Drawing from the city's public and private art collections, including works in the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MCA) collection, Duro Olowu curates a show that reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. The Nigerian-born British fashion designer believes in the idea of the "second look" that there is meaning in the act of seeing something again and anew. Moving away from traditional exhibition formats, Olowu combines photographs, paintings, sculptures, and films in dense and textural scenes that incorporate his work.
Black women, many times, are trying to get through the day and be there for our families, be there for our friends, and we rarely have a moment to open up and be vulnerable. In being honest and living in the fullness of that, we have the opportunity to change that experience into something better. What we have to say is valuable."
Hailing from the Austin area of the West Side of Chicago, Tye had no idea that her senior thesis project as a student at the Illinois Institute of Art would turn into a full-blown series complete with a visual book three years later. Prior to the publication, Moores premiered this project at over ten art galleries. “The culture of Chicago is so beautiful to me,” says Moores. “Even small things such as our pride in what side of town we’re from and things we say -- that’s what I love most about our culture.”
Opening Event: "Invisible Man—Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem"
edited by Kai EL' Zabar
The Art Institute of Chicago will host the Opening event of the Invisible...
