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Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago) Presents "Cosmosis," A Group Show, From May 3 To August 23, 2015

4/30/2015

Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago) presents Cosmosis, a group show, from May 3 to August 23, 2015. There will be an opening reception (with DJ) from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 3.

The exhibit is presented by Hyde Park Art Center and the Contemporary Arts Council and is curated by Steven L. Bridges in the Kanter-McCormick Gallery. The artists all have an interest in the cosmos in a cultural context. The exhibit looks into how science, specifically those related to the cosmos, have cultural and artistic relevance.

Find out more at cosmosisexhibition.com.

Art by by Daniel Baird, Sarah and Joseph Belknap, Erica Bohm, Jeremy Bolen,
Dana Carter, Joseph G. Cruz, Carrie Gundersdorf, Jason Lazarus, New Catalogue, Trevor Paglen, Jefferson Pinder, Nicholas Sagan, and Erin Washington.

The ARTacama Project A Partnership Between Art, Science, Technology And Education At Charles Adams Fine Art (Philadelphia) May 14, 2015

4/30/2015

The ARTacama Project a partnership between art, science, technology and education at Charles Adams Fine Art Gallery (200 S. 36th St.. Philadelphia) from 6 to 8 p.m., May 14, 2015. Specifically ARTacama is a partnership between the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), led by a team including Prof. Mark Devlin and NASA Space Technology Research Fellow Benjamin Schmitt, (University of Pennsylvania Department of Physics and Astronomy), Artist and Professor Jackie Tileston, (PennDesign Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania), and Christine Pfister, Director, (Pentimenti Gallery).An RSVP is required by Monday, May 11. Email mail@pentimenti.com.

PANEL DISCUSSION & TOUR
6:00 PM Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery - Gallery opens
6:15 PM Welcome Address by Benjamin Leavenworth, Honorary Consul of Chile in Philadelphia.

Panel Discussion & Q&A:
Mark Devlin, Prof. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Pennsylvania,
Christine Pfister, Director, Pentimenti Gallery,
Jackie Tileston, Artist & Assoc. Prof. of PennDesign Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin L. Schmitt, NASA Space Technology Research Fellow & Ph.D. Candidate in Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania.

6:45 PM Reception & Refreshment
7:30 PM Tour of Penn Experimental Cosmology High Bay Facility (David Rittenhouse Laboratory at 209 South 33rd Street)

This project began three years ago as a bridge between the worlds of art and science. It promotes public awareness via research programs and acts as an inspiration to the next generation not only of scientists and technologists but fine artists as well.

"Impossible Exchange" By Kevin Bourgeois Runs May 14 To June 7, 2015 At Causey Contemporary (New York)

4/30/2015

Impossible Exchange work by Kevin Bourgeois runs May 14 to June 7, 2015 At Causey Contemporary (29 Orchard St., New York). There will be an opening reception beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14.

Bourgeois is a self-taught artist who has been exhibiting for the past fifteen years. His work has been exhibited n the USA an Asia and is held in numerous public and private collections.

Marc Strauss (New York) Presents Work By Margaret Loy Pula and Lily Kelly Napangardi In An Exhibit Running From May 9 To June 28, 2015

4/30/2015

Marc Strauss (299 Grand St., New York) presents work by Margaret Loy Pula and Lily Kelly Napangardi in an exhibit running from May 9 to June 28, 2015. The two are Australia's leading indigenous artists and this is their first gallery exhibition in North America. There will be a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 9.

These abstract works come from a different world and a different mindset from the abstract artists that generally spring to mind. The art depicts "tribal tales and dreams through abstract mark-making." The form of art has its own symbols and voice.

Edward Burtynsky's "Nature Transformed" Large-Format Photographs At Von Lintel Gallery (Los Angeles) From April 25 To June 7, 2015

4/22/2015

Edward Burtynsky's Nature Transformed at Von Lintel Gallery (2685 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles) from April 25 to June 7, 2015. There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25.

This is Burtynsky's first solo show with the gallery. The artist is known for his look at how landscapes are reshaped via human interference. These large-scale photographs are from far above and turn these images of rice terraces and irrigation plots into colorful images that seem almost out of science fiction. They are beautiful, staggering and sometimes terrifying pieces in their implication.

