbun (from 1993-1994) in the Trust Me group show at the Whitney.
The self-expressive freedom of swimming in a delicate white gown. D’Angelo Lovell Williams (from 2018) in the Trust Me group show at the Whitney.
The sound of a vibrating water glass and a whispered secret. Genesis Báez (from 2018) in the Trust Me group show at the Whitney.
