&, grateful to be featured next to Isadora Stowe in this review!
In CASP live/work studio #4, Victoria Marie Bee’s curated exhibition “Shrill” follows the widely attended open-call exhibition “Nasty Women” asserting contemporary feminism in the inescapable context of the Trump presidency.
Presenting the visual works of Katelyn McPherson, Katie Rivera, and Stephanie Berrie, and poetry readings by Curtis Bauer, Kyle Bassett, Chen Chen, Katrina Prow, and Jessica Smith, with Curtis Bauer, Chris Taylor, and Victoria McReynolds reading from I want a president, the exhibition’s opening raised funds for Lubbock-based charities supporting women and Planned Parenthood.
By virtue of Bee’s far less democratic (small d, wink wink) curation, the exhibition works better as a presentation of artworks than its thematic predecessor. Each work stands on its own and recognizably addresses the theme, riffing on the dog whistle delegitimation of women with the label “shrill”.