This solo exhibition by New York-based artist Alix Pearlstein pairs sculptural installation Harem ROOM-1 (2016) with her video Two Women (2000). Both works are grounded in a psychological understanding of complex human motivations and interactions.

The installation consists of an arrangement of feline, figurative objects on the gallery floor. “Harem' in this context refers to a multiplicity of ideas: a group of females perceived as centering around a particular male, and attendant associations with this hierarchical arrangement; but also the lesser-known definition of a collection of like, fetishized objects. The video, meanwhile, shows a man pacing against a blank background as a magazine cutout of a nude woman dangles in the foreground. Desire as represented in the media, replete with tensions between “real” and “fake”, play out for the male performer – subject matter Pearlstein has grappled with for decades.