Highlights include costumes examining the significance of indigo dye by Laura Anderson Barbata Elana Herzog’s interpretations of Persian rugs as both domestic decoration and emblems of civilization and a crochet shelter by Xenobia Bailey that references gospel revival tents and our universal yearning for protection. This show featuring eight artists who engage with the tactile history and contemporary meaning of textiles promises to be eclectic. Where: BRIC House (647 Fulton Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn) Marela Zacarias, “Oulad Bou Sbaa” (2016) (courtesy the artist and BRIC) (click to enlarge) Material Cultures New Work will pick up where that exhibition left off, as Semmel continues to capture, with bold brushstrokes, her own aging body as she sees it, from above and mirrored, in constantly shifting images. Last year, Alexander Gray Associates chronicled nearly five decades of Joan Semmel’s painting, from abstraction in the 1960s to recent nude self-portraits that offer a vulnerable perspective on eroticism and desire. Where: Alexander Gray Associates (510 W 26th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan) Stretching from the 1960s to the ’90s and heavy on painting, this movement saw artists like Ilya Kabakov, Ivan Chuikov, and Lev Rubinstein responding to both the restrictions and utopian spirit of life under socialism. “Thinking Pictures” is the kind of exhibition that can only come from such a specific resource, with over 40 artists and collectives representing Moscow Conceptualism. ![]() Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum contains an overlooked art wonder: the world’s largest collection of Soviet nonconformist art. Where: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey) Perhaps you’ll find, to quote Xiu Xiu, “No romance, no sexiness but / A star-filled night.” “Thinking Pictures”: Moscow Conceptual Art in the Dodge Collection The immersive experience is based on the first chapter of a video game she created that uses pick-up-artist techniques to seduce the player. Angela Washko has delved deep into the emotionally complicated landscape of digital feminism, so it seems fitting that the visceral and vulnerable band Xiu Xiu is scoring her newest installation.
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