In her latest show, “Feel Small,” artist Abby Fitzgibbon invites us into a world of inverted proportions. Oversized three-dimensional caricatures of diet culture and larger-than-life plushy insects shrink the audience and explore the cultural values tied to smallness.

In his latest solo exhibition, Jonah Brock presents new work engaging with medical illustration and eroticism. Taking inspiration from nineteenth century surgical illustrations, Brock’s paintings and drawings re-construct queer, marginalized bodies via the medical gaze. Classical medical illustrations, such as those by Joseph Maclise, often depict powerless yet idealized masculine forms being acted on by outside forces, whether these be accessories such as restraints used for securing the body or instruments made to penetrate the surface of the skin. Brock’s work takes the inherent power dynamics depicted in these images and transmorphs them by approaching from a place of submissive intimacy. The works illustrate the act of anti-empowerment that is opening oneself to another.