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Opening…If you haven’t quite gotten your Kara Walker fix after her Whitney show, you, my friend, are in luck. Kara Walker: New Work opens October 20th at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Opening October 21st at P.S.1…

Kathe Burkhart, a show, including the artist’s photography, installation, and video, that centers around her Liz Taylor Series paintings. Her work evokes a Pop aesthetic but takes a clear critical stance on gender roles and performativity, addressing feminist resistance and female power and sexuality.

(Kathe Burkhart, Up Your Ass: from the Liz Taylor Series (Cleopatra), 2006. Courtesy: Alexander Gray Associates.)

Interruption of a Course of Action, new works by the artist duo Lovett/Codagnone, continue to deal with the artists’ interest in power relations and conflation of the public and private spheres. They are best known for their performance and photography addressing S/M subculture and domesticity.

(Lovett/Codagnone, I Only Want You to Love Me, 2004. Image: Editions Fawbush.)

Closing…

Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” Pipe Dreamz a Revelation, works by Bianca Casady, closes October 20th at Deitch Projects. Performance by CocoRosie, October 19th at 9pm.

(Bianca Casady, Lil Girl Slim “Cosmic Willingness” Pipe Dreamz a Revelation show announcement, Courtesy: Deitch Projects.)