Record Times
dal 10/8/2007 al 20/10/2007
Segnalato da
Alexander Calder
Dan Flavin
Christo
Claes Oldenberg
Gordon Matta-Clark
Jeff Koons
Vito Acconci
Laurie Anderson
Charles Simonds
H.C. Westermann
William Kentridge
Sarah Sze
Andy Warhol
Tricia Van Eck
Lynne Warren
10/8/2007
Record Times
Museum of Contemporary Art MCA, Chicago
40 Years from the MCA Archive
40 Years from the MCA Archive
curated by Tricia Van Eck and Lynne Warren
This exhibition surveys the 40-year history of the MCA to celebrate the artists, exhibitions, and people who have made the MCA a leading institution for the showcasing of contemporary art. A companion to Collection Highlights, 1949-2007, this show offers museum visitors a behind-the-scenes perspective of the MCA's evolution, revealing its ground-breaking exhibitions, significant connections to artists, and unique history.
Drawn from the MCA's extensive holdings of artist's correspondence, photographic documentation, catalogues, models, and exhibition materials, the work in Record Times ranges from the artists' multiple created for the MCA's first exhibition, Pictures to be Read/Poetry to be Seen (1967); to the Art by Telephone (1969) phonograph which served as both the exhibition and catalogue for the exhibition; to diagrams, maquettes, and out-of-print exhibition catalogues. Photographs documenting various installations, happenings, and exhibition openings reveal the ever-changing artistic approaches and methods presented at the MCA over the decades.
Some of the artists and exhibitions represented from the MCA's seminal early years include Alexander Calder, Dan Flavin, Christo, Claes Oldenberg, and Gordon Matta-Clark. Artists and exhibitions represented from the 1980s and 1990s include Jeff Koons, Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, and Charles Simonds. The most recent period of the MCA's history from the mid-1990s to today features materials from exhibitions of H.C. Westermann, William Kentridge, Sarah Sze, and Andy Warhol, among others. Record Times is curated by Curatorial Coordinator and Curator of Artists' Books Tricia Van Eck and Curator Lynne Warren.
Image: Christo, MCA Packed (Chicago) Project for January-March, 1969, 1968. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gift of William J. Hokin.
Opening august 11, 2007
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue - Chicago