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Never Has She Ever: Renée Cox just opened last week at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library Galleries at Rutgers. This unflappable feminist artist sparked controversy in 2001, when her photograph, Yo Mama’s Last Supper was shown here at the Brooklyn Museum. Today, Cox continues to use self-portraiture in her artwork to reclaim the African-American body, and invert stereotypes of women. This show runs until December 8th.

(Renée Cox, Lolivya (BW), from the series, Queen Nanny of the Maroons, 2004. 
Digital ink-jet print on watercolor paper, 53 x 43″. Courtesy of the artist.)

A retrospective of the work of Audrey Flack is in it’s last weeks at LewAllen Contemporary. Audrey Flack: Abstract Expressionist to Photo-Realist includes works by the artist from 1949 to 1977. This lone female pioneer of the photo-realist movement has spent recent years creating monumental statues of female goddesses with the hope of offsetting the overabundance of male monumental statuary. Audrey Flack: Abstract Expressionist to Photo-Realist closes October 12th.

(Audrey Flack , Matzo Meal, 1962. Oil On Canvas, 14.5 in x 18.5 in. Courtesy of LewAllen Contemporary.)

NOISE: New Works by Marilyn Henrion opened yesterday at Noho Gallery. This artist’s dedication to textile art is exemplified in her quilted artworks of the past. Henrion continues her commitment with this exhibition, taking up rug hooking as her new media. This show runs until October 25th.

(Marilyn Henrion, Cornerstone, 2008. Courtesy of the Artist.)

Overflow opens at Laconia Gallery in Boston on October 3rd. This exibition features artists Sara Hairston-Medice, Mary O’Malley, and Resa Blateman. These three women embrace nature and the decorative in their artwork, at times using reproductive imagery and embracing stereotypically feminine mediums in their work. If you’re in the area, mosey on over before this one closes on November 22.

(Mary O’Malley, Untitled, 2008, ink on paper, (detail). Courtesy of Laconia Gallery.)

Catherine Opie: American Photographer just opened at the Guggenheim. This exhibition features artwork by this feminist artist from the 1990’s through today. Opie’s photography deals with queer politics and the American landscape, and her work was show as part of Global Feminisms here at the Center. Catherine Opie: American Photographer will be on view until January 7th.

(Catherine Opie, Justin Bond, 1993. Chromogenic print, edition of 8, 20 x 16 inches. Courtesy of the Guggenheim.)