Burtynsky's work is featured in the collections of over 60 major museums. His fifth book, Burtynsky-Water, came out in 2013 along with a documentary Watermark. We posted o this last year. Any opportunity to see his work in person should be seized.

Jan Hostettler's "Ziele" Runs May 2 To June 20, 2015 At Cubus-m (Berlin)

4/22/2015

Jan Hostettler's Ziele runs May 2 to June 20, 2015 at cubus-m (Pohlstraße 75, 10785 Berlin). There will be an opening with the artist at 6 p.m. Friday, May 1.

Ziele is Swiss-artist Hostettler's first solo show in Germany. The title can be translated as "goals, destinations, objectives or targets". The exhibition consist of two new video pieces and a photographic series (stroll, fall).

Hostettlerhas a Fine Art BA from Basel Academy of Art and Design. His work has been shown in galleries and museums in Switzerland as well as at Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland, Vermont, Deuxpiece in New York, Eastern Block and Oboro Centre d'Art both in Montréal.

Marjolijn de Wit' "Pots Are Not People" At Asya Geisberg Gallery (New York) April 23 To May 23, 2015

4/22/2015

Marjolijn de Wit's Pots Are Not People at Asya Geisberg Gallery (537B West 23rd St., New York) April 23 to May 23, 2015. There will be an opening reception/book party from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23.

The artist will be on hand to sign a limited number of the book, Pots Are Not People.

As you may note from the photos here the exhibit features ceramic/photo collage. There will also be painting, sculpture and installation in the exhibit. The ceramic/photo collages used ceramics or photo prints of ceramics.

The title of the exhibit references a 1977 article by Carol Kramer (Pots and Peoples). The ethno-archeologist put forward the notion that ethnicity is more complex than is often percieved, not leaving clear marks in the archeological record. In essence deriding the anthropological notion that you can reconstruct a society with a few shards of pottery. Kramer wasn't throwing the baby out with the bathwater merely noting that archeological records are far from complete.

De Wit is a native of the Netherlands who lives in Amsterdam.

Alex Weinstein's "Westward Paintings" Runs At Leslie Sacks Contemporary (Santa Monica) April 25 To June 6, 2015

4/22/2015

Alex Weinstein's Westward Paintings runs at Leslie Sacks Contemporary (2525 Michigan Ave., B6, Santa Monica) April 25 to June 6, 2015. There will be a reception for the artist from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25.

Weinstein's recent paintings are based on evening light and how it moves across the Pacific Ocean. There are no figures, no waves; most decipherable content is gone in his work. What you are left with are the subtle color shifts. These mimic the color shifts in nature without the forms to distract. Some of these works might seem to be one solid color at first glance but when you look closer? The shift in color will be evident.

Weinstein lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Halcyon Days

Erik Frydenborg's "Nebula Winners" Runs April 25 To June 6, 2015 At Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago)

4/22/2015

Erik Frydenborg's Nebula Winners runs April 25 to June 6, 2015 at Andrew Rafacz Gallery (835 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago). There will be an artist reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25.

The exhibit features work that collapses "sculptural and graphic space." The work features symetrically framed totem-like figures that exist within geometric landscapes (which may be of deep or shallow dimensionality).

Frydenborg has a BFA from Maryland Institute and an MFA from USC. You may have read about him in Flash Art, Artforum and the L.A. Times. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Rosson Crow's "HYSTERIA: Spatial Conversations With Florine Stettheimer" Runs April 22 To May 17, 2015 At Sargent's Daughters (New York)

4/21/2015

Rosson Crow's HYSTERIA: Spatial Conversations with Florine Stettheimer runs April 22 to May 17, 2015 at Sargent's Daughters. There will be an opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Wedesday, April 22.

In recent works Crow has been using Xerox transfers layered with painting on canvas. This is a new technique and is her first solo show in New York in nearly five years. Her work has often featured the psychology and history of interior spaces; she has created work dealing with topics as diverse as the French Revolution, modern graffiti and films by Alfred Hitchcock.

Rosson, a native of Texas, now lives and works in Los Angeles. She holds an MFA from Yale.