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Abstracting the Seam
5/12-9/15Galleries
Group exhibition questioning the way needle working interacts with other mediums and art forms.
AfriCOBRA: Prologue
5/10-7/7Galleries
"Into the sixties a word was born . . . BLACK." The poet Haki R. Madhubuti composed this line for a poem he wrote decades ago, but when he read it aloud at the South Side Community Art Center recently, the words still reverberated. Madhubuti was the keynote speaker at the opening of "AfriCOBRA: Prologue—The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement," the first of three exhibitions on AfriCOBRA's history, aesthetic philosophy, and cultural impact that together make up "AfriCOBRA in Chicago," a series jointly organized by the SSCAC, the Logan Center for the Arts, and the DuSable Museum of African American History. The word "black" did indeed take on new political and aesthetic meanings in the 1960s, when the raised fist became a symbol of pride and African-American writers, performers, and artists began launching their own journals, publishing companies, and exhibition spaces. Madhubuti himself founded Third World Press, one of the first black-owned publishing houses in the U.S. and now the country's largest, in 1967. Continue reading >>
Ago
4/13-6/8.Galleries
Sanford Biggers's window installation Ago has a formal decorativeness that belies its provocative intentions. It combines a number of mediums (fabric, spray paint, wood, light boxes) and cultural references (quilt making, graffiti, Japanese woodblock prints, landscape painting) to put a twist on manifest destiny and America's coded—and not-so-coded—racial histories.
The starting point is a reference to a widely distributed 1863 picture of a runaway slave, Gordon, that showed his back heavily scarred by repeated whippings. Taken by the photographer William McPherson and his partner, Mr. Oliver, the image helped expose the horrors of slavery and has been credited with galvanizing the abolitionist movement. Continue reading >>
All Myths Are True
5/17-6/22:Museums
New drawings by Jasmine Justice, inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Viewing by appointment. Reception Fri 5/17, 6-9 PM.
All the King's Horses
4/26-7/9.Galleries
Work by Robert Burnier and Chris D. Smith. Reception Fri 4/26, 5-7 PM.
Alleys and Ruins
4/18-7/8.Galleries
Photos of urban ruin by Xavier Nuez. Reception Thu 4/18, 6-9 PM.
American Moments: The Legacy of Greek Immigration
OngoingMuseums
The National Hellenic Museum celebrates its one-year anniversary with the opening of an exhibit chronicling the history of Greeks in America.
The Ancient Americas
OngoingMuseums
Artifacts from between the Arctic and the tip of South America highlighting 13,000 years of survivor skills utilized by the early Pueblo communities of the American southwest, the Incas of South America, and other cultures throughout the hemisphere.
Animal Inside Out
Through 9/2:Museums
Explore the physiology of "more than 100 animal specimens that have been preserved through the process of Plastination." $6-$12
Animal Kingdom
Through 6/3:Galleries
An exhibit that includes screenprints of animals by Chicago artists.
Another View of American Indian Fine Art
Through 9/1:Museums
A continuation of the recent "Changing Views of American Indian Fine Art," which offers a "survey of regional styles and modern Native American art while tracing its evolution from ancient times to present day."
Art Matter
4/26-6/6.Galleries
Cosmos-inspired paintings by Adam Benjamin Fung, Carrie Gundersdorf, Matthew Girson, and Sabina Ott. Reception Fri 4/26, 6-9 PM.
Art Practice and Pedagogy
Thu., May 30, 7-9 p.m.Special Events
Discussion in conjunction with the joint release of the book Subject Matter of the Artist: Robert Goodnough, 1950-1965 and a new issue of Shifter magazine: "What We Can Knot."
Artwalk
Second Saturday of every month, 1-3 p.m.
312-733-2787Special Events
Guided tour of ARC, Intuit and Woman Made galleries. Leaves from Love’s Snack Shop, 770 N Halsted.
