Art
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PERSONIFICATION In Canadian artist Marcel Dzama’s drawings and sculptures, trees have legs and animals show human grimaces. His new solo exhibit, “The Course of Human History Personified,” features these muted brown, gray, green, and red drawings, along with sculptures of large heads. Through Saturday, October 8, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., David Zwirner, 525 W. 19th St., between Tenth Avenue and West Street, 212-727-2070, free.
TRAVELING BOOK Over the course of 36 weeks starting in June 2003, four artists sent a large sketchbook back and forth between Brooklyn and Belfast. By the time the project was completed, it had traveled more than 60,000 miles. The book’s pages are on display along with listening stations with discussions by the artists. The exhibit is presented in part by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council as part of the program “What Comes After: Cities, Art, and Recovery.” Through Sunday, October 9,Tuesday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m., 15 Nassau gallery space, 15 Nassau St. at Pine Street, free.
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