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Second Glances
at Michaela Helfrich Galerie
Neukölln - Berlin, Germany
Jul 22, 2016 - Aug 30, 2016

The five artists in ‘Second Glances’ each approach the figurative in art with a unique vision. What they share is a fascination with popular culture; with taking the plethora of imagery and narratives produced by the mass media – often starting with source material that is either printed or photographic – and through the processes of painting and drawing discovering a way of exploring deeply personal concerns, thus creating a sense of purpose and identity from the everyday and things that are often considered ephemeral or are easily ignored. Often it takes a second reading – or glance – to more fully begin to understand the artists’ intentions. read more...

The Keeper
at New Museum of Contemporary Art
Lower East Side - New York, NY, USA
Jul 20, 2016 - Sep 25, 2016

This exhibition will encompass a multi-floor presentation dedicated to the act of preserving objects, artworks, and images. “The Keeper” is an exhibition dedicated to the act of preserving objects, artworks, and images, and to the passions that inspire this undertaking. A reflection on the impulse to save both the most precious and the apparently valueless, it will bring together a variety of imaginary museums, personal collections, and unusual assemblages, revealing the devotion with which artists, collectors, scholars, and hoarders have created sanctuaries for endangered images and artifacts. read more...

DeLIMITations: A Survey of the 1821 United States-Mexico Border
at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown
San Diego, CA, USA
Jul 22, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016

In 2014, artists Marcos Ramírez ERRE and David Taylor set out to trace the historical 1821 border between Mexico and the western territories of the United States. That border stretched from the present-day Oregon/California state line to the Gulf of Mexico just west of Louisiana, and previously existed only as a reference on historic maps and treaty documents because it had never been surveyed or physically marked. For DeLIMITations, ERRE and Taylor asked the question, “what would Mexico and the United States look like if that boundary had been fully realized? read more...

Austin Swearengin
at Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Jul 21, 2016 - Oct 30, 2016

Austin Swearengin’s sculptural practice focuses on understanding design and its implementation through semiotics, or the analysis of language, gestures, and objects as they relate to one another. Familiar objects are positioned in a space between utilitarian purpose and poetic intention, much as a billboard can be seen as both an architectural body and a space for communication. The design and functionality of these objects also become platforms for poetic inscription and potential audience participation. read more...

JJ Miyaoka-Pakola: #Hashtag
at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Jul 22, 2016 - Aug 28, 2016

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia is pleased to present #Hashtag, an exhibition of new paintings by JJ Miyaoka-Pakola opening on July 22, 2016. In this new body of work, Miyaoka-Pakola painstakingly renders dense arrangements of chromatically rich dots at a mind-bendingly minute scale. When taken as a whole, these atomized patterns subtly form the letters of commonly used acronyms and hashtags that are a ubiquitous part of the social media landscape. read more...

Planned Obsolescence
at The Ryder
Bethnal Green - London, UK
Jul 20, 2016 - Aug 20, 2016

 Planned Obsolescence  reflects on the afterlife of consumer objects, desire and the material world. A project realised in collaboration with SCAN (Spanish Contemporary Art Network), the exhibition is the first of a series presented by SCAN to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Guy Debord's prescient The Society of the Spectacle. Can 'fetish-ness' be dislodged from an object through violent intervention? read more...

The Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics
at Henry Moore Institute Galleries
Leeds, UK
Jul 21, 2016 - Oct 23, 2016

Throughout history human beings have sought to extend and supplement their own form to move faster and reach further. The Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics traces how artists have addressed radical changes to the very thing we humans know best: our bodies. Presenting over seventy artworks, objects and images spanning the late-nineteenth century to the present day, this exhibition explores how sculpture and medical science have augmented the analogue human figure, expanding its reach and power. read more...

COMMON AFFAIRS: Revisiting the VIEWS Award - Contemporay Art from Poland
at Deutsche Bank KunstHalle
Mitte - Berlin, Germany
Jul 21, 2016 - Oct 30, 2016

The word “common” can mean “ordinary” but also “joint” in the sense of shared. In connection with both the Polish as well as the global art scene, which is becoming increasingly transgressive, media and market oriented, political, and controversial, the exhibition title COMMON AFFAIRS raises questions. Is art really so commonplace? read more...

Theaster Gates: How to Build a House Museum
at Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, ON, Canada
Jul 21, 2016 - Oct 30, 2016

Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates takes over the fifth floor of the AGO’s Contemporary Tower with an immersive exhibition exploring the potential of the house museum—historically important landmarks that have been transformed into legacy sites. Gates proposes new ways of honouring and remembering Black experience and explores the potential of these spaces through music, dance, video, sculpture and painting. Organized as a world of symbolic structures and their associated objects, the exhibition is dedicated to Black luminaries including George Black, Frankie Knuckles and Muddy Waters. read more...

Anti : Modern
at Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Jul 23, 2016 - Nov 06, 2016

Is Salzburg indeed anti-modern, as has often been claimed? The—perhaps provocative—question is the point of departure for this comprehensive exhibition, which assembles work by an international cast of artists to draw a differentiated picture of modernity. The show examines numerous events and phenomena in western Austria, gathering evidence of liberal-minded attitudes and an embrace of modern life and art and tracing how such openness was subsequently buried beneath the political propaganda of the 1930s. read more...