My Barbarian's Cat Suit: Tarot, Camp, and Polycrisis at Lubov

My Barbarian's first New York solo show since their 2021/22 Whitney Museum survey, 'Cat Suit' at Lubov gallery, uses cat-themed tarot cards to address an ambient sense of polycrisis. The trio—Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon, and Alexandro Segade—designed a suit of Minor Arcana cards, with plans for three more. The exhibition includes a performance video 'Nine of Cats' (2025) featuring a tarot reading, go-go dancing, and scenes of masked figures pantomiming sex acts. The 14 oversize tarot prints depict cats in surreal scenarios, such as feeding on zebra carcasses or lounging on a city street with buildings on fire. The work explores camp as both affirmation and defense mechanism, suggesting that pleasure feels fraught amid uncertainty. On view through 31 January.