Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago
Curated by Helen Molesworth
By Jeriah Hildwine
Political art risks providing lazy answers to the search for meaning, an undergraduate’s surrogate for personal significance in one’s work. In other cases (Richard Serra’s Stop Bush lithograph from the 2006 Whitney Biennial), established artists put the muscle of their name behind a cause more [...]
Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago
Curated by Dominic Molon
By Jeriah Hildwine
“Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside Out,” represents the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s contribution to Studio Chicago, a year-long, citywide event focusing on the artist’s studio. In curating “Production Site,” MCA curator Dominic Molon faced the challenge (as with any themed group show) of striking a [...]
By Thomas Hollingworth
The recent exhibition, Jeff Koons at the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago) chronicled the prolific career of American art icon Jeff Koons. After presenting the first survey of Koons’ work in 1988, the MCA revisited the work of this seminal figure in contemporary art. The exhibition, the first major US museum survey of [...]
