--- title: 2017_Cassils_Hyperallergic_Best of 2017 date: 2018-01-03T14:43:00-05:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2018/2017-cassils-hyperallergic-best-of-2017" section: News --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) Best of 2017: Our Top 20 Exhibitions Across the United States Hyperallergic Dec 20, 2017 As part of their solo exhibition, gender nonconforming artist Cassils presented two installations, a live solo performance and, for the first time, a participatory event — all of which relate to the radical impossibility of representing the violence against LGBTQI+ subjects. Their eponymously titled performance included the artist punching a 2,000-pound block of clay in a dark room. The resultant object was bronzed and ultimately would become a focal point for a participatory work that involved the artist (with the help of friends and allies) pushing the amorphous structure around to strategically chosen sites in downtown Omaha, marking violence as well as celebration, such as the location of the first pride parade. Further grounding the exhibition in the context of “flyover country” was the integration of the Queer Omaha Archives into the exhibition. [Read more here](https://hyperallergic.com/417933/best-of-2017-our-top-20-exhibitions-across-the-united-states/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Email+Dec+21&utm_content=Daily+Email+Dec+21+CID_1f1f1d5be06cf2f0cc47b4ee1ed9886c&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=Best+of+2017+Our+Top+20+Exhibitions+Across+the+United+States) Related News & Press Oct 22, 2017 [ ![Cassils Encapsulated Breaths 2017 4](/assets/exhibition_images/Cassils-Encapsulated-Breaths-2017_4.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-bomb) Oct 22, 2017 BOMB Magazine [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [Recalibrating Sense: Cassils at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-bomb) Dec 20, 2017 [ ![Cassils Monumental 2017 Installation Shot 14](/assets/exhibition_images/Cassils/2017-MONUMENTAL/Cassils-MONUMENTAL-2017_installation-shot_14.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-broadly) Dec 20, 2017 Broadly [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [2017s Breakout Artists Brought Marginalized Identity to the Fore](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-broadly) Sep 14, 2017 [ ![Cassils Pissed 2017 Detail](/assets/exhibition_images/Cassils/2017-MONUMENTAL/Cassils-Pissed-2017_Detail.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-nytimes) Sep 14, 2017 New York Times [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [Gender-Fluid Artists Come Out of the Gray Zone](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-nytimes) Oct 16, 2017 [ ![Cassils Becoming An Image Performance Stil No 5 Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts Historic Casting Hall 2016](/assets/exhibition_images/Cassils/2017-MONUMENTAL/Cassils-Becoming-an-Image-Performance-Stil-No.-5-Pennsylvania-Academy-of-Fine-Arts-Historic-Casting-Hall-2016.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-artsy) Oct 16, 2017 Artsy [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [Trans and Queer Artists Are Challenging Notions of Strength](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-cassils-artsy) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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