An unapologetically vibrant group exhibition will be on view at Ridgewood\u2019s newest art gallery until June 3.<\/p>\n
\u201cIcing,\u201d a multimedia show curated by Katie Cercone, a professor of feminist art studies at Manhattan\u2019s School of Visual Arts, opened May 14 at the center for information alternatives \u2014 cia \u2014 gallery. The opening reception brought glitz, glamour and plenty of pink to the space, as well as live performances by Ama, a \u201cpaper funk artist\u201d known as Metallic Fern.<\/p>\n
The works on display, which include paintings, photos, sculptures and more, explore themes of sisterhood and \u201cqueer ecologies of the imagination,\u201d Cercone wrote about the show in Beauty News NYC. By leaning into aesthetics and art forms traditionally relegated to the feminine, the pieces challenge the notions of superficiality and submissiveness they have historically evoked, she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike the icing on a towering cake, these curated objects d\u2019art reclaim feminine aesthetics, from posturing to poise, potentiality to reinvention, caricature to containment and cataclysm,\u201d Cercone wrote. The show features artists whom she termed a \u201cbold intersectional feminist cohort,\u201d consisting of Traci Johnson, Carol Anne McFarlane, Adehla Lee, Dakota Gearhart, Amelia Marzec and Ama of Metallic Fern.<\/p>\n