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Rob Carter: The Measure of a Vine
at Station Independent Projects
New York, NY, USA
May 15, 15 - Jun 07, 15

Rob Carter creates multidisciplinary artworks which concern our contemporary understanding of the politics of nature and architecture though the lens of history. Installation, time-lapse and photographic works often concern environmental themes, chiefly historical developments in agricultural science and our perpetually unfolding relationship to the natural world. Past, present and future are visualized using stop-motion animations that focus on our relationship to city planning and architecture. read more...

Cildo Meireles
at Galerie Lelong, New York
Chelsea - New York, NY, USA
May 15, 15 - Jun 27, 15

Galerie Lelong is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in the United States in ten years by internationally renowned Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles, on view from May 15 through June 27. In addition to the monumental work Amerikkka, new works will be on view for the first time. Meireles鈥檚 investigation of ideological, economic, and political systems through sculpture, installation, and sensorial experience forms the cornerstone of his practice, which spans the artist鈥檚 extensive forty-year career. read more...

Life鈥檚 a Beach: Photographs by Martin Parr
at Telfair Museum of Art
Savannah, GA, USA
May 15, 15 - Aug 30, 15

In Life鈥檚 a Beach, one of Britain鈥檚 most beloved photographers takes us on a color-saturated journey through a place loved by all: the seaside. Intrigued by the general absurdities and local quirks of beachgoing, Martin Parr has photographed beaches across the world for many decades, creating images that range from closeups of sunbathers to shots of rambunctious swimmers caught mid-plunge. This exhibition presents photos of beachgoers on far-flung shores, including those of Argentina, Brazil, China, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Japan, the United States, Mexico, Thailand, and, of course, the artist鈥檚 native England. read more...

Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997鈥�2014
at The Art Institute of Chicago
Loop - Chicago, IL, USA
May 15, 15 - Oct 04, 15

The first major exhibition devoted to celebrated Chicago-born, Los Angeles鈥揵ased sculptor Charles Ray since a midcareer retrospective in 1998, this display fills the second floor of the Modern Wing with 19 works and flows into the museum鈥檚 gardens with an additional two, presenting a full range of Ray鈥檚 most recent achievements with particular emphasis on figurative experiments. The exhibition, co-organized by the Art Institute and the Kunstmuseum Basel, can only be seen in the United States at the Art Institute, and six sculptures鈥攊ncluding four new works in their museum debut: Horse and Rider, Huck and Jim, Dog (Silver), and Girl on Pony鈥攁re on view only in Chicago. read more...

Rob Pruitt: The Obama Paintings and The Lincoln Monument
at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Detroit, MI, USA
May 15, 15 - Aug 02, 15

Rob Pruitt鈥檚 The Obama Paintings and The Lincoln Monument will be presented to the public for the first time beginning May 15, 2015. Both works serve as monuments in themselves, as well as examinations of presidential monuments in general. The exhibition will spotlight how images of past presidents are disseminated and function in our society. Rob Pruitt began The Obama Paintings as a means of tracking President Barack Obama鈥檚 presidency. read more...

Adam Cvijanovic: American Montage
at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, MO, USA
May 15, 15 - Sep 20, 15

American Montage draws on Brooklyn-based artist Adam Cvijanovic鈥檚 merging of influences from nineteenth-century American landscape painting and twentieth-century cinematic techniques. The exhibition features installations and paintings on his signature Tyvek surfaces from the past fifteen years. Cvijanovic鈥檚 methods of fracturing, cutting, layering, and sequencing imagery to collapse space, time, and narrative demonstrate a montage of American visual perspective. read more...

Rana Hamadeh: Can You Make a Pet of Him Like a Bird or Put Him on a Leash For Your Girls?
at Western Front
Vancouver, BC, Canada
May 15, 15 - Aug 02, 15

Visual and performance artist Rana Hamadeh develops long-term research projects that think through systems of justice, militarism, histories of sanitation, and theatre. Hamadeh鈥檚 exhibition will present two complementary sketches of her new opera-under-development, manifesting as both a live performance and a gallery exhibition. Expanding on her recent eight-channel sound play, Can You Pull in an Actor with a Fishhook or Tie Down His Tongue With a Rope? read more...

Phantom of Civilization
at Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'Art Contemporain
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
May 16, 15 - Sep 06, 15

The exhibition Phantom of Civilization is based around the work of three Taiwanese artists: Wu Chi-Tsung, Wang Fujui and Yuan Goang-Ming. Through very different mediums - installation, sound and even video - the interest of these three artists' lies in the creation of landscapes which reflect our modern civilisation. Technology plays a central role, as a medium as well as a protagonist of the works of art themselves. read more...

Alan Charlton: New Works
at Slewe Gallery
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 16, 15 - Jun 20, 15

Slewe Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition with new works by the British artist Alan Charlton (*1948, Sheffield). The exhibition will show new Triangle paintings, specially made for this occasion. It will open Saturday May 16 and will last until June 20, 2015. It will be his second show at Slewe Gallery. read more...

Vaan Ip and Leo Wong Chun-yam: City Memory
at YY9 Gallery
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
May 15, 15 - Jul 31, 15

YY9 Gallery is pleased to present "City Memory", a joint exhibition by Vaan Ip and Leo Wong Chun-yam. In the exhibition, two local artists will present their latest series of sculpture installation which captures traces of memories of the changing urban environment in Hong Kong in a truly profound way. In the 鈥淟ost City鈥� 2015 series, Ip provides a brand-new perception of poetic architecture of the city with the sensitive use of light and shadow, hence inviting his audience to join a creative dialogue of illusion and reality. read more...