visual art


"What Does Seeing an Image Mean?" film and lecture by Marie-José Mondzain	Event Type: Lecture Monday, July 14, 2008 - 7:30pm The lecture will be preceded by a 75 minute German-language film, "Das Stahltier." A translation will be provided. Tickets $20 Event Location Venue: Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave. Address: 112 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 Google Map Neighborhood: Loop
Stone Summer Theory Institute Opening Roundtable	Event Type: Panel discussion Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:00am - Monday, July 14, 2008 - 12:00pm Opening roundtable discussion with the faculty -- W.J.T. Mitchell, James Elkins, Marie-José Mondzain, Jacqueline Lichtenstein, and Gottfried Boehm. more... Event Location Venue: Ballroom, McLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave. Address: 112 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60601 Google Map Neighborhood: Loop
Black Enough?	Event Type: Panel discussion Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 6:30pm - Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 8:00pm Join us at the Experimental Station on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 6:30pm for a candid conversation around the intersection of race, ethnicity, and aesthetics in contemporary art. How do we begin to unpack the complexity of race and respresentation as it relates to the art market? A thoughtful group of artists, curators, art historians and collectors will share with us their thoughts in a candid conversation with members of the arts community. more... Event Location Venue: Experimental Station Address: 6100 S. Blackstone Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 Google Map Neighborhood: Other City South
First Annual Finch Gallery Performance Festival	Event Type: Performance Friday, May 9, 2008 - 8:00pm - Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 8:00pm The Finch Gallery, located in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, launches its first annual performance festival with a diverse line up of new and exploratory works, many being previewed to the public for the first time by ten provocative performance and installation artists. With a rotating schedule, each night offers a glimpse inside new works through mediums of sound, durational works, installation, movement, text, video, and monologue. each artist is bringing a work to the event that was inspired or connected to one of the following thematic suggestions: the number eight, cage, garden, and stacking. Performers include: Basil Abbott, Sherry Antonini, Ann Boyd, Beth Gutelius, Heather Hartley, Anni Holm, Maia Morgan, Casey Murtaugh, Mel Racho, Liz Wuerffel Friday and Saturday, May 9 & 10 at 8pm $10 suggested donation at the door (free wine and snacks!) more... Event Location Venue: Finch Gallery Address: 2747 W. Armitage Ave. Chicago, IL 60647 Google Map Neighborhood: Logan Square