Context 2020 March 20 – April 25, 2020 View online http://filterphoto.org/context-2020-online/ Garrett Baumer Greg Boozell William Camargo Cathy Cone Haile Cole Kes Efstathiou Gary Emrich Jim Ferguson Julianna Foster Bernadette Fox Samantha Cabrera Friend Dana Fritz Jennifer Georgescu Denis Gillingwater Hans Gindlesberger Abbey Hepner Evan Hume Rachel Jessen John Keatley Christine Lucy Latimer Siyu Ning
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Judith Raphael & Melissa Ann Pinney: Girls’ World February 7 – 29, 2020 Opening Reception: February 7 | 5 – 8 PM “Girls’ World, guest curated by Tony Phillips, featuring paintings by Judith Raphael and photographs by Melissa Ann Pinney. Both these women plumb the depths of their own childhood experience to envision with their
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Jacob King: Ca$h Only February 7 – 29, 2020 Opening Reception: February 7 | 6 – 9 PM “This photographic series explores the microenvironment of a rare Chicago institution, the “Slashie” (half bar/half liquor store). Rite Liquors is a community hub sitting in East Ukrainian Village. This Slashie institution remains a constant amongst the rapidly
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In Real Life Jan 16 — Mar 29, 2020 “Through the lens of seven artists working with a range of digital media, In Real Life presents works that grapple with the fraught relationship between humans and technology, with an emphasis on the social and aesthetic ramifications of machine “seeing.” With a charged underpinning of human
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Gordon Parks: This Land is Your Land January 10 – February 15 Opening Reception: January 10 | 5 – 7:30 PM “Focusing particularly on Parks’ images of African American youth, the exhibition includes works from the 1940s to the 1960s, many of which are being shown for the first time. Together, the works in This
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Mark Blanchard, Cass Davis, kwabena foli, and Kelly Kristin Jones: Tracing Faults January 3 – February 13 Artists Reception: January 3 | 5 – 8 PM “Tracing Faults is one of two synchronous exhibitions featuring works from Blanchard, Davis, foli, and Jones. The companion exhibition, To Unmake a Fold, will take place at the University
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Luther Konadu: Tentative Photo January 10 – February 8 Opening Reception: January 10 | 6 – 9 PM | RSVP Artist Talk: 7:30 PM “Tentative Photo follows an ongoing pursuit in portraiture as it relates to self and discursively with a collective identity. Konadu considers the making of portraiture as a process of slow accumulation;
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Bettina von Zwehl: Meditations in an Emergency January 17 – March 7, 2020 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 17 5:00 – 8:00 pm “Meditations in an Emergency, Bettina von Zwehl’s latest portrait series inspired by the teenage die-ins that were staged shortly after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Von
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New Formations January 17 – March 7, 2020 OPENING RECEPTION WITH SELECT ARTISTS: Friday, January 17 5:00 – 8:00 pm “It is widely understood that the sheer quantity of photographs in our digital culture are growing exponentially. In response, more and more artists are exploring unique ways of working with photographic images. New Formations features
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Reminiscence: Group Exhibition December 13, 2019 – January 4, 2020 Opening Reception: December 13 | 6 – 9 PM “Artists Cindy Bernhard, Patty Carroll, Salvador Dominguez, Hale Ekinci, Michiko Itatani, Jeroen Nelemans, Omar Velazquez, Art Paul, and Rodrigo Lara each bring the traditions and customs from their countries of origin or cultural backgrounds to the
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