January 9–February 22, 2020
Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings
Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin
Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings uses the gut’s microbes as a way of looking into immigrant health and resisting processes of colonization.
January 16–March 21, 2020
Pur·suit
Naima Green
Pur·suit is a 54-card poker deck by artist Naima Green that features portraits of queer womxn, trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people.
September 14–October 26, 2020
something else (Variations on Americana)
Kiyan Williams
The American flag, when deep-fried, forms an outer skin that appears to be cankerous, bubbling with calcified flour and charred detritus.
November 16–December 30, 2020
Petición; for Exorcism
Marcela Torres
Petición; for Exorcism is an installation that uses scent as a tool for ritual practice, the space will often have smoking incense and ash.
January 5–February 16, 2021
Living Relics
Ogemdi Ude and Sydney King
Living Relics draws out a shared sense of loss and understanding of death that hasn’t yet been physicalized in the body or manifested in thought.
March 2–April 13, 2021
Through: The Fold, The Shatter
Charisse Pearlina Weston
Through: The Fold, The Shatter continues material investigations into the ways in which glass creates encounters of perceived visibility, intimacy.
March 11, 18, & 25, 2021
Assembly x NYU 2021: Art and Abolition
Assembly
The Gallatin Galleries, Assembly, with Shaun Leonardo and Peer Leaders—What role can art, the image and and performance play in abolition?
March 2021 - April 2022
Political Intimacy
Assembly
Political Intimacy, a collaboration between Recess: Assembly and Pratt Institute students, demystifies and humanizes local electoral candidates.
May 4–June 15, 2021
Untitled (Incall)
Sophia Giovannitti
Untitled (Incall) interrogates the material overlap between the art and sex industries to address the ambivalent labor identity of cultural producers.
June 29–August 10, 2021
The Manipura Sanctum
Smita Sen
In The Manipura Sanctum, artist Smita Sen nurtures an altar space that reaches toward contemplative, social healing.
September 7–October 19, 2021
Dana’s Beauty Supply
Dana Davenport
Dana’s Beauty Supply constructs an experimental beauty supply store and hair gel manufacturing lab.
November 11–December 18, 2021
Black Tape Ebony Frame
Zachary Fabri
Black Tape Ebony Frame celebrates the living moments of Fabri’s African American family and friends by creating a reel-to-reel analog audio recording.
January 13–March 4, 2022
A Common Thread
Rowan Renee
A Common Thread will transform Recess into a collaborative weaving studio that explores craft.