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For The Armory Show 2021, David Castillo presents a selection of paintings, photographs, and assemblages by gallery artists Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez Jimenez, Lyle Ashton Harris, Pepe Mar, Glexis Novoa, Xaviera Simmons, Vaughn Spann, and Yesiyu Zhao.

The works on view each explore degrees of ritual, the canonization of images and objects, and the mechanisms by which symbols are elevated to the strata of sacredness. These pieces operate dually: some do the work of elevating unexpected or overlooked histories to the status of icon; while others challenge the enduring and at times uneasy …