Textures of Feminist Perseverance
When: Fri., Mar. 1, 2024 - Sat., Apr. 27, 2024 at All Day
Opening Reception Friday, Mar 1 from 6-8p
Presented in two venues–Cuchifritos Gallery and The James Gallery–Textures of Feminist Perseverance asks how women’s daily experiences and contributions are recorded in the public spheres of our physical, virtual, and social lives. On this occasion, Cuchifritos Gallery is very pleased to present two projects, Mimi Biyao Bai’s Net within the gallery space and the collaborative project I Pledge on Essex Market’s exterior windows.
Net, artist Mimi Biyao Bai’s site-responsive project, contemplates safety, survival, and visibility. Drawing a parallel between camouflage and assimilation, Bai considers both as labor-intensive adaptations for survival that selectively reveal and/or conceal
Also on view, on the exterior of Essex Market at the corner of Norfolk and Broome streets, is a re-presentation of I Pledge. Presented here as a vinyl installation, I Pledge was created by Amy Khoshbin, House of Trees, and Naomi Shihab Nye in response to mounting xenophobia and gender-based violence for the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March. I Pledge continues to advocate for a public covenant of respect for all.
Textures of Feminist Perseverance is conceived by artist Dina Weiss and curator Katherine Carl, Ph.D. (James Gallery Institute for Art, Inquiry & Collaborative Practice, CUNY Graduate Center) and presented in partnership with Jodi Waynberg, Executive Director of Artists Alliance Inc and Director of Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space.
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space
(located inside the Essex Market)
88 Essex Street, No. 21
New York, NY 10002