For his first solo exhibition at LaMontagne Gallery, Brooklyn artist Saul Chernick (b. 1975) showed himself to be a highly imaginative master draftsman.

Sexual humiliation, anger and homoeroticism are unexpected themes in shows of early American modernists. But Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) was an artist who subverted expectations.

"Inception: The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project" presented  recent work resulting from Koen Vanmechelen's ongoing artistic investigation (begun in 1999) into nationhood, identity and genetic manipulation

In this exhibition, titled "But Not As Much As Tomorrow," Shelley Spector conveyed her anxiety about 21st-century human consumption and waste. The works on view-14 mixed-medium sculptures, two fabric wall pieces and two installations—re-create or repurpose an array of everyday items.

Cardboard doesn't spring to mind as the most evocative of materials, yet Portuguese-born artist Carlos Bunga makes it one.