Abstraction purists love to wail and moan when a show focuses mainly on the human body. Especially in New York, what could be worse than being forced to see a person everywhere you look? Most of us spend our entire daily commute with our eyes glued to the ceiling, our phone, or the floor, pretending the person next to you that you can’t help but smell isn’t even there. The ride to the gallery is no different, and then when you get there you’re forced to look at more people, and even worse, to pretend you like it!
Luckily there are actually a bunch of shows up right now that make looking at the human form quite enjoyable. We’ve put five of them together that we think you won’t be able to pretend not to like. Have a peek and then go see them in person. You never know, you may just meet the love of your life. If you have your checkbook on you, you may even be able to take him or her home for keeps. (The work of art that is, please don’t buy any of the actual people. That’s frowned upon these days, didn’t you see Steve McQueen’s latest work?)
Image courtesy of BSAC and Ballast Projects
Featuring: Ryan Schneider, Austin Eddy, and Mira Dancy
Feeling Human
March 5th – April 19th, 2014
Bleeker Street Arts Club
305 Bleeker St.
New York City
bsacny.com
Image courtesy of Asya Geisberg Gallery.
Rebecca Morgan: No Church In The Wild
February 20th – March 29th, 2014
Asya Geisberg Gallery
537 W 23rd St.
New York City
asyageisberggallery.com
Image courtesy of AC Institute.
Featuring: Vanessa Enríquez and Ilya Noé
Zirkel (1+2)
March 13th – March 26th, 2014
AC Institute
547 W 27th St.
New York City
artcurrents.org
Image courtesy of Wayfarers.
Joshua Ben Longo: Hypnagogia
March 14th – April 10th, 2014
Wayfarers
1109 Dekalb Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
brooklynwayfarers.org
Image courtesy of Momenta Art.
Featuring: Joy Episalla and Susan Silas
To Selves
March 7th – April 13th, 2014
Momenta Art
56 Bogart St.
Brooklyn, NY
momentaart.org
