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Opening…

ALL PURPOSE, a show of work by Shinique Smith, opens November 15th at Moti Hasson. Smith paints and collages unusual materials– fabrics (for example “ex-boyfriend’s clothing” in the piece below) and ready-made, daily objects–into innovative, often graffiti-esque, sculptures and compositions.

(Shinique Smith, Thank you, come again, 2007, detail on right. Courtesy:Moti Hasson.)

Already open: watch, look, and listen…

Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators is now on display (through January 27th) at the Katzen Arts Center of the American University Museum in Washington, D.C. Concurrent with the National Museum of Women in the Arts showing of WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Claiming Space features 19 founders of the U.S. Feminist Art Movement, with an emphasis on their political and large-scale works.

(Betsy Damon, Betsy Damon As the 7,000 Year Old Woman, street performance, New York, 1977. Courtesy: American University Museum.)

**Throughout November, the American University Museum will also host a series of great lectures featuring major figures in the Feminist Art Movement: Suzanne Lacy, Leslie Labowitz, Faith Ringgold, Joyce Kozloff, and Global Feminisms Co-Curator Linda Nochlin.

Pricked: Extreme Embroidery at the Museum of Arts and Design (through March 9th) takes a traditionally feminine craft and shows just how grotesque and confrontational embroidery can be.

(Nava Lubelski, Side Dish, 2004. Courtesy: Museum of Arts and Design.)

Don’t forget:

The biennial Performa07 is already underway with performances, screenings, and lectures all over the city; be sure to check out the listings!