{"id":1863,"date":"2012-01-15T18:37:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/?page_id=1863"},"modified":"2025-06-05T18:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T22:06:03","slug":"current","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/current\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent\/Upcoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recent\/Upcoming Exhibitions and Projects<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 6, 2025<br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>For Real For Real<\/strong><\/span>, with Claudia Rankine, daadgalerie<br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px;\">Oranienstra\u00dfe 161, Berlin, Germany<\/span><\/p>\n<p>March 21, 2025<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/calendar\/lectures\/elson\/artist-talk-mel-chin.html\/2025\/03\/21\/1530\"><strong>Artist Talk: Mel Chin <\/strong><strong>Elson <\/strong><strong>Lecture<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>National Gallery of Art, <\/strong>East Building Auditorium, Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>November 12 + 13, 2024<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/humanities.rice.edu\/campbell-lecture-series\"><strong>2024 Campbell Lectures<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Rice University<\/strong>, Houston, TX (in person and online)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>November 6, 2024 &#8211; February 9, 2025<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nasher.duke.edu\/exhibitions\/spirit-in-the-land\/\"><em>Spirit in the Land<\/em><\/a><\/strong><strong><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens,<\/strong> Jacksonville, FL<\/p>\n<p>November 2, 2024 &#8211; February 2, 2025<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prospect6.org\/about\"><em>Prospect 6: the future is present, the harbinger is home<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>New Orleans, LA<\/p>\n<p>September 15, 2024<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pst.art\/en\/exhibitions\/breathe-towards-climate-and-social-justice\">Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice,<\/a>\u00a0Hammer Museum<\/strong>, part of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pst.art\/en\/\">PST<em> ART: Art &amp; Science Collide<\/em><\/a>,<\/strong> Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n<p>March 24 &#8211; May 25, 2024<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emptygallery.com\/exhibitions\/eg30-le-contre-ciel\/\"><strong><em>Le Contre-Ciel<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Empty Gallery<\/strong>, Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p>March 21 &#8211; September 8, 2024<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nasher.duke.edu\/exhibitions\/spirit-in-the-land\/\"><em>Spirit in the Land<\/em><\/a><\/strong><strong><em>, <\/em>P\u00e9rez Art Museum,<\/strong> Miam, FL<\/p>\n<p>March 13 &#8211; May 31, 2024<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maltabiennale.art\/\"><em>Malta Biennale<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Malta<\/p>\n<p>June 15, 2023 &#8211; Summer 2024<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menil.org\/exhibitions\/375-longing-grief-and-spirituality-art-since-1980\">Longing, Grief, and Spirituality: Art Since 1980<\/a>,\u00a0Menil Collection<\/strong>, Houston, TX<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7379\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7379 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-084737-590x393.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-084737-590x393.png 590w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-084737-700x466.png 700w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-084737-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-084737-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-30-084737.png 967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Caroline Philippone, courtesy of the Menil Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emuseum.mfah.org\/objects\/81670\/extraction-of-plenty-from-what-remains-1823\">Extraction of Plenty from What Remains: 1823-<\/a><\/strong><strong>, The Museum of Fine Arts<\/strong>, Houston, TX<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7370\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7370\" src=\"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Menil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Menil.png 474w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Menil-95x150.png 95w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Past:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>January 17 &#8211; March 16, 2024<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericfirestonegallery.com\/exhibitions\/godzilla-echoes-from-the-1990s-asian-american-arts-network\">Godzilla: Echoes from the 1990s Asian American Arts Network<\/a>, Eric Firestone Gallery<\/strong>, New York, NY<\/p>\n<p>October 27, 2023 &#8211; March 17th 2024<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/camh.org\/event\/six-scenes-from-our-future\/\">Six Scenes From Our Future<\/a>,<\/strong> <strong>Contemporary Art Museum<\/strong>, Houston, TX<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7367\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7367 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CAM-590x369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CAM-590x369.jpg 590w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CAM-700x438.jpg 700w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CAM-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CAM-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CAM.