Asya Geisberg Gallery Show Subverts Body Horror Tropes

The exhibition 'Under the Skin' at Asya Geisberg Gallery in New York features works that challenge assumptions about women's bodies and their categorization. Drawing on Ursula K. Le Guin's essay 'Is Gender Necessary?', the show engages with body horror aesthetics from films like Andrzej Żuławski's 'Possession' (1981), David Cronenberg's 'The Brood' (1979), and Jonathan Glazer's recent work. The artworks explore emotions of disgust, grief, insecurity, fascination, and repulsion, foregrounding the messy nature of women's biology and subverting the monstrous feminine trope.