Claire Oliver Gallery announces Fuck Luck, an inaugural American exhibition of Austrian artist Norbert Brunner, featuring “juxtaposing” of “large scale crystal embedded mirrors with iconic photo-portraits” that invite the viewer to (metaphorically) step into the work and do some positive self-evaluation, which should be easy when you’re reflected and bejeweled with “you are great” and “I am.” Fuck Luck is a mixed media sculpture exhibition. Good vibes.

Fuck Luck, Norbert Brunner, March 11 – April 10, Artists’ Reception March 11, 6-8pm, Claire Oliver Gallery, Manhattan

Mike Weiss Gallery presents Sofi Zezmer‘s Remote Control and her manmade microorganisms. There’s something unsettling about these deliberately wadded plastic odds and ends, but if you want to see colorful cable ties, funnels, drinking straws and bicycle helmets form “irrational Duchampian hybrids of mechanical and biological systems” that comment on “consumption, mass production and overflow,” float on over to Mike Weiss and see this Frankenstein-MacGyver hoopla. But don’t blame us if you get neon nightmares of this thing buzzing around your room trying to eat you.

“Remote Control,” Sofie Zezmer, February 27 – April 3, Mike Weiss Gallery, Manhattan

Hey you never know? All you need is a dollar and a dream. You’ve got to be in it to win it. And now, you could win a life changing jackpot and then buy various New York City landmarks. Perhaps you’ve seen some of the executions around town from this new campaign for Mega Millions? God, they’re depressing. Read more »