The new gallery season celebrations continue tomorrow, with openings galore. If you can’t make the parties at night, take a Saturday afternoon stroll and check out the shows that opened last week.

Friday

>> Lycra’s not just for undergarments anymore — now it’s art! Visit Project 4 and see how Alex Gutierrez turns ass-molding spandex into a site-specific installation that is “a sort of ‘bodyscape’ architecture … that is both prison-like and protective.” Who doesn’t want to be incarcerated in synthetic materials? Opening reception 6 to 8:30 p.m.

>> If you prefer your art accompanied by incomprehensible theory-laden explanations, Erik Sandberg’s “unsettlingly abstract yet immediate and corporeal presences that evoke pictorial tension between the representation of solid three-dimensional form and the painterly articulation of surface qualities,” should fit the bill, at Conner Contemporary. Joe Ovelman has the perfect companion exhibit with, no kidding, Sharpie sketches in the back gallery. 6 to 8 p.m.

Saturday

The galleries of 14th Street, which they’ve now dubbed the Arts Corridor, are making it easy for you to get your Recommended Daily Allowance of contemporary art by holding joint receptions Saturday night, including a party right on the street. All are 6 to 9 p.m.

>> Hemphill Fine Arts is opening an exhibition with two very different artists. Robin Rose makes fascinating patterns with encaustic, or hot wax painting, on aluminum hexcel panels. And this is apparently the weekend for new media, because this is the second time I’ve had to find a link for alternative manufactured materials. Then there’s Sharon Sanderson, whose silkscreen designs (pictured) are practically ready-made for all you ironic T-shirt wearers.