On View Tue Feb 02 – Sat Feb 27
In his latest series of paintings, David Brown explores the limits of the encaustic medium while balancing non-representational image and abstract space.
Martha Edelheit, Anne Elliott, Lannie Hart, Nana Olivas, Eleonora Tammes, Gayle Tanaka
Black and Blue
On View Thu Feb 04 – Sun Feb 28
The exhibition’s title is a common referent to a contusion that exists below the surface of the skin – one that can be visible, but often does not accurately relay the depth of injury that had taken place. Likewise, the metaphoric use of these two colors is deeply embedded in our language as a signifier for the residue of a masked trauma – both physical and emotional
On View Sat Feb 06 – Tue Mar 15
Hard to Place traces the journey of an orphan boy of Nigerian and Irish descent growing up in 1960s/70s London. Combining confidential government documentation, archival photographs, personal possessions and documentary images, this series reveals the social and moral forces that denied Joseph his birthright to a family while imagining an alternate (albeit uncertain) narrative.
On View Tue Jan 26 – Mon Feb 29
Prager’s thickly layered, oil portraits show you voyeurism in a never before seen light.
Andrew Esiebo, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Musa N. Nxumalo, and Thabiso Sekgala
Close to Home: New Photography from Africa
On View Thu Feb 04 – Sat Apr 23
The Walther Collection Project Space
Vividly documenting the flawed beauty of everyday life, the five young photographers in Close to Home represent a powerful new vision of portrait photography in Africa.
On View Sat Feb 06 – Thu Mar 03
Representing nine artists from the New York City area, “Women in Illustration” showcases work by women who, in the words of the curators, “are all acknowledged forces in a world once thought to be male dominated.”
The Choreography of Cutting (The Pedagogical Puppet Projects)
On View Sat Jan 30 – Sat Mar 12
Smart, one of Australia’s most significant contemporary artists – is recognized for her large cut-out assemblage installations and increasingly her use of performance and video.
On View Fri Feb 05 – Wed Apr 20
From 1979 to 2012, Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b. 1952) and David Weiss (1946–2012) collaborated on a body of work that offers a deceptively casual meditation on how we perceive everyday life. Through a witty “misuse” of cultural genres—from low-budget Hollywood movies and picture-postcard views to the art historical notion of the readymade—they transformed the ordinary into something decisively not.
Contemporary Highlights from the Collection
On View Thu Feb 04 – Sun May 08
Drawn entirely from the National Academy’s permanent collection, Contemporary Highlights from the Collection serves as a continuation of An American Collection, and features pieces gifted by artists from the mid-1960s through the mid-2000s, including works by Louise Bourgeois, Robert Motherwell and Carrie Mae Weems, among others.
