calendario eventi  :: 

X

24/9/2009

Learning Modern

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Sullivan Galleries, Chicago

With the world on brink of economic and political disaster, László Moholy-Nagy and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe carried Bauhaus principles from Germany to Chicago in the late 1930s. This exhibition features projects by artists and architects, ranging in age from their 20s to 80s, who today continue a legacy of interdisciplinary innovation for better living, while exploring the central role of experiential education in the modern vision. On view are works by: BlackBox Studio/SOM, Chicago, Thom Faulders, Angela Ferreira, Andrea Fraser, Charles Harrison, Walter Hood, Ken Isaacs, Narelle Jubelin, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Helen-Maria Nugent, Liisa Roberts, Kay Rosen, Staffan Schmidt, Jan Tichy, Arturo Vittori, Catherine Yass, and the Mark-Mark-and-Matt Collaboration.

The continued spirit of experimentation among students and faculty—for which the German Bauhaus remains a beacon—is also explored in a revolving series of "Modern Workshops" in which class investigations are presented for public view. Modern Mondays: this series of gallery talks will be held every Monday evening at 4:30 p.m. in the Sullivan Galleries during the run of the exhibition. Espresso available courtesy of illy caffè North America, Inc.

This exhibition is a program of Living Modern Chicago, a collaboration of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Mies van der Rohe Society/Illinois Institute of Technology. It is also made possible in part by the William and Anne Hokin Exhibition Research Fund, Alicia Rosauer and Robert Segal, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Getty Images, Tracy Dillard/Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate, illy caffe North America, Inc., Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

FEATURED PROGRAMS INCLUDE:

Andrea Deplazes, Bearth and Desplazes (Switzerland)
Morton Auditorium, The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
Thursday, October 8, 6:00pm

Christian Veddeler, UN Studio (The Netherlands), October 2009
Fullerton Auditorium, The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.
Monday, October 19, 6:00pm

Learning Modern Lecture Series
Bridging the historic roots of American modernism with the critical practices of contemporary artists and architects, the Learning Modern lecture series focuses on the presence of the Modern today and its vital role in education in the mid-20th century. Presented in conjunction with the Learning Modern exhibition at SAIC’s Sullivan Galleries, these timely reappraisals of the Modern coincide with Chicago’s Burnham Plan Centennial, the opening of the Art Institute’s Renzo Piano Modern Wing, and the 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus in Germany. This series also springs from recognition of artist-educator László Moholy-Nagy’s emigration to Chicago in 1937, followed by architect Mies van der Rohe one year later, transplanting Bauhaus ideologies expunged from wartime Germany. Learning Modern speakers will bring this living legacy into our own time.

For more information and details on related programming, please visit http://www.livingmodernchicago.org or contact Kate Zeller at kzelle@saic.edu, 312.629.6642.

Opening Reception: Friday, September 25, 4:30-7:00pm

Sullivan Galleries
The School of the Art Institute
33 South State Street, 7th floor

stampa

permanent link