Building Pictures
dal 2/4/2008 al 30/5/2008
Segnalato da
Dionisio Gonzalez
Terence Gower
Luisa Lambri
Chris Mottalini
Bas Princen
Thomas Ruff
Josef Schulz
Karen Irvine
2/4/2008
Building Pictures
Museum Contemporary Photography, Chicago
The exhibition explores connections between architecture and photography, from methods of spatial representation to the relationships between the real and virtual worlds in each discipline. It examines the responses of artists to the ideals of modern design, and explores the connections between the immersive natures of both photography and architecture and the networks of spatial relationships on which they depend.
Chicago –– In April 2008 the MoCP opens Building Pictures, a group exhibition that explores
connections between architecture and photography, from methods of spatial representation to the
relationships between the real and virtual worlds in each discipline. It examines the responses of
artists to the ideals of modern design, and explores the connections between the immersive natures
of both photography and architecture and the networks of spatial relationships on which they depend.
Topics addressed include architecture as idealized space, the idea of progress, and the perceived
failure of the utopian ideals of modernism.
The exhibitions, presentations, and related programs of the MoCP are sponsored in part by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services; After School Matters; the Lannan Foundation; the Lloyd A.
Fry Foundation; the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts; The
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; the Lange Burk Fund; the Illinois Humanities Council; The Palmer
Foundation; The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation; American Airlines, the official airlines of
the MoCP; Target, and our members.
ABOUT MOCP
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), a resident organization of Columbia College
Chicago, is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of
photography. By presenting projects and exhibitions that embrace a wide range of contemporary
aesthetics and technologies, the Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of
photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Karen Irvine is the curator of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago.
She has organized numerous exhibitions including: Audible Imagery: Sound and Photography; Anthony
Goicolea; Tracey Baran; Scott Fortino; Shirana Shahbazi: Goftare Nik/Good Words; Jason Salavon; Jin
Lee; Paul Shambroom: Evidence of Democracy; Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi; The Furtive
Gaze; and Camera/Action: Performance and Photography, among others. She is a part-time instructor
of photography at Columbia College Chicago. She received her MFA in photography from FAMU,
Prague.
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