If an apocalypse destroyed civilization and we had to rebuild, it would definitely be a good idea to stick by Monica Canilao and Bunnie Reiss. This weekend, the two artists premiered their three-room installation, "Little Old One," at LoPo Gallery, converting the space into a veritable other-worldly habitat. Reiss and Canilao reconfigured mundane materials into a ritualistic, meditative shelter, arranging worn textiles and antiquated furs into geometric patterns that radiated out of the walls.

Baroque and overwhelming to the senses, the work incorporates drawings, doilies, crystals, beads, embroidery, photographs and a variety of other found materials that come together in an organized chaos. It's difficult not to think of early feminist artists like Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, who similarly created installations out of a domestic space. The mannequins with papier-mache bird heads stand proudly like female deities in the back room, reaffirming a strong connection between craft and nature, as well as the natural ambiance of the work. — Nastia Voynovskaya.

Photos courtesy of Cameron Van Loos