Linda Stein, (left) Silver Knight 666, 2009, wood, metal, leather, paper, and archival ink, 47 x 17 x 7 in.; (right) Knight of New Thoughts 667, 2009, wood, metal, leather, paper, and archival ink, 41 x 16 x 5 in.

Linda Stein

New York

Flomenhaft Gallery

Linda Stein’s recent exhibition of new work focused on the combination of popular culture, myth, and body politics. By eliciting the contradictions that continue to exist between cultural ideals and lived reality, Stein’s work attempts to bridge the gap by creating shells of body armor that speak to the sociopolitical situation of many women in the contemporary moment…see the full review in May’s magazine.