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# #HyperPicks: Gender Fluidity and Feminism
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/hyperpicks-gender-fluidity-and-feminism/
- Published: 2017-02-08T16:50:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:57:16.000Z
- Description: Opening at the 8th Floor, The Intersectional Self considers how an awareness of fluid identities has affected our traditional understanding of gender roles.
- Author: Jillian Steinhauer
- Tags: Art, Events, Hyper Picks, Sara Reisman, The 8th Floor, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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Ana Mendieta, “Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants)” (1972, estate print 1997), suite of seven estate color photographs, each 13 1/4 x 20 in (33.7 x 50.8 cm), edition 8 of 10 (© The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC, courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York)

Almost two years ago, Sara Reisman was hired as artistic director of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, where she was tasked with implementing a new initiative devoted to art and social justice. Since then, the Rubins’ gallery, the 8th Floor, has gained a reputation for smart group shows on politically resonant topics. The latest exhibition, [*The Intersectional Self*](http://the8thfloor.org/portfolio/the-intersectional-self/?ref=hyperallergic.com), considers how a new awareness of fluid gender identities has affected feminism and shaken up our traditional understanding of gender roles. The lineup is stellar — Janine Antoni, Andrea Bowers, Patty Chang, Abigail DeVille, Ana Mendieta, Catherine Opie, Adrian Piper, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Cindy Sherman, and Martha Wilson — and the show should be too.

**When:** Opens Thursday, February 9; reception Friday, February 10, 6–8pm  
**Where:** The 8th Floor (17 West 17th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)

*More info* [*here*](http://the8thfloor.org/portfolio/the-intersectional-self/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*