Skins: Body as Matter and Process

Garth Greenan Gallery is pleased to announce Skins: Body as Matter and Process, a group exhibition curated by Alison Dillulio at 529 West 20th Street. Opening on Thursday, June 23, 2016, the exhibition features a selection of works, mostly from the 1970s, that evoke the human body—both literally and metaphorically. The artists included are: Lynda Benglis, Mary Beth Edelson, Harmony Hammond, Ralph Humphrey, Kiki Kogelnik, Howardena Pindell, Zilia Sánchez, Joan Semmel, Richard Van Buren, and Hannah Wilke.

During the 1970s, second-wave feminism fostered a climate of unparalleled artistic innovation. As Lucy Lippard wrote, “the goal of feminism is to change the character of art.” The artists included in this exhibition furthered this mission by abandoning traditional art-making practices in favor of new modes of representation.

The featured artists cut, tear, stretch, throw, break apart, and reconstruct materials in their deeply personal and physically charged works.