The Listings

Tom Ackerman, “Central Park Night”This selection of images shot in Central Park is part of a larger series of nighttime landscapes, some of them shot in New York City, Wyoming, Hawaii, Georgia and Provincetown, Mass. Through June 28. Steven Amedee Gallery, 41 N Moore St. (Varick & Hudson.) 212-343-1696.

Art from Detritus: Recycling with Imaginationis an exhibit of art that speaks to the ongoing problem of waste and the destruction it causes to our environment. Over 40 emerging and established artists come together to show their environmental concerns in a creative manner. Through June 24. Synagogue for the Arts Gallery Space, 49 White St. 212-966-7141, www.synagogueforthearts.org.

Bingyi, “Dawns Here Are Quiet”The artist’s first solo exhibition in New York takes its name from Russian director Stanislav Rostotski’s film about a small detachment of female soldiers in the Soviet army. As an adolescent growing up in China during WWII, the film left a deep impression on Bingyi and now informs her paintings. Through June 28. Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, 18 Jay St. (between Hudson & Greenwich Sts.), 212-625-1250, www.ecfa.com.

Alexander Calder in New Yorkis the artist’s first-ever multi-work sculpture exhibition in New York City’s public spaces. An engineer by training, Calder’s works speak of his ability to work with industrial materials and also “demonstrate his joyful imagination, his sense of harmony and balance, and his lifelong interest in color, abstraction, scale and anthropomorphism.” Through Fall 2007. City Hall Park, Lower Manhattan, bordered by Broadway, Chambers St., Centre St. and Park Row.Beth Campbell, “Potential Store Fronts”The Public Art Fund program “In the Public Realm” presents an installation that is almost an everyday storefront, except for the fact that it repeats itself over and over again, as it recedes back into space. In the artist’s words, “The repetition of the storefront sabotages its inherent function, since it contains only images of itself. No access will be gained, only infinite potential.” Through June 24. Free. 125 Maiden Lane between Pearl and Water Sts. For more information, contact the Public Art Fund at 212.980.4575 or www.publicartfund.org.

Francesco ClementeCreated in Rome, Delhi, Madras and Srinigar between 1971 and 1979, the approximately one hundred works in this exhibition document the development of the artist’s artistic vision. The works reflect the cultural and political context of Rome in the 1970s as well as Clemente’s artistic, literary and musical influences. Through June 2. Deitch Projects, 76 Grand St., 212-343-7300, www.deitch.com.

Melanie Crean, “The Luminists”The one work in this exhibition is based on conversations that Crean had with three artists who have lost their sight but continue to make artwork: Alice Wingwall, a photographer; Carol Saylor, a painter turned sculptor; and Tara Inmon, a painter turned writer. Through June 30. Art in General, 79 Walker St. 212-219-0473. For a full exhibition schedule, visit www.artingeneral.org.

Design Made in Africapresents a selection of 30 designers from 14 African countries. Both utilitarian and decorative objects are on view. Co-presented with the Museum for African Art, New York. Through June 24. World Financial Center, Courtyard Gallery, 220 Vesey St. For information, call 212-945-0505 or visit www.worldfinancialcenter.com.

Dream House: Seven+Eight Years of Sound and Lightis a collaborative sound and light environment by composer La Monte Young and visual artist Marian Zazeela. In the light environment Marian Zazeela presents two environmental and two sculptural works. In the concurrent sound environment, La Monte Young presents a periodic composite sound waveform environment. Through June 16. Contribution: $4. Mela Foundation, 275 Church St., 3rd Fl. (Between Franklin and White Sts.) 212-925-8270, https://melafoundation.org.

From the Heart: The Photojournalism of Ruth GruberThis exhibition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage celebrates the life’s work of the 95-year-old journalist and activist. Through Oct.Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the HolocaustThis large-scale exhibition, presented in association with Ghetto Fighters’ House, Israel, brings to light the stories of men, women, and children who defied the Nazis. Through July 2008. $10 adults/$7 seniors/$5 students. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place, 646-437-4202, www.mjhnyc.org.

Gego, “Between Transparency and the Invisible”This exhibition traces the Venezuelan artist’s interest in “mak[ing] visible the invisible” from a rarely seen series of monotypes of the early 1950s to her delicate drawings without paper and “tejeduras” (woven paper pieces) of the late 1970s-1980s. Curated by Mari Carmen Ramirez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.William Anastasi, “Raw”For this exhibition, the artist will recreate seminal site-specific works dating from the mid-1960s. Anastasi’s interest and pioneering efforts in site-specific projects, as well as in the medium of drawing is evident in this selection of early works. Both through Jul. 21. The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St. 212-219-2166, www.drawingcenter.org.

Stephen March, “Tribes and Other Recent Works”Featuring mixed media works from the “Tribes” series and individual paintings connected to other continuing series. Through June 16. Artist reception: June 2, 6-8 pm. 55 Mercer Gallery, 55 Mercer St. 212-226-8513, www.55mercergallery.com.

The Museum of Crime and the Museum of GodOrganized by writer Luc Sante, this exhibition is comprised of nearly one hundred artifacts from Sante’s own collection of holy pictures, photographs, death letters, leaflets, posters, dime novels, relics, banners, and ephemera. Through June 23. apexart, 291 Church St. 212-431-5270, www.apexart.org.

Margaret Neill, “Circuit”Abstract paintings that stand as analogies for the visceral and optical sensations experienced in the natural world. Through June 16. Cheryl Pelavin, 13 Jay St. 212-925-9424, www.cherylpelavin.com.

Off the Map: Landscape in the Native ImaginationNative Americans explore the idea of landscape and its multiple meanings in this new group show featuring work by Jeffrey Gibson, Carlos Jacanamijoy, James Lavadour, Erica Lord and Emmi Whitehorse. Through Sept. 3. National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green, 212-514-3823, www.AmericanIndian.si.edu.

William Stone, “Let’s Subtle Down Together”This exhibition features new sculptures, including altered and fabricated readymades, and works that address the core of functionality, exhibition and design. In the artist’s words, “let us glide over the shallows, meet somewhere in the equidistance, and find depth where there is none.” Through June 2. James Fuentes LLC, 35 St. James Place, 212-577-1201, www.jamesfuentes.com.

Robert A. Virga, “Images: Without Time”In this selection of black and white photographs, the artist aims to capture images that exist outside the constraints of time and place. Also on view: Ellen Schaefer’s “Easter Island – Its Moais and Its Volcanoes,” Richard Shevlin’s “On the Road: From Mumbai to Madurai” and more. Opening: June 5, 6-8 pm. Through June 30. Soho Photo, 15 White St. 212-226-8571, www.sohophoto.com.

Charlene WeislerBloomingdale’s SoHo continues its support of local artists with its new exhibition featuring the work of the NYC photographer. Weisler’s images chronicle the ever-changing urban landscape of the city’s street art. June 1-30 during regular store hours. Free. Bloomingdale’s SoHo, 504 Broadway (between Spring & Broome), 4th Fl. 212-729-5900, www.charleneweisler.com.

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