Gabriel Orozco

MEXICO CITY Museo Jumex “Politécnico Nacional,” Gabriel Orozco’s first museum show in Mexico since 2006 and his most expansive survey to date, presents the work of a global artist who nevertheless remains emblematic of Mexico City’s contemporary art scene.

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Folkert de Jong and Tild Greene

AMSTERDAM Projectspace 38/40 In some instances, we can recognize parts from everyday objects, while in others, we might incidentally mistake the sculptures for exposed MEP (mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems) belonging to the site. The works clearly complement each other: the more subtle and abstract presence of Greene’s sculptures offsets the heavier and iconic presence of de Jong’s work.

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Interstitial Existence: A Conversation with Kishio Suga

For six decades, Kishio Suga has explored the question of whether intentions adhere to things. One of Japan’s most important artists and a key figure in the Mono-ha movement, he began his career in the late 1960s, using natural and industrial materials to create temporary installations that aimed to show “the reality of mono (things/materials) and the jōkyō (situation) that holds them together.”

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Positive Negatives: A Conversation with Roland Persson

The work of Swedish artist Roland Persson manifests a profoundly complex verisimilitude. This applies not only to the nature of his subject matter, which ranges from dreams and personal experience to considerations of the human condition, our relationship to nature, and the vagaries of urban life, but also to form and content, which are governed by his scientific attention to detail, technical skill, material choices, and psychological approach.

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Josh Faught

SEATTLE Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington Proceeding from conceptual art’s loaded objects, Faught has crammed and jammed pockets and slits within the woven fabric with archival queer history publications, relics, and trivia.

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