The exhibitions below ask viewers to involve their senses and spend time with art that is slower to reveal themselves. That may mean that you notice details that you would otherwise miss in the work of Madalena Santos Reinbolt and Deborah-Joyce Holman. It can also mean that something is known, such as a rose at the Flag Foundation, or “exposure” in the outputing. Or seen what makes something natural versus artificial, in the fascinating conceptual art of Luis Fernando Benedit. The last two shows end this weekend. Also ending this weekend is Etel Adnan: on paper, 1960-2021 At Galerie Lelong & Co. In Chelsea. Make it a day this weekend and see them all three! –Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor
Exposure
Outpatient gallery424 Broadway #601, Soho, Manhattan
Up to and including April 5
‘Exposure Is an exploration of ideas about photographic exposure, ‘our exposure to each other’, and the ways in which art itself is exposed to the world. ” –Alexis Clements
Read the full review here.
Luis Fernando Benedit: Invisible Labyrinths
Institute for Studies on Latin -Main art142 Franklin Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Up to and including April 5
‘[Benedit’s habitats] Involved a philosophical line between art and science by addressing issues – then looking forward, now urgently – about surveillance and control, but giving priority to questions above answers. ” –NH
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Deborah-Joyce Holman: Close Up
Swiss Institute38 St. Marks Place, East Village, Manhattan
Up to and including April 20
“Given the chance of giving so much attention to the details of the everyday, a subtle, easy to overlook, begins to create beauty in every visual element.” –Alexandra M. Thomas
Read the full review here.
Madalena Santos Reinbolt: a head full of planets
American Folk Art Museum2 Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Manhattan
Up to and including 25 May
“Her dense, free landscapes, often embedded with childhood memories, seemed to help her hold on to a feeling of place, identity and individuality.” –Debra Brehmer
Read the full review here.
Is a rose
Flag Art Foundation545 West 25th Street, 9th floor, Chelsea, Manhattan
Up to and including 21 June
“The rose is perhaps the closest flower in history: it is pure and chaste, such as the Virgin Mary; colored by the blood of Aphrodite and the bloodshed of the wars of the roses.” –Lisa Yin Zhang
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