Picks! (12/8-12/18)

Behavior, a new solo exhibition by artist Nayland Blake just opened at Location One in Manhattan. This 25 year retrospective of Blake’s work was put together by Maura Reilly, founding curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. One of Blake’s pieces, Untitled, 2003, is also on view right now as part of Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection. This show will be up until February 14th. Don’t miss it!

(Nayland Blake, Heavenly Bunny Suit, 2004. Courtesy of Location One.)

Over Thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to see Fantastical Fables: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints by Amy Cutler at the Bowdoin Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine. One of Cutler’s prints was featured in Global Feminisms in 2007 here at the museum, and this new exhibition is a great opportunity to see a large amount of her work. This exhibition is only up until January 11th, but it is definitely worth the trip!

(Amy Cutler, Dinner Party, 2002, Gouache on paper, 44 x 50 1/2 inches. Courtesy of Brown University.)

Brooklyn Block Party opened earlier this month at Ad Hoc Art in Bushwick. This exhibition features carved wood and lino blocks alongside their corresponding prints by artist Swoon, among others. Don’t miss this interesting show, which closes January 4th.

(Promotional Image, Courtesy of Ad Hoc Gallery.)

As part of their Iran: New Voices series, Barbican of London is presenting three short films and a question and answer session with artist Shirin Neshat. Click here for more feminist Iranian film events from this past weekend at Barbican.

(Shirin Neshat, Faezeh, 2008, Film still from a video/sound installation. Courtesy of Barbican.)

The Way Things Go is in its final weeks at the Inglett Gallery in Manhattan. Feminist video and installation artist Mika Rottenberg is among the artists featured in this group show that explores the functioning (and misfunctioning) of constructed mechanisms. Check it out before it closes January 20th.

(Mika Rottenberg, 3 (for W), 2008, C-print. Courtesy of Inglett Gallery.)

Feminist artist Sophie Calle and Felix González-Torres along with Hiraki Sawa, Ange Leccia, Anri Sala, Michal Heiman, Ran Slavin, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, Mark Wallinger, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Duane Michals, Annette Messager, and Melanie Manchot are currently featured in Insomnia at the Petach-Tikva Museum in Israel. The exhibition includes a 151 minute film, Sleeper, alongside Andy Warhol’s Sleep, 1963, as part of this examination of time and the nocturnal. This exhibition will be up until March 7, 2009.

(Mark Wallinger, Sleeper, 2004, Video. Courtesy of Petach Tikva Museum of Art.)

dress for Today opened last week at A.I.R. Gallery. This exhibition features the work of A.I.R.’s fellowship artist Ari Tabei, whose intricate dress constructions sometimes take on a life of their own, consuming the artist to become more than simply a garment. As part of dress for Today, Tabei will be performing Dress for Today #6 from 3-6pm December 6th, 13th and 20th. This exhibition will be up until January 4th.

(Ari Tabei, From dress for Today. Courtesy of A.I.R. Gallery.)