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Francisco Ramos, courtesy of Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>February 16 &#8211; July 9, 2023<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nasher.duke.edu\/exhibitions\/spirit-in-the-land\/\"><em><strong>Spirit in the Land<\/strong><\/em><\/a><strong>, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University<\/strong>, Durham, North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>November 18, 2022 &#8211; March 26, 2023<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/chrome-extension:\/\/efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj\/https:\/\/elizabethturkstudios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Double-Take-Gallery-Guide.pdf\">Double Take: Mel Chin &amp; Elizabeth Turk<\/a>, <strong>Frederik Meijer Gardens &amp; Sculpture Park<\/strong>, Grand Rapids, MI<\/p>\n<p>November 20, 2021 &#8211; March 20, 2022<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fivepointsmuseum.com\/\">Mel Chin: Points of View<\/a>, Five Points Museum of Contemporary Art<\/strong>, Victoria, TX<\/p>\n<p>January 24 \u2013 March 30 (Closed for Spring Break March 14-19)<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uta.edu\/gallery\/\">Inescapable Histories: Mel Chin<\/a>, The Gallery at UTA<\/strong>, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX<br \/>February 17, 12:30 p.m. Gallery at UTA, Gallery talk<br \/>Thursday, February 18, 5:30 \u2013 8 p.m. Gallery at UTA, Reception. Artists Talks during reception beginning 6:30 p.m.<br \/>February 19, 11:30 a.m. Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, Artist Talk<\/p>\n<p>March 5 &#8211; July 31, 2022<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmoca.org\/art\/mel-chin-theres-something-happening-here\"><strong>Mel Chin: There&#8217;s Something Happening Here<\/strong><\/a><br \/><strong>Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA<\/strong>), Main Gallery, Madison, WI<br \/>March 17, \u00a05:00pm Artist Reception + Stephen Fleischman Lectureship |<br \/>March 19, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgcinternational.org\/sgci-today\/\">SGCI ( Southern Graphics Council, International )<\/a> keynote on UW-Madison campus<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensmuseum.org\/2017\/11\/mel-chin-2\">ALL OVER THE PLACE<\/a>, A multi-venue exhibition<\/strong> starting @ the <strong>Queens Museum<\/strong>, Flushing Meadows, NY, April 8, 2018 \u2013 August 12; Co-Curated by Laura Raicovich and Manon Slome, of No Longer Empty; Exhibition Design by LOT-EK.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition includes additional venues:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadway\/Lafayette Subway Station, SIGNAL<\/strong>, a rededication of the MTA commission of 1998, with the Six Nations, May 13, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Times Square, New York City, WAKE<\/strong> and <strong>UNMOORED<\/strong>, July 11, 2018, in cooperation with the University of North Carolina, Asheville, Listen, and Times Square Alliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple Boroughs<\/strong> \u2013<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fundred.org\/\">FUNDRED PROJECT<\/a><\/strong> will be working with multiple organizations including schools, museums, and other cultural institutions throughout in the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple Boroughs<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Trains 1, 5, 7, E &amp; F, SOUNDTRACK<\/strong>, Commissioned compositions creating unique sound works as signatures of the trains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbullstudiosnewyork.com\/news\/total-proof-the-gala-committee-1995-1997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>The GALA Committee<\/em><\/strong><\/a> @ Red Bull Studios, New York, NY, September 29 &#8211; November 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.currentla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Current: L.A. Water<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Summer 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Art Cologne<\/em><\/strong>, Thomas Rehbein Gallery @ Art Cologne, April 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TELE:Gen<\/em><\/strong>, Kunst Museum Bonn, October 2015 \u2013 January 2016; Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, February \u2013 May 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Value of Food<\/em><\/strong>, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, October 2015 \u2013 April 2016<br \/><strong><br \/><em>Works by Mel Chin<\/em><\/strong>, Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne, Germany, January \u2013 February 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recent Publications<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Funk &amp; Wag from A to Z<\/em><\/strong><br \/>The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, distributed by Yale University Press, 2014. Mel Chin, Nick Flynn, et al. <em>Publication now available on<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Funk-Wag-Menil-Collection\/dp\/0300204507\/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=1JADW0MJ691ZV8KXEFC5\"><em>Amazon<\/em><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rematch<\/strong><\/em><br \/>exhibition catalog, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Hatje Cantz, 2014. Edited by Miranda Lash, Texts by Andrei Codrescu, Lisa A. Crossman, Eleanor Heartney, Patricia Covo Johnson, Miranda Lash, Patricia C. Phillips, Herb Tam, graphic design by Harald Prigdar. <em>Publication now available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/3775735941\/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=134R4S9SC40MXEDK7SJ2&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1688200382&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do Not Ask Me<\/strong><\/em><br \/>167 page exhibition catalog, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, 2011. Essays by James Harithas, Marcia Brennan, Paul Farmer, James Metcalf, Interview by Eugenie Tsai. <em>Publication now available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Do-Not-Ask-Me-Chin\/dp\/0965945820\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;m=A1UOXCTPXA7L5J&amp;qid=1336688550&amp;s=generic&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent\/Upcoming Exhibitions and Projects: June 6, 2025For Real For Real, with Claudia Rankine, daadgalerieOranienstra\u00dfe 161, Berlin, Germany March 21, 2025Artist Talk: Mel Chin Elson Lecture, National Gallery of Art, East Building Auditorium, Washington, DC November 12 + 13, 20242024 Campbell Lectures, Rice University, Houston, TX (in person and online)\u00a0 November 6, 2024 &#8211; February 9, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1863","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1863"}],"version-history":[{"count":105,"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9860,"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1863\/revisions\/9860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melchin.org\/oeuvre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}