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Opening its new venue in New York, Galeria Nara Roesler presents Marcos Chaves, a selection of 30 pieces including photographs, installations, and videos, spanning 25 years of the artist’s work.

The featured artworks highlight Chaves’ unique perspective as he captures and spins visual chronicles out of images found in cities, especially Rio de Janeiro, where he lives. With a vocabulary built on humor and chance, the artist draws commonplace objects, everyday scenes and landscapes out of their logical contexts to subvert established angles and provoke different narratives. “Marcos Chaves …