'Material Abuse' Unconventional uses of non traditional materials include Shinique Smith's massive bale of all-white clothing; Michael Arcega's fleet of 300 tiny, balsa-wood tanks; Richard Klein's assemblage made from 10 years' worth of blown-out light-bulb filaments; Jean Shin's stacks of prescription pill bottles; Ray Beldner's dust-covered assemblages made of ordinary objects stolen from other people; and a star-and-stripe-patterned bikini made of map tacks by Devorah Sperber.
Caren Golden, 539 West 23rd Street, (212) 727-8304, through Aug. 4.. -Ken Johnson, July 21, 2006