We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The best work in the Bronx Museum’s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place.

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives
Piero Penizzotto, "Kings of Comedy (Chris, Imani, Bernard, Calvin, D’re)" (2024), papier-mâché, foam and acrylic (photo by Oriol Tarridas, courtesy the Artist & Primary Gallery; all other photos Seph Rodney/Hyperallergic)