1_John Jay College. Photo Monika Fabijanska

2_Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College. Photo Monika Fabijanska

3_Shiva Gallery, John Jay College. Photo Monika Fabijanska

4_Kathleen Gilje, Susanna and the Elders, Restored, 1998-2018, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

5_Kathleen Gilje, Susanna and the Elders, Restored, 1998-2018, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

6_Kathleen Gilje, Susanna and the Elders, Restored, 1998-2018, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

7_Works by Kathleen Gilje and Carolee Thea, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

8_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

9_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

10_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

11_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

12_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo XXXBill Pangburn

13_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

13a_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

14_Installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

15_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

16_Suzanne Lacy, Three Weeks in May, 1977-2014, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Jerzy Warman

17_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

18_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

19_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

20_Works by Jennifer Karady and Senga Nengudi, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

21_Jennifer Karady, Former Specialist Brittny Gillespie..., 2014, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

21a_Jennifer Karady, Former Specialist Brittny Gillespie..., 2014, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo M Fabijanska

22_Senga Nengudi, R.S.V.P. Revisited - Underwire, 1977-2004, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

23_Senga Nengudi, R.S.V.P. Revisited - Underwire, 1977-2004, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

24_Installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

25_Jenny Holzer, Untitled (Selections from Lustmord), 1994, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

26_Jenny Holzer, Untitled (Selections from Lustmord), 1994, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

27_Jenny Holzer, Untitled (Selections from Lustmord), 1994, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

28_Ana Mendieta, Rape Scene, 1973, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

29_Ana Mendieta, Rape Scene, 1973, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

30_Angela Fraleigh, lonelily loomed into bone, 2011, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

31_Angela Fraleigh, lonelily loomed into bone, 2011, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

32_Angela Fraleigh, lonelily loomed into bone, 2011, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

33_Bang Geul Han, Through the Gaps between My Teeth, 2017, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

34_Bang Geul Han, Through the Gaps between My Teeth, 2017, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

35_Bang Geul Han, Through the Gaps between My Teeth, 2017, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

36_Works by Bang Geul Han and Kara Walker, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

37_Kara Walker, Untitled, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

38_Kara Walker, Untitled, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

39_Naima Ramos Chapman, And Nothing Happened, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

40_Naima Ramos Chapman, And Nothing Happened, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Jerzy Warman

41_Works by Lynn Hershman, Yoko Ono and Ada Trillo, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

42_Ada Trillo, Claudia, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

43_Ada Trillo, Claudia, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

44_Works by Lynn Hershman Leeson and Yoko Ono, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

46_Lynn Hershman Leeson, First Person Plural, 1988, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

47_Lynn Hershman Leeson, First Person Plural, installation view, 1988, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

48_Roya Amigh, The Coerced Contact, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

49_Roya Amigh, The Coerced Contact, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

50_Roya Amigh, The Coerced Contact, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Jerzy Warman

51_Roya Amigh, The Coerced Contact, 2016, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

52_Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Guarded Secrets, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

53_Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Guarded Secrets, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Jerzy Warman

54_Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Guarded Secrets, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

55_Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Guarded Secrets, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

56_Andrea Bowers, Rape Wrong, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

57_Andrea Bowers, Rape Wrong, 2015, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

58_Guerrilla Girls, If You’re Raped, 1992, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

59_installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

60_Works by Sonya Kelliher-Combs and Natalie Frank, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

61_Natalie Frank, Little Red Cap II, 2011, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

62_Carolee Thea, Sabine Woman, 1991, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

63_Carolee Thea, Sabine Woman, 1991, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

64_Carolee Thea, Sabine Woman, 1991, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Bill Pangburn

65_Works by Carolee Thea, installation view, The Un-Heroic Act, Shiva Gallery JJC. Photo Monika Fabijanska

66_The Un-Heroic Act, installation view. Photo Jerzy Warman