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Hannah van Bart
at Marianne Boesky Gallery, 509 West 24th Street
Chelsea - New York, NY, USA
May 03, 14 - Jun 14, 14

Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to announce its fourth solo exhibition of Dutch artist Hannah van Bart. Continuing her figurative painting practice, van Bart presents a new series of incisive portraits. Depicting solitary figures, van Bart offers a range of complex individuals and moods, each rendered with his or her own respective physiognomy, persona, and psychology. Using found photographs as a departure point, van Bart allows her subjects to deftly drift away from their original sources. read more...

Kim Jones: mountain girl door
at Pierogi Brooklyn
Greenpoint - New York, NY, USA
May 02, 14 - Jun 08, 14

In the 1970鈥檚 Kim Jones鈥� performance persona, 鈥淢udman,鈥� could be seen roaming the streets of Los Angeles and Venice, CA and later, in the 1980鈥檚, in New York City; always covered in mud, a nylon stocking stretched over his face, and carrying on his back an unwieldy and crudely constructed lattice-work structure of sticks, tape, mud, and twine. From the beginning he was also drawing, painting, and making three-dimensional works. read more...

Pedro V茅lez: Morally Reprehensible
at 101/Exhibit, Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 03, 14 - Jul 12, 14

101/EXHIBIT proudly presents Morally Reprehensible, a solo exhibition from artist and critic Pedro V茅lez. This is the artist鈥檚 first showing with the gallery and will include new paintings on canvas, collage, and the artist鈥檚 signature banners. A limited edition, tri-fold conceptual show card designed by V茅lez will accompany the exhibition. Additionally, the show will feature a soundtrack by Gardy P茅rez, an experimental musician and leader of the seminal shoegaze band un. read more...

Lines on the Horizon: Native American Art from the Weisel Family Collection
at de Young Museum
San Francisco, CA, USA
May 03, 14 - Jan 04, 15

Lines on the Horizon highlights Native American art from the collection of the Thomas W. Weisel Family. Spanning more than 1,000 years of artistic creativity, the exhibition will focus on the indigenous arts of the American Southwest, featuring 11th-century Mimbres ceramics alongside masterful classic Navajo weavings from the mid to late 19th century and 20th-century works by recognized artists such as the ceramicist Nampeyo of Hano Pueblo. Singular pieces from the Northwest Coast and the first Plains ledger drawings to enter the permanent collection will also be shown. read more...

Private Collections Exposed
at Center for Photographic Art
Carmel, CA, USA
May 03, 14 - Jun 21, 14

The Center for Photographic Art  is pleased to present artwork from the collections of six local art collectors. These collections cover a broad span from traditional to contemporary art photography. Works from the collections of: Lisa deFaria Mary Jeanne Vincent and Richard Gadd Betty and Jim Kasson David Ligare and Gary Smith Cara Weston Huntington Witherill Exhibited artists include: Dick Arentz, Morley Baer, Ruth Bernhard, Dan Burkholder, Paul Caponigro, William Clift, Brad Cole Steve Crouch, Judy Dater, Michael Garlington, Rolf Horne, Michael Kenna, Ed Martin, Richard Misrach Meredith Mullens, Martha Pearson, J. John Prioloa, Ken Rosenthal, Ryuijie, John Sexton, Eugene Smith Michael Smith, Paul Strand, Arthur Tress, Jerry Uelsmann, Jack Welpott, Brett Weston, Cole Weston Edward Weston, Kim Weston, Huntington Witherill, Marion Post Wolcott, Do read more...

SeungMo Park: Meticulously Snipped and Wrapped
at Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI, USA
May 04, 14 - Sep 07, 14

Sculptor Seung Mo Park from Seoul, Korea creates giant ephemeral portraits and landscape scenes by meticulously cutting layer after layer of wire mesh to create his Maya (meaning 鈥渋llusion鈥� in Sanskrit) and by meticulously wrapping cast forms to create his aluminum wire sculptures. Seungmo Park鈥檚 sculptural works are drawn from 鈥榤odels鈥� found around him, be that a person, a piano or a motorcycle. read more...

Stephen Melton: Shop 'Til They Drop
at Updown Gallery
Kent, UK
May 03, 14 - May 31, 14

UpDown Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition of works by the artist Stephen Melton. Melton is a quiet and determined character whose work shouts from the treetops and highlights mans鈥� relationship with the natural world. His artworks at first attract you with beguiling beauty then hold you in their rapture and ask you to look further. One thing that is undeniable of Melton鈥檚 work is his love, respect and admiration for the ecology of the planet. read more...

Sandy Plotnikoff: Foil Problem
at Paul Petro Contemporary Art
Toronto, ON, Canada
May 02, 14 - May 31, 14

Paul Petro Contemporary Art is pleased to present new holographic foil paintings and an open print edition by Sandy Plotnikoff.  read more...

Ra茂ssa Venables: Clearing Space
at Wagner + Partner
Berlin, Germany
May 09, 14 - Jun 21, 14

Ra茂ssa Venables is well known for her photographs depicting distorted rooms, created digitally from countless close-ups. Their luminance and depth of field not only generate fascination, but also a feeling of giddiness for the viewer. Due to the fact that countless image details stem from differing perspectives, we get the sense that the room is moving. It is then that our customary spatial awareness begins to waver, as if the floor had literally fallen away. read more...

Leandro Erlich: The Ordinary?
at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Kanazawa, Japan
May 03, 14 - Aug 31, 14

Leandro Erlichple devices, Leandro ERLICH causes us to regard everyday reality with suspicion. His friendly, straight-forward approach gives maximum play to art鈥檚 essential appeal as an experience enjoyed without words and explanation. By moving us to question our routine perceptions, Erlich opens us to diverse perspectives and thoughts. Visitors to this exhibition can look forward to having their perceptions undermined by artworks that dynamically intervene in spaces. read more...