Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia
Fechas: 22/11/2008 - 22/03/2009
Ubicación: Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago IL
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Tiempo: 9:00AM-9:00PM
Teléfono: 312-397-4034
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220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago
IL
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Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia is the first survey of the nearly fifteen-year career of this internationally recognized artist, who is currently living and working in Chicago, and represents the various media with which he works, including video, sound, sculpture, and works on paper, to explore the poignancy and humor of miscommunication.
Grigely (American, b. 1956) explores the nuances between seeing and hearing in a major new video installation, St. Cecilia, which anchors this exhibition. Named after the patron saint of music, the installation features two single channel video projections with footage of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society singing three traditional Christmas carols with new lyrics written by Grigely to convey what he calls "lip misreading"--identical lip formations that produce dissimilar sounds. The artist's overarching intent is to make works that create a situation where hearing people experience linguistic misunderstandings from a similar point of view as a deaf person, through points of familiarity such as television shows, Christmas carols, and post-it notes.
St. Cecilia was co-organized by the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, and The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. Joseph Grigely's new video installation, St. Cecilia, is co-produced by the Contemporary Museum and the Orange County Museum of Art. The MCA presentation is organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Pamela Alper Associate Curato
Dream Home 2008
Fechas: 12/12/2008 - 22/12/2008
Ubicación: Merchandise Mart
Chicago IL
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Email: gwright@mmart.com
Teléfono: 1 (877) 739.2112
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222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Ste.470
Chicago
IL
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House Design International Show featuring luxury furniture, floor coverings, wall coverings, lighting, antiques, accessories and more.
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe
Fechas: 14/03/2009 - 30/08/2009
Ubicación: Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago IL
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220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago
IL
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R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was one of the great American visionaries of the 20th century. Best known as the inventor of the geodesic dome, Fuller devoted much of his life to resolving the gap between the sciences and the humanities, which he believed was preventing society from taking a comprehensive view of the world. His theories and innovations traversed the worlds of architecture, visual art, literature, mathematics, molecular biology, and environmental science and have had a deep impact on all of those fields.
International Home and Housewares Show
Fechas: 22/03/2009 - 24/03/2009
Ubicación: McCormick Place
Chicago IL
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Teléfono: 1-847-292 4200
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2301 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
IL
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Largest homegoods and houseware marketplace featuring new products and designs.
Take your time: Olafur Eliasson
Fechas: 01/05/2009 - 13/09/2009
Ubicación: Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago IL
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Teléfono: 312-397-4034
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220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago
IL
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Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is the first comprehensive survey in the United States of works by Olafur Eliasson, whose immersive environments, sculptures, and photographs elegantly recreate the extremes of landscape and atmosphere in his native Scandinavia, while foregrounding the sensory experience of the work itself. Drawn from collections worldwide, the presentation spans over fifteen years of Eliasson's career. His constructions, at once eccentric and highly geometric, use multicolored washes, focused projections of light, mirrors, and elements such as water, stone, and moss to shift the viewer's perception of place and self. By transforming the gallery into a hybrid space of nature and culture, Eliasson prompts an intensive engagement with the world and offers a fresh consideration of everyday life.