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The Language of Less (Then and Now)
Then: Oct 8, 2011 - Apr 8, 2012 | Now: Oct 8, 2011 - Mar 18, 2012
The Language of Less (Then and Now) is inspired by the MCA's rich holdings of Minimalist and post-Minimalist work from the 1960s and 1970s. The exhibition is divided into two distinct parts, one devoted to a fresh reinstallation of this historical material (featuring artists such as Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Richard Serra); and a second showcasing five contemporary artists (Leonor Antunes, Carol Bove, Jason Dodge, Gedi Sibony, and Oscar Tuazon) who are working within the stylistic language of their forebears, albeit with entirely new content and concerns. Foregrounding the MCA's belief that history is always under constant reappraisal, especially by working artists, the exhibition reintroduces now-classic material to the public alongside work by a younger generation who have emerged as exciting leaders in the field and who are captivating international attention.
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MCA Stage 11/12
Take a sneak peak at our performance programs for the 2011/2012 season.
The MCA Stage is committed to presenting groundbreaking performances that focus on collaboration; working closely with artists; converging with the larger programming of the museum; and offering a contemporary view on the traditional roots of performance.
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The Mark Bradford Project
In 2010, the MCA launched The Mark Bradford Project which connected MacArthur Fellow and contemporary artist Mark Bradford with different Chicago communities to interact around the creative process. Over the course of a year, Bradford served as a catalyst for community engagement projects and ongoing discussions, including connecting Bradford with Lindblom Math and Science Academy, as well as teenagers in Chicago Public Library's YOUMedia program. The theme of mapping, which Bradford explores in many of his paintings, serves as a unifying thread for both projects.
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Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character
Since 1990, Jim Nutt has focused exclusively on female heads in spare line drawings and rich, detailed paintings. This exhibition is a retrospective of Jim Nutt's work that emphasizes the development of these important paintings through their precedents in his own work. Acknowledging the groundswell in interest in this unique American artist's work, this is the first major presentation of Nutt in over a decade. Nutt's history as an important artist dates to the mid-1960s where in Chicago he was a chief instigator of the irreverent "Hairy Who" group, now better known as the imagists.
Jim Nutt: Coming into Character is on view at the MCA Jan 29 - May 29, 2011.
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Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out
Exhibition on view Feb 6 - May 30, 2010:
This exhibition reexamines the artist's studio as subject, presenting work that documents, depicts, reconstructs, or otherwise invokes that space. Revealing how the studio functions as a place where research, experimentation, production, and social activity intersect, the works provide the viewer with an unprecedented and illuminating look at how some of the most compelling artists of our time -- Bruce Nauman, William Kentridge, Andrea Zittel, to name a few -- have demystified, remystified, and reconsidered this site of art production.
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MCA Stage 10/11
MCA Stage is committed to presenting groundbreaking performances that focus on collaboration; working closely with artists; converging with the larger programming of the museum; and offering a contemporary view on the traditional roots of performance.
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