The Museum of Contemporary Arts celebrates its origins with new retrospective exhibit.
Morgan McCarty, Chicago Maroon
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MCA revisits its beginnings
At MCA’s First Friday, hob nob with the young and fashionable
First Fridays offer museum goers an after dark perspective.
Space travel is possible with Van Kerckhoven’s art
In a Saturnian World is a frantic exploration of the limits of Van Kerckhoven’s work, purposefully repetitive and overwhelming.
A ribbon runs through Barth’s exploration of photography
Art Institute exhibit shows light’s ability to trick the eye
O’Brien explores subconscious effect on creation
O’Brien’s 100 piece exhibit at the Renaissance Society utilizes ceramic, metal, wood, and even glitter.
National Identity creates abtract art out of paella
The Construction of a National Identity, depicts the paella recipe through a carefully thought-out, abstracted assemblage of mixed media and ready-made objects.
Zamudio examines Chicago through the lens of nostalgia
Chicago photographer captures the fading essence of a bustling post-war culture’s descent into gentrification.
Chicago Cultural Center unearths untrained genius
The photographs of Vivian Maier, an untrained and unknown photographer, rival those of famed masters.
HPAC gets warm and fuzzy with nostalgic Ground Floor
Ground Floor is a wonderful exhibition of artists from various Master of Fine Arts programs around Chicago.
Renaissance Society becomes a room divided with Rebecca Warren
Interactive and engaging, Warren’s abstracted pieces are an argument concerning the definitions and limitations of sculpture.