buckner: In the Galleries

Ruth Pigeon, "Pieces of My Body"

This installation/performance/activist artist presents an intervention involving the use of her physical form to make significant gestures that address feminist concepts of body image. (Center for the New Woman, 55 Sontag Blvd.)

Marc LaCure, “Painting as Conundrum”

The anti-paintings of artist Marc LaCure evoke simian pastiches that refer to antediluvian gesture and symbolism, paving the way for a new understanding of the development of human consciousness. (Gugusion, 69 Rampard St.)

Ludwig Pensieri, “I Am Me Am I”

This conceptual artist will present an installation that catalogs a lexicon of printed words, evoking images that pass through the mind like floating glyphs, evading our attempts to attach specific meaning to them. (Hotten/Raushlich, 101 Wittgenstein Ave.)

Claire Enuff and Buster Wilds, “Take That!”

This collaborative team will create an extravaganza of sensory experiences with bombarding sensations of sound and light, enveloping the viewer in a miasma of disorienting socio-political implications. (CYSMC—Contemporary Youth Social Media Center, 23 1/2 Wherzat Blvd.)

Junket Loo, “Robotoid”

Hi-tech gizmo artist Junket Loo will delight us again with his robot-like constructions that mimic the complex relationships of sentient beings. His charming miniature “go-bots” are particularly evocative of the breakdown of postindustrial society. (OptoSpace2, 500 Avenue of the Sciences)

Randy Pitts, “Drawing as Social Construct”

The anti-drawings of artist Randy Pitts refer to the hopelessness of environmental degradation and the impossibility of creating anything of lasting interest or importance. His self-inflicted “body drawings” pave the way for a new understanding of the development of human consciousness. (Tanner+Hyde Gallery, Plunket Community Center)

Sheila Kliket, “Focus on the Beast”

Photographer Sheila Kliket explores nature with these wall-sized digital prints of domestic animals, seen through the lens of contemporary postmodernist analysis. Revealing the intimate details of canine anatomy, she expatiates on the nature of the “self” and the “other.” (Paula DeKline Editions, Ltd., 303 Onoudint Square)