Vanessa German, “All of us–all who knew her–felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her (Detail)” 2018, mixed-media assemblage, 62 x 24 x 24 inches
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Vanessa German
Carl Hammer Gallery
A sculptor’s enigmatic mixed-media assemblages speak riddles about the lives of young black women in America.
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Sarah Reynolds and Fuyumi Murata
Comfort Station
Having shown their sculptural work together last year in Japan, the pair will surely please again.
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Edie Fake
Western Exhibitions
Former Chicagoan Edie Fake returns with colorful and graphic paintings evoking gender fluidity and the ties between mental and sexual health.
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Hans Haacke: Gift Horse
Art Institute of Chicago
From London’s Fourth Plinth to the Art Institute’s outdoor terrace, a monumental bronze sculpture of a skeletal horse yokes culture to capital.
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Yvette Mayorga
Roman Susan
Mayorga’s sickly sweet installations offer un-saccharine views of life between Mexico and the United States.
