Ruby Rumie and Justine Graham at Nohra Haime Gallery

Can you guess who is the housekeeper in each of these photos and who is the employer?  Columbian artist Ruby Rumie and French-American photographer Justine Graham teamed up to question the perceived and real differences between one hundred women in photographs and accompanying interviews at Nohra Haime Gallery.  As the uniform white shirts worn by the women suggest, Rumie and Graham emphasize the women’s shared hopes, fears and more in questionnaires and videos that foreground their similarities.   (On view in Chelsea through Nov 16th).

Ruby Rumie, installation view of ‘Common Place’ at Nohra Haime Gallery, Oct 2019.

Turiya Magadlela at Jack Shainman Gallery

A colorful bloom of pantyhose creates South African artist Turiya Magadlela’s palette in this 2-D piece that brings to mind modernist grid systems and consciousness of the female body. (At Chelsea’s Jack Shainman Gallery through April 22nd).

Turiya Magadlela, iMaid Ka Lova ne Maid ye Nja! (Lova’s maid meets the Dog’s maid), nylon and cotton pantyhose and sealant on canvas, 59 1/16 x 59 1/16 inches, 2016.