Drapery has played myriad roles throughout art history, from the folds of robes meticulously chiseled out in Roman marble statues to the woven canvases used as the standard foundation for most paintings since the 17th century. Spanning the two Chelsea galleries Hollis Taggart and Susan Inglett Gallery, and on view through Jan. 10, the exhibition "Drop, Cloth" examines this primordial medium. Curated by Glenn Adamson (the guest on Ep. 50 of Time Sensitive) and Severin Delfs, the show brings together approximately 30 works by 25 artists, including Sam Gilliam, who pioneered the expansion of fabric as an artistic medium in the '60s, and Lynda Benglis, who studied the essence of fabric using non-fabric materials. In its totality, "Drop, Cloth" is both complex and manifold: There are the physical characteristics of fabric-its folds, patterns, and textures-as well as themes beyond what meets the eye, such as its behaviors of hiding and revealing, and its social implications as a feminist intervention. Reflecting on the show, Adamson asks, "What better metaphor could there be for the great fabric of aesthetic possibility, after all, than fabric itself, which yields new shapes so readily-just a fold here, a tuck there, and a flick of the wrist?"