Fingers, shadows, and the gestural flick of an ancient game. Katinka Bock at 303 Gallery.
Softening dust misted over a car windshield. Martin d’Orgeval at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Nostalgically embedding photography in a car’s rubber floor mat. Y. Malik Jalal at March Gallery.
Recreating a portrait of Romy Schneider out of racks of cassette tapes. Gregor Hildebrandt at Galerie Perrotin.
Replacing a face with a mask to reconsider the fetishization of the Black female. Coreen Simpson in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Redirecting the gaze of the Hottentot Venus. Renee Cox in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
The gestural exuberance of Grace Jones at Studio 54. Ming Smith in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Regally posing in a gown made of flip-flops and spoons. Ayana V. Jackson in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Unpacking herself as the subject of the artist’s gaze. Carrie Mae Weems in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Isolating the gaze and pose of a rap concert video. Deana Lawson in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Collaging together regal power and provocative submission. Kara Walker in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Playing the beauty pageant role of Miss Black Lesbian. Zanele Muholi in the Black Venus group show at Fotografiska.
Repurposing a destroyed tank in the ruins of Kabul for play. James Nachtwey at Fotografiska.
Kaleidoscopic movement and dissolving color. Elizaveta Porodina in the second floor hallway at Fotografiska.
The murky surveillance of tapped undersea cables. Trevor Paglen in the A Thousand Secrets group show at Apexart.
The sculpted hair of James B. Whiteside. Camila Falquez at Hannah Traore Gallery.
The uncertain sequencing of peeling a hard-boiled egg. Naima Green at Baxter St at CCNY.
Angles, shadows, and a vellum interruption. Sandi Haber Fifield at Yancey Richardson Gallery.
The misty glow of concentric cyanotype circles. François Bucher at Cristin Tierney.
Giving a view of dense greenery a more unruly mood with layered exposures and dripping developer. Bryan Graf at Yancey Richardson Gallery.
