Video as Video: Rewind to Form
Runs through October 18 at Swimming Pool Project Space
Swimming Pool's latest offering traces video's evolution through an increasingly interactive and cloistered world. Two quaint reminders of the pre-Internet age—Rochelle Feinstein's refashioning of '70s-era television into a radioesque relic and Luana Perilli's projections of an Italian mother's conversations onto picture frames—offer static contrast to today's quick-cut, instant-broadcast culture. The more contemporary-minded work displayed, thankfully, trade the quick payoff for palpable, thoughtful, and occasionally sensual experience. James Hancock's music video for indie pop star Lenka feels like a stop-motion dream, while Julie Orchard's one-woman noir unfolds as an enigmatic nightmare. Tara Polataiko explores a "cultural genocide" of sorts across four languages, as Mioon's filmed sculptural vision of tectonic population shifts (pictured) wordlessly overwhelms.
Qin Fengling: Multitude
Runs through October 11 at Kasia Kay Art Projects
This first U.S. exhibition of self-taught Chinese painter Fengling features sprawling, vibrant canvasses of overpopulated hopes and dreams driven by the yin and yang of a civilization's cheerful dynamism and crushing excess. She gives her legions of human figures, scrambling for space or merely to be heard, ambiguously cartoonish expressions which suggest an imploding regimen of optimism.
Erika Rothenberg and Michael Nakoneczny
Runs through October 11 at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
The polished sarcasm at the heart of Rothenberg's skewered American dream provokes double takes while Nakoneczny's faux-naive political commentary probes the seemingly unavoidable West-East culture clash. This apt pairing provides an intriguing examination of American liberty and its discontents.
William Wegman
Runs through November 8 at Russell Bowman Art Advisory
Wegman's gouache painting and found postcards mingle like nostalgia and terra firma in an aging consciousness. With proper distance all blends seamlessly, even the ostensibly incongruous Last Supper and "Last Summer."
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