New Insight 2008, work by Nicholas Grider (CalArts)
Art Chicago is pleased to announce 2009 Onsite Exhibitions, organized in coordination with an exceptional set of Guest Curators.
New Insight
An exhibition of top MFA students from some of the country's most influential graduate art programs, New Insight is curated by Susanne Ghez, director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. A platform for new talent and innovative ideas, New Insight provides the opportunity to view work by some of the brightest young minds working in diverse graduate programs across the country. 2009 Schools: California Institute of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Hunter College, Maryland Institute College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Yale University.
Partisan
Curated by Mary Jane Jacob, executive director of exhibitions