ALIGNMENTS WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18 SEPTEMBER 19 Official EXPO ART WEEK Performance VERNISSAGE Curator-Led Tour Samson Young: World Fair Music 6:00–9:00pm Go Down Moses 5:30–7:00pm Navy Pier, Festival Hall 11:00am–12:00pm Chicago Symphony Center The Women’s Board of the Museum of Museum of Contemporary Photography In conjunction with his first U.S. museum Contemporary Art Chicago hosts Vernissage, Join Museum of Contemporary Photography exhibition, artist Samson Young and curator the opening night benefit of EXPO CHICAGO Curator of Academic Programs and Collections Orianna Cacchione will host an evening at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. Proceeds Kristin Taylor for a tour of Go Down Moses, of conversation punctuated by musical from Vernissage raise significant funds to a reinterpretation of the MoCP’s permanent performances at Chicago’s Symphony Center. support the mission of the MCA’s education collection that can be understood as a Featuring a program of works drawn from the department, whose programs offer compelling visual tone poem of contemporary America, 1933 World’s Fair, this performance explores opportunities to explore, challenge, discuss, exploring elemental themes of movement, varying concepts of social progress and utopia. and reflect on the MCA’s holdings and the chaos, freedom, and hope. Presented in partnership with the Chicago larger world of contemporary art and culture. Symphony Orchestra Overture Committee, Tickets available at mcachicago.com Artist Performance EXPO CHICAGO, and the Smart Museum Laura Davis and Derrick Woods-Morrow of Art at the University of Chicago. FRIDAY 12:00–8:00pm SEPTEMBER 20 Aspect/Ratio Poetry Reading Join this performance, hosted intermittently Harryette Mullen CAC 45th Anniversary Breakfast throughout the day with artists Laura Davis and 7:00–9:00pm 9:00–11:00am Derrick Woods-Morrow. Poetry Foundation Chicago Artists Coalition Join this reading with poet, short story Started in 1974, Chicago Artists Coalition writer, and scholar Harryette Mullen. She celebrates 45 years as one of the city’s has published eight poetry books, including leading non-profits dedicated to supporting Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary; contemporary Chicago artists and curators Recyclopedia, winner of a PEN Beyond Margins through residency programs, exhibitions, and Award; and Sleeping with the Dictionary, a professional development opportunities. finalist for a National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Free admission with advance registration. Samson Young, Muted Situations #5: Muted Chorus, 2014–ongoing. 51 Image courtesy of the artist.
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ALIGNMENTS EXPO ART WEEK SEPTEMBER 16–22, 2019 Art FRIDAY After SEPTEMBER 20 Hours. Ayana V. Jackson, Sea Lion, 2019. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. Opening Reception Opening Reception 6:00–9:00pm SARAH ORTMEYER: INFERNO CHICAGO Studio Oleomingus Citywide Locations 6:00–10:00pm 6:00–9:00pm Chicago Manual Style VGA Gallery A citywide open gallery night Artist Sarah Ortmeyer’s work has been Based out of Chala, India, Studio Oleomingus inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors exhibited at the Kunstverein München is a two-person game studio known for and the Chicago community (Munich), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), KW Institute their visually stunning and narrative-driven to experience the city’s vibrant for Contemporary Art (Berlin), the Stedelijk games and about the history of India, post- art scene during extended hours. Museum (Amsterdam), and MoMA PS1 (New colonialism, and a generative approach toward York), among others. Curated by Stephanie blending fact and fiction. This exhibition will PARTICIPANTS Cristello, the exhibition, entitled INFERNO bring together the various parts of Somewhere, CHICAGO, incorporates the formal elements of an ongoing video game epic in several ACRE Projects chess alongside a series of new paintings and episodes. American Writers Museum sculptures. Andrew Bae Gallery Opening Reception Barely Fair Opening Reception Barely Fair Shane Campbell Gallery Ayana V. Jackson: Take Me to the Water 6:00–10:00pm Chicago Manual Style 6:00–9:00pm Barely Fair Corbett vs. Dempsey* Mariane Ibrahim Gallery Celebrate the Opening Vernissage of Barely Stephen Daiter Gallery* Join the inaugural exhibition of the new Fair, a 1:12 scale contemporary art fair hosted DOCUMENT Chicago headquarters of Mariane Ibrahim by Julius Caesar. Barely Fair will be on view Catherine Edelman Gallery* Gallery, presenting new works by Ayana from September 20–October 20, 2019. Elephant Room Gallery V. Jackson. In Take Me to the Water, the Filter Photo Festival artist seeks to crystallize the experience of SATURDAY Richard Gray Gallery* contemporary Africa and African diasporic SEPTEMBER 21 Kavi Gupta*, Washington Blvd. Location societies, creating hauntingly candid portraits Rhona Hoffman Gallery* depicting varying constructions of African and Curators and Collectors Brunch Mariane Ibrahim Gallery African-American identity. Dianna Frid: More Time than Life Gallery Studio Oh! 9:00–10:30am moniquemeloche* Opening Reception Alan Koppel Gallery One After 909 Abraham: 1117 Alan Koppel Gallery invites collectors