Art
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SPAIN SCENE A two-part exhibit explores the work of artists from Castilla-Leon in central Spain. The section “Posthumous Choreographies” at White Box Gallery incorporates performance art and dance, while “Other Optical Labyrinths” at the affiliated Annex gallery focuses on digital and electronic art. Through Saturday, July 2, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., White Box Gallery, 525 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-714-2347, White Box @ the Annex, 601 W. 26th St. at Eleventh Avenue, 14th floor, 646-638-3785, free.
NEW YORK IS PARADISE California artist Sandow Birk’s update of Dante’s Divine Comedy confirms what many New Yorkers suspect: L.A. is hell. In Mr. Birk’s contemporary version, the Inferno is Los Angeles, Purgatorio is San Francisco, and Paradiso is New York City. The third installment, which includes 71 drawings and three paintings, is on view at PPOW Gallery. Mr. Birk’s crosshatch ink drawings are modeled after Durer’s medieval plates depicting the Divine Comedy. The vision of the divine eagle becomes McDonald’s Golden Arches and the Fifth Heaven of Mars is 21stcentury Times Square (the original passage reads, “In The Fifth Heaven of Mars, the lights danced around us, sparkling with love, and gathering until they formed the letters of words.”) The work is a collaboration with writer Marcus Sanders to update and illustrate the classic poem with current political content and popular culture. Through Saturday, June 25, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., PPOW Gallery, 555 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-647-1044, free.
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