In Their Own Form April 12—July 8, 2018 “In Their Own Form at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago seeks to illuminate the myriad ways blackness might hope to exist without the imposition of oppression, racism and stereotypes ever-present in Western cultures, mediated through Afrofuturist themes including time-travel and escapism. Afrofuturism refers
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Barbara Crane: The Polaroid Years March 2 – April 14, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, March 2 5:00 – 7:00 pm “In celebration of Barbara Crane’s 90th birthday, we are thrilled to present The Polaroid Years, a solo exhibition featuring some of her best known Polaroid pieces from the late 1970s/80s including recent work from 2012.
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Lori Nix / Kathleen Gerber: Empire March 2 – April 28, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTISTS: Friday, March 2 5:00 – 7:00 pm “Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber were both born in the Midwest, in areas known for tornados, snowstorms and droughts. As children, these natural disasters became their playground and influenced their first
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Dominika Jackuliaková: Lom February 9 – March 10 Opening Reception and Artist Talk: February 9 6 – 9 PM “Lom (from Slovak language: Refraction, Rupture, Fold, Break, Quarry) is a quiet, contemplative look at the immutable qualities of stone – both rigid and yielding. Presented in black and white silver gelatin prints, a handmade artists
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David Schalliol: Mining Basin (Hauts-de-France) January 7 – April 22 Justine Pluvinage: Amazons January 7 – March 4 Opening Reception: January 14 | 2 – 5 PM “These two lens-based artists individually present their work resulting from Resilient Images, an international residency exchange in collaboration with the Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France (CRP/) located
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Experimental Approaches: Part I Letitia Huckaby, Thomas Kellner, Jim VanBibber, Colleen Woolpert January 5 – March 3 Opening Reception: January 5 | 5 – 7:30 PM “The artists in this exhibition explore a diverse scope of approaches to photography employing non-traditional materials, processes, and historical devices.” Schneider Gallery 770 N. LaSalle Dr. Suite #401 Chicago,
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Krista Wortendyke: #Mass_Observation January 5 – February 3 Opening Reception and Artist Talk: January 5 | 6 – 9 PM | RSVP “#Mass_Observation is about the developing space of social media and how we use it not only as a way of collecting our own experiences, but as a way of connecting and consuming the
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Maggie Meiners: Revisiting Rockwell Opening Reception: December 7 | 5:30 – 7 PM “In Revisiting Rockwell, Meiners attempts to contemporize Norman Rockwell’s original works by weaving into each photograph the social issues and elements more suggestive of today. She is examining whether the nostalgia of Rockwelll’s work translates into our rapidly changing lifestyles and his
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Svetlana Bailey: once there was there wasn’t December 1 – 30 “Until the age of eight, Svetlana Bailey’s childhood summers were spent at her grandmother’s house in the Russian countryside. It was an influential period in which she discovered the world on her own and her earliest memories were formed. Sixteen years ago her grandmother
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Adam Golfer, Diana Matar, Hrvoje Slovenc: Traversing the Past January 18—April 1, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: January 18, 2018, 5:00 p.m. “Traversing the Past: Adam Golfer, Diana Matar, Hrvoje Slovenc at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago presents the work of three artists, all of whom trace their family stories to histories of
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