Assaf Evron @ The Arts Club of Chicago

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Assaf Evron @ The Arts Club of Chicago

January 9th, 2023 by fstop

Assaf Evron: Collage for the Arts Club of Chicago
January 17th – February 23rd

“Assaf Evron: Collage for the Arts Club of Chicago. Collage for the Arts Club is the fourth chapter in the Collages for Mies van der Rohe project in which the artist has been installing monumental photographs on the famed architect’s buildings. Following the McCormick House, The Esplanade Apartment, and S.R. Crown Hall, this is the first interior installation in the series. Evron’s photographic installation will intervene on the glass-boxed historic staircase of the Arts Club of Chicago. The steel and travertine marble staircase was designed by Mies in 1949-1951 for the Arts Club’s Rush St. location and was repositioned in 1998 by Architect John Vinci to its current location at 210 E. Ontario St. The image of the semi-transparent conch shell installed on the glass windows corresponds to the form of the enclosed staircase and echos the ancient past and geological history of its stone cladding. This project is based on speculative paper collages made by Mies van der Rohe in his American period, from the late 1930s and on. In these collages, Mies was experimenting and negotiating the relationships between landscape, artworks, and materials interacting on his minimalist architectural stage. ”

The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St
Chicago, IL

Location: Chicago, Illinois Type: Exhibition

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