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The Propeller Group at James Cohan Gallery

Vietnam-based artists The Propeller Group make a surprising connection between brass bands in New Orleans and Vietnam in a mesmerizing video created for the New Orleans biennial, Prospect 3. Here, a funeral band wades into the Mekong Delta, making an elaborate journey as they accompany the dead toward the afterlife. (At James Cohan Gallery on the Lower East Side through May 15th).

The Propeller Group, installation view of The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music (2014) at James Cohan Gallery, April 2016.
The Propeller Group, installation view of The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music (2014) at James Cohan Gallery, April 2016.

Bill Viola at James Cohan Gallery

Bill Viola explores his signature themes of rebirth, endurance and physical/spiritual transformation in ‘Inverted Birth,’ a large-scale video at Chelsea’s James Cohan Gallery. Here, black, red, white and clear liquids, perhaps symbolizing elemental materials of earth, blood, milk and water, pour away from the subject (as the video runs backwards) suggesting a reversal of time. (Through Jan 30th).

 Bill Viola, installation view of ‘Inverted Birth’ at James Cohan Gallery, through Jan 30th.

Beatriz Milhazes at James Cohan Gallery

Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes continues to conjure a joyous mood and rhythmically flowing forms in abstract paintings and new sculptures at James Cohan Gallery. She’s said that without the inspiration of Carnival, she wouldn’t be an artist; these sculptures even evolved from some made in collaboration with craftsmen who make floats for Carnival. (In Chelsea through Nov 28th).

Beatriz Milhazes, installation view of ‘Marola’ at James Cohan Gallery, Oct 2015.

Elias Sime at James Cohan Gallery

Addis Ababa-based artist Elias Sime carries away electronic components by the truck-full from Africa’s largest open-air market in order to create gorgeous installations like this colorful collage at Chelsea’s James Cohan Gallery. (Through Oct 17th).

Elias Sime, Tightrope 7, reclaimed electronic components and wires on panel, 8 ½ x 39 ¼ feet (estimated), 2009-2014.

KRIWET in ‘All Watched Over’ at James Cohan Gallery

In colors that suggest political banners, Dusseldorf-based artist KRIWET created this bold ‘comic strip’ in 1970, using letters to create mental pictures. It is part of the group exhibition ‘All Watched Over’ at Chelsea’s James Cohan Gallery, which muses on the power of futuristic technology to improve life. (Through Aug 7th)

KRIWET, Comicstrip, 1970.