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Recent work in Berlin-based Romanian artist Hortensia Mi Kafchin\u2019s second solo show at PPOW Gallery<\/a>, \u2018Paintings Made for Aliens Above,\u2019 supposes that human interaction with aliens is only a matter of time, though by the point of contact, humanity might not look as it does today.\u00a0 After undergoing gender transition surgery, Mi Kafchin confesses in a booklet accompanying the show that she\u2019s tempted by a transhumanist urge toward further modifications.\u00a0 Here, her avatar poses in a Romanian folk costume, a cyborg in a barnyard.\u00a0 Recalling the happiness of childhood moments spent playing outdoors while longing for escape into the vast worlds pictured in the night sky beyond, Mi Kafchin recalls the past while looking with hopeful uncertainty to the future.\u00a0 (On view in Tribeca through Dec 20th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Dobrogean National Costume, oil on canvas, 47 \u00bc x 39 3\/8 inches, 2024-25.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recent work in Berlin-based Romanian artist Hortensia Mi Kafchin\u2019s second solo show at PPOW Gallery, \u2018Paintings Made for Aliens Above,\u2019 supposes that human interaction with aliens is only a matter of time, though by the point of contact, humanity might not look as it does today.\u00a0 After undergoing gender transition surgery, Mi Kafchin confesses in … <\/p>\n

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