Joel-Peter Witkin: From the Studio May 3 – July 3, 2019 OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: Friday, May 3 5:00 – 8:00 pm “For more than 60 years, Joel-Peter Witkin has stayed true to his mission: to create photographs that show the beauty of marginalized people by placing them into art referential tableaus, often laced
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Geraldo de Barros March 1 – April 13 Opening Reception: March 1 | 5 – 8 PM The exhibit will feature a selection of earlier photographs the artist took between 1947 and 1954. DOCUMENT 1709 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL

SLOBODAN RANDJELOVIC – LIVES IN TRANSITION: LGBTQ SERBIA March 1 – April 7, 2019 Opening Reception and Book Signing: Friday, March 1, 6-8pm “In June 2001, Serbia witnessed its first LGBTQ pride march in history in Belgrade’s central square. It was a short-lived march, as an ultranationalist mob quickly descended on the participants, chanting anti-LGBTQ
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Chicago Stories: Recent works by Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol April 11 – July 7, 2019 “In response to Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud Bey/Black Star, this exhibition showcases photographs and films by Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol pulled from the museum’s permanent collection and the Midwest Photographers Project (MPP). Both artists separately investigate
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Dawoud Bey – Birmingham, Alabama, 1963: Dawoud Bey/Black Star April 11 – July 7, 2019 “…featuring work from photographer and recent MacArthur genius grant fellow Dawoud Bey (American, born 1953), who is also a professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. His work has been collected by the MoCP since 1993, with over 60 pieces
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Rafael Soldi: Life Stand Still Here February 15 – March 16 “Life Stand Still Here explores internal dialogues and moments when life and its darkest facets can offer monumental symbolism. Inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf, Rafael Soldi is interested in the elusive abstract space within us that defines the core of our psyche.
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Context 2019 March 22 – April 27, 2019 Artists’ Reception: March 29 | 6 pm – 9 pm “We are very pleased to announce the artists exhibiting work in Context 2019, our annual survey exhibition of contemporary photography. Context 2019 features the work of 29 artists selected by juror Ariel Pate, Assistant Curator of Photography,
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Laurie Simmons: Big Camera/Little Camera February 23 – May 5 FREE Opening Day: February 23 | 10 AM – 5 PM Artist Talk: February 23 | 3 PM “This major retrospective of works by Laurie Simmons (American, b. 1949) celebrates an artist who has distinguished herself as a pioneer of new directions in art photography.
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Rafael Soldi: Life Stand Still Here February 15 – March 16 Opening Reception: February 15 | 6 – 9 PM | Artist Talk: 7:30 PM “Life Stand Still Here explores internal dialogues and moments when life and its darkest facets can offer monumental symbolism. Inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf, Rafael Soldi is interested
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Furtive Daniel Hojnacki, Karolis Usonis, and Krista Wortendyke February 2 – April 7 Gallery Talk: March 15 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM Interactive “Meet the Artists” Events: March 16 | 1 – 3 pm & April 5 | 12 – 2 pm “Curated by Jennifer Murray, Furtive is a photography-based exhibition that explores the complexity
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