Geras Tousignant Gallery : Ocean Theme Work by National and International?Artists Featuring the work of Jacqui Eisenberg.

Artists: James Scott Geras, Matthew Frederick, Russell Pachman, Daniel Tousignant, Jay Tyrrell, Denise Laws, Norm Halm, Zheng Dong Sheng, Vonn Sumner, Monika Steiner, Alberto Cristini, and Matt Colagiuri.

Comment: Underwater photography by Jacqui Eisenberg headlines this event to benefit Oceana , an organization dedicated to conserving and protecting our oceans. Good show; the gallery is crammed; I can barely move. Excuse me. Excuse me. Pardon me. Sir, I think you're standing on my doppelganger. Thank you. Outta here.

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In Color 2 : Robert Dufort - The Signs Are All Around You.

Comment: In Color 2 principal Erik Auerbach tells me Robert Dufort uses the In Color 2 facilities to process his photographs, which is how he came to appreciate Dufort's work-- and give him this show. Dufort ably jockey's a cheap plastic Chinese camera called a Holga to document imagery he finds on walls around town, from corporate advertising to graffiti. Fully exploiting the weaknesses of the Holga, he extends his moody images beyond the lens field to include fade-to-dark areas around the edges of the compositions, and Kodak company copy along the top and bottom edges of the film strips. Like it.

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Mina Dresden Gallery : Intimate Bodies Public Spaces.

Artists: Paz de la Calzada, Annamarta Dostourian, Vanessa Garcia, Susan Garry-Lorica, Cristina Ferrandez, Taraneh Hemami, Rachel Hoffman, Aurora Meneghello, Camilla Newhagen, Patricia Tinajero, Cristina Velazquez.

Comment: Art by women artists addresses aspects and perceptions of the female body as it transits public places. While I'm there, scantily clad Miami-based artist and performer Lady Danger (aka Rachel Hoffman) transits the gallery slink-style, gyrating this way and that. She's tricked out with a tentacled gold fabric appurtenance around her waist featuring an open-mouthed sharp-toothed centerpiece guarding the gateway to her inner pubis-- possibly positioned to am-bush unsuspecting penises. But I ain't falling for no Venus Flytrap gambit, and surreptitiously confirm that Mr. Zipper's topped and locked.

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