People Who Shape Our World: Gary Panter, Chris Ware, and Dan Nadel

Event Type: 
Panel discussion
Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:00pm

Celebrate the release of the definitive volume on Gary Panter's work -- Gary Panter -- from PictureBox Inc. -- with a talk and book signing directly to follow. Panter has left his mark on every medium he's touched; from his era-defining punk graphics to his cartoon icon Jimbo to his visionary design for Pee-Wee's Playhouse. A three-time Emmy Award-winner and the recipient of the 2000 Chrysler Award for Design Excellence, Panter has drawn inspiration from diverse vernacular and traditional art arenas over the course of the past four decades.

Chris Ware, often described as an "alternative cartoonist," is best-known as the creator of the Acme Novelty Library, publications in various formats that feature the adventures of such characters as Quimby the Mouse and Jimmy Corrigan. Not quite comic books, not quite graphic novels, Ware's work mines art history, popular culture, and personal experience, capturing a queasy sense of reality of modern life in a "retro" style distinctly his own.

Dan Nadel is the Director of PictureBox Inc., a Grammy Award-winning art, music, photography, and comics publisher based in Brooklyn, NY. Since 2004, PictureBox has specialized in bringing artists visions to print in startling and unexpected ways. Nadel is the author of Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1969.

Presenter

Museum of Contemporary Art

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http://www.mcachicago.org/
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webmaster@mcachicago.org
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220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
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One of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the MCA boasts a gift store, bookstore, restaurant, 300-seat theater, and a terraced sculpture garden with a great view of Lake Michigan.

Mission Statement
The mission of the MCA is to be an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the public can directly experience the work and ideas of living artists, and understand the historical, social, and cultural context of the art of our time.

The Museum boldly interweaves exhibitions, performances, collections, and educational programs to excite, challenge, and illuminate our visitors and to provide insight into the creative process.

The MCA aspires to engage a broad and diverse audience, create a sense of community and be a place for contemplation, stimulation, and discussion about contemporary art and culture.

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Museum of Contemporary Art
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220 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60602
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Loop

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