(ism): 80 Years of Nonconformity at Gallery Wendi Norris presents new and never-before-exhibited modern and contemporary artworks by Firelei Báez, Chitra Ganesh, Yamini Nayar, Wolfgang Paalen, Eva Schlegel, Dorothea Tanning and Peter Young. Spanning the years 1935 – 2017, the careful selection of works represent important art historical moments of the last 80 years, while never fitting neatly or distinctly within their respective categorical ‘boxes’. The presentation weaves together early perspectives of Paalen and the creation-abstraction works from the 1930s, with the whimsy-infused formalism of Young in the 1970s and the sculpturally-generated modernist photos of Yamini Nayar. Tanning’s kaleidoscopic 1960s abstractions subtly suggest human form, especially alongside Ganesh and Báez’ bold, mythological feminist creatures.