As part of the CAC's Chicago Artists to Watch campaign, an effort to showcase talented CAC members from communities that have been under-represented in the past, Theaster Gates will present his work, influence, and practice. An esteemed artist and teacher, Gates is coordinator of arts programming at the University of Chicago. His presentation will be in conjunction with the opening of his installation Will the Real Yamaguchi Please Stand Up: Identity, Myth-making, and Representation.
As part of the CAC's Chicago Artists to Watch campaign, an effort to showcase talented CAC members from communities that have been under-represented in the past, Terry Dixon will present his work, influence, and practice. Throughout his body of work, Terry explores kinetic connections with his abstract line style. His painting is sometimes called aggressive and sporadic and then slows down to a smooth sense of control.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 6:00pm - Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 7:30pm
Renowned photographer Sheila Metzner will show and discuss her work as part of the “Art Works” Photography Lecture Series. Metzner's unique photographic style has positioned her as a contemporary master in the worlds of fine art, fashion, portraiture, still life and landscape photography.
Sofia Zutautas, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, discusses Temkin's work.
Brad Temkin is a Chicago-based photographer who
works internationally and has shown his works widely. This exhibition
presents a combination of two series of his recent large-scale
photographs: Relics and Focal Points. His compositions build on a sculptural foundation that integrates the “found” object and the vast, mundane landscape.
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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.
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Lanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibition at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, will discuss this exhibition of contemporary photography from Leipzig and Chicago.
Renowned architect of Asymptote in New York City, Lise Anne Couture has made exceptional contributions to the progress and merging of art and architecture. With recent innovative projects such as the award-winning HydraPier Pavilion in the Netherlands, a proposal for a new Guggenheim Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico, and groundbreaking art installations at Documenta and the Venice Biennale, Couture is at the forefront of technological innovation in the physical realm.
