Trevor Paglen, Parcae Constellation Near Cygnus (Naval Ocean Surveillance System; USA 173), 2008

Artist and geographer Trevor Paglen is part of a group exhibition at Sprüeth Magers in Berlin. The twelve artists in Rethinking Location present sites and places, both imaginary and real. Paglen’s work The Other Night Sky documents 189 U.S. military spacecrafts. Paglen’s photographs of operations behind the scenes of the American government were featured in Aperture magazine issue 191. His book, Invisible: Classified Landscapes and Covert Actions, will be released by Aperture this fall.

Exhibition on view:
May 1–June 19, 2010

Sprüeth Magers:
Oranienburger Straße 18
D-10178 Berlin

Courtesy the artist/Jen Bekman Gallery, New York

Nina Berman, featured in Mary Panzer’s article “Picturing the Iraq War Veterans” from Aperture issue #191, currently has work in the Whitney Biennial. On view are photographs from her series Marine Wedding, documenting the marriage of a disfigured war veteran to his high school sweetheart.

Exhibition on view:
February 25-May 30, 2010

Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave. at 75th St.
New York, NY