and Paris London Hong Kong 6:00–9:00pm curators for coffee and light breakfast to view PATRON Elephant Room Gallery the solo exhibition by Dianna Frid, entitled Matthew Rachman Gallery As part of the current exhibition entitled More Time than Life, on view at the gallery. Carrie Secrist Gallery* 1117, artist Abraham will be present to School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sullivan talk with visitors on a more intimate level Official EXPO ART WEEK Opening Galleries about their work. This exhibition features Pop América, 1965–1975 South Loop Loft some of Abraham’s newest work, including 10:00am–5:00pm VGA Gallery collaborations with Ligaya, as well as hand- Block Museum of Art Western Exhibitions* made furniture and painted objects. Light at Northwestern University Zg Gallery refreshments will be served. Head to the Block Museum of Art on Northwestern University’s campus for the free *Galleries participating in EXPO CHICAGO Exhibition Reception public opening of their newest exhibition, Pop Filter Photo Festival América, 1965–1975, the first exhibition to look Presented in partnership with Newcity 6:00–9:00pm at the political power of Latin American pop Filter Photo Festival art. Pop América, 1965–1975 challenges and As a part of the 2019 Filter Photo Festival, join reframes familiar notions of Pop Art by bringing Filter Photo for the opening reception of three together artists from North, Central, and exhibitions: The Universal, Seeing the familiar South America, as well as the United States for the first time, and III. The work of over sixty and the Caribbean, unifying Latin American artists will be on display in these exhibitions expressions of Pop and exploring how its juried by Gregory Harris, Industry of the bold and colorful imagery, references to mass Ordinary, and Aline Smithson respectively. culture, and representations of everyday Many of the artists will be in attendance and objects, were embraced by artists working refreshments will be served. across the hemisphere. 53
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21 Artist Talk Curator Talk and Tour Public Art Unveiling Sarah Douglas in Conversation with Maurice Sullins: The Grand Maurice Charles Atlas and Petra Cortright Theaster Gates and Beth Rudin DeWoody 4:00–6:00pm 7:00pm 12:00-1:00pm White Color Art on theMART at Merchandise Mart Stony Island Arts Bank In 1970, 60-year-old Maurice Sullins, an Art on theMART unveils its Fall Program with Organized by Theaster Gates, in collaboration employee of Joliet’s Municipal Airport, newly commissioned site-specific works by with Beth Rudin DeWoody and Laura Dvorkin, suddenly began to paint. Entirely self-taught, Petra Cortright and pioneer film and video In The Absence of Light: Gesture, Humor he produced close to 1200 works in sixteen artist Charles Atlas that will illuminate the and Resistance in The Black Aesthetic seeks years. Like most outsider artists, Sullins painted 2.5 acre river-façade of theMART (formerly to bring together artistic practices that not without the structure or restrictions imposed Merchandise Mart). The two hour projection only reveal some sense of interiority, but by by academic art programs and did so for his program will begin approximately 30 minutes their very nature, reflect distance through own satisfaction. Upon his death in 1995, his after sunset and is best viewed on the Chicago laughter, painting gesture and isolation. The works were placed in storage, where they Riverwalk or Wacker Dr. between Wells and conversation will examine and explore the remained out of sight for twenty-two years. Lake St. Projections begin approximately 15 creation of private and public exhibition Join White Color for a curator presentation minutes after sundown. spaces, the challenges and nuances of of paintings illustrating the personal symbols collecting, and the role of artist as collector and narratives rich in composition, texture and SUNDAY versus being collected. Sponsored by ARTnews, color created by this artistic genius. SEPTEMBER 22 Art in America, Cadogan Tate® Fine Art, AXA Art Americas Corporation, and The May & Gallery Talk Chamber Concert Samuel Rudin Family Foundation. Jan Tichy | Future/Past: Crossing Lines The Ship of Tolerance 4:00–5:00pm 2:00–4:00pm Artist Talk Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel, IIT Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center Mary Porterfield: In:Dependence At the intersection of technology and This quartet performance celebrates The Ship 2:00–3:00pm spirituality, Jan Tichy’s exhibition and of Tolerance, presented by the Ilya and Emilia Hofheimer Gallery community exploration of palm prints created Kabakov Foundation. Artist Mary Porterfield discusses the works in spring 1926 in Dessau by László Moholy- comprising her series, In:Dependence, Nagy and other Bauhäusler are on view in the drawings influenced by her work as an Mies-designed Carr Chapel (aka the God Box) occupational therapist, as well as the artist’s and contextualized by contemporary artists. interactions with patients and their caregivers. In painted on transparent glassine paper, Bauhaus Live Porterfield’s images address reoccurring 5:00–7:00pm struggles in healthcare that are outwardly Kaplan Institute, IIT hidden or forgotten to convey the loss of Enjoy a custom performance of