Curated by Brooklyn-based artist Wendy White, “Man Alive” features work by nearly 20 artists who use explicit content to captivate and persuade. From Judith Bernstein’s triumphantly anti-patriarchal renderings of genitalia, to Nina Chanel Abney’s depictions of police brutality, to Lisa Yuskavage’s imagined scenes of ethereal eroticism, the works solicit shock for a purpose.

 Marilyn Minter, “Cracked Up” (2013). (Photo: Courtesy Maruani Mercier Gallery)