BAG Gallery, Project Space + Weems Atrium, SMFA

Mission Hill building Gallery, SMFA, 160 St. Alphonsus Street, Boston
Gallery hours: 10 am–6 pm

In "Retinal Systems" David Flicker Brown focuses on several different systematic techniques for capturing and compressing large amounts of photographic data. These amalgamations explore the Darwinian nature of both organic and manufactured forms.

March 28–April 12, 2013
Reception: March 29, 5:30 pm

Laconia Lofts Gallery, 433 Harrison Avenue, Boston 
Gallery hours: Friday–Sunday, 12–4 pm

Julia Csekö's scluptures in"Aftermath" transform social symbols and objects, such as miliray fatigues, into doll-size proportions, encouraging viewers to confront tough issues without the "life-size" intimidation factor; Molly Segal's paintings in "If You Jump, I'll Jump" explore the psychological ambiguities of interactions between young women, delving into ideas about friendship, intimacy, desire, fear and recklessness.

April 5–27, 2013
Reception: April 5, 5:30 pm

Fourth Wall Project, 132 Brookline Ave, Boston 
Gallery hours: Wednesday–Friday, 1–6 pm; Sunday, 1–5 pm

Laura Fischman's paintings honor the everyday and the overlooked; the works in "Neither here no there" reference a sense of yearning for something that is both unknowable and unnamed; in Hope/Fear Jasmine Higbee layers film footage to create a video installation that challenges existing conversations about environmentalism; inspired by mythology, fairy tales and Renaissance painting, Laura Beth Reese's photographs are depictions of a world that exists somewhere between reality and non-reality.

April 3–12, 2013
Reception + Artist Talks: April 6, 5–8 pm