Richard Copley: CITY / Tema Stauffer: Heart Land

One of our favorite local galleries, MCP is moving from Uptown to a Northeast Minneapolis space that should be open by the end of August. But that hasn’t stopped it from mounting exhibitions—its latest is on view in guest quarters on the U of M West Bank (alongside an intriguing display of Japanese ironwork kettles). Tema Stauffer’s Heart Land plays with the multiple meanings of its title, moving from homey Midwestern landscapes that evoke a depopulated Norman Rockwell world to noirish police-beat scenes more akin to Weegee. Richard Copley’s CITY is New York, though London, Boston, San Francisco and Paris also make appearances. He’s a master at capturing small, quirky human moments framed and even engulfed by concrete-and-metal urban scenery. A small but worthwhile show. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, U of M Regis Center for Arts, 405 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-624-7530; www.mncp.org