“Body of Work”

Evidence of damage is all over “Body of Work,” a twenty-one artist group show dedicated to the human figure. Many of the faces of the people represented in the exhibition have been deliberately obscured.

 

Yet even when these pieces are unhappy, the tone is frequently whimsical and sardonic. Many of these artists seem to be spoiling for a fight with fate — a battle they'd avoided at the height of the lockdown period.

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After its long pandemic-era eclipse, the body is back. It’s a triumph of resilience that artists and curators are returning to the human figure in the midst of a challenging decade that has cost us so many humans. 

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