the Bauhaus- identity that can occur through degenerative inspired ballet Futura Fractals, performed by illnesses. Institute of Design (ID) students and Hedwig Dance a week after their performance at Open Air Concert and Children’s Celebration Dessau. View An American Bauhaus to learn The Ship of Tolerance about ID’s history, followed by a wine and 2:00–4:00pm cheese reception. Lake Stage, Polk Bros Park, Navy Pier Gather around The Ship of Tolerance, Artist Talk presented by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Mariano Chavez Foundation, for this family-friendly celebration 7:00–9:00pm featuring classical performances by local Ed Paschke Art Center Chicago Public School students, as well as Mariano Chavez’s first large-scale survey ChiArts vocalists and dancers. exhibition tracks the evolution of his imagery and artistic practice over a twenty-year period. Exhibition Walk-Through with Artist As part of this intimate discussion, light LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze refreshments will be served. 3:00–4:00pm Renaissance Society Filter Photo Festival Portfolio Walk David Harvey is an influential geographer and Various Artists Marxist thinker who has written extensively 7:00-9:00pm about contemporary capitalism, political Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel economy, and the roots of neoliberal Join Filter Photo for an evening of conversation thinking. For this walk-through of LaToya and exchange at the Annual Portfolio Walk. Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze, Harvey joins Artists, Festival VIPs, and the general public the artist to talk about the exhibition and will all have a chance to socialize, win her ongoing work in Lordstown, Ohio. raffle prizes, and see an amazing amount of Space is limited. Please register in advance at photography on display. Additionally, there will www.renaissancesociety.org be book signings and community tables from local publishers and arts organizations, making this a busy evening with so much to see. 54
Hugo Rivera-Scott, Pop América, 1968. © Hugo Rivera-Scott. Photo by Jorge Brantmayer. Image courtesy of the artist. 55
SPONSORS 50 South La Salle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 312-630-6000 One of the most enjoyable aspects of collecting art is CONSERVING ART COAST TO COAST discovering artists and galleries from around the world and nding the perfect piece to add to a collection. Northern Trust shares in this passion, strengthened each year through our role as presenting sponsor of EXPO CHICAGO. The opportunity to connect clients to the modern and contemporary art market and help expand interest, knowledge and love of art is truly meaningful to us. New technology and digital innovations have played a key role in broadening access to art and artists, enabling the next generation of collectors to ourish. EXPO CHICAGO furthers this globalization of art through peerless curation of international gallerists and renowned artists from around the world. As exposure to art increases so does the need for important conversations around the care and transfer of these assets. Northern Trust not only recognizes the importance of cultivating new generations of art enthusiasts, but also the complexity of planning for, acquiring and maintaining a collection throughout the collecting lifecycle. We take pride in collaborating with clients, their advisors and other bene ciaries to determine a thoughtful approach to ownership of such personal assets. It goes without saying that the spirit of giving back is rmly engrained in the culture of collecting. We are delighted to donate this year’s Northern Trust Purchase Prize to the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. The artwork will be purchased from the EXPOSURE section of the exposition, which features young, international galleries and emerging artists, and placed in the museum’s permanent collection. Northern Trust takes pride in helping to raise the pro le of up-and-coming galleries and artists and support the museum through this gift, which will be unveiled at EXPO CHICAGO. There truly is no better place to be than Chicago in September. As you explore EXPO CHICAGO, we encourage you to talk with gallerists and artists about what inspires and moves them. Perhaps you will nd common interest – and even the perfect piece to add to your collection. Sincerely, Steven L. Fradkin Mac MacLellan President Executive Vice President, Wealth Management Central Region Wealth Management 56
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SEP CLOSING SOON 6-4 TUE, 5:30–8 PM Neon sign for Off-White runway show, Women’s Collection, 9-24 TUESDAYS ON THE TERRACE Fall/Winter 2016 (“You’re Obviously in the Wrong Place”), 6-10 JUN 10–SEP 22 2015/19, Photo: Fabien Montique 9-22 VIRGIL ABLOH: Savor the final notes of summer with live jazz! MCACHICAGO.ORG/LOOK “FIGURES OF SPEECH” 10-01 OCT 1, 3 PM AND 6 PM, OCT #MCAMadeYouLook 10-03 2–3, 12:30 PM Free for youth 18 and under See the groundbreaking Kim Brandt, Level Open until 9 PM Tuesdays and Fridays exhibition before it closes. Bodies at work create a body Reserve your tickets in advance of work. Experience pop-up CMChounicsteaeugmmopoorfary Art at mcachicago.org/abloh. dance performances through- out the MCA.
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