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Now Open…

Out of Ordinary/Extraordinary: Japanese Contemporary Photography is open at New Jersey City University Galleries through November 16th. This show of work by 11 young Japanese photographers, including Global Feminisms artists Tomoko Sawada and Hiroko Okada, broaches underlying cultural anxieties and will likely broaden your perceptions of Japanese aesthetics. Don’t miss the show’s reception and an artist talk by Tomoko Sawada on October 22nd at 6:30pm.

(Tomoko Sawada, Costume/SHISUTA (a nun), 2003. Courtesy: Zabriskie Gallery.)

Carolee Schneemann: A Selection of Recent and Early Work is open at Pierre Menard Gallery, in Cambridge, through November 25th. Schneemann is one of the most important figures of the Feminist Art movement, and her performances, such as Interior Scroll and Meat Joy, were groundbreaking achievements.

(Carolee Schneemann, Illinois Central, body collage and montage, 1968. Courtesy: Galerie Akinci.)

Opening…

Exhibitionism: An Exhibition of Exhibitions of Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection opens October 20th at Bard College’s Hessel Museum of Art. In this series of 16 autonomous exhibitions, installations, and displays, an “exhibition of exhibitions” that can’t help but encompass innumerable perspectives, there’s bound to be something for everyone, including you feminists out there. With a free chartered bus from NYC to the opening and free admission when you get there, this is a great opportunity to experience a vast overview of contemporary art.

(Left: Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 1984. Courtesy: Metro Pictures. Right: Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Questions), 1991. Courtesy: Mary Boone Gallery.)

There will be an open house for Karen Heagle: Monotypes at 10 Grand Press in Brooklyn on October 21st. In these new prints, feminist artist Karen Heagle images women who unabashedly own their sexuality.

(Karen Heagle, Whipped Cream, 2007. Courtesy: 10 Grand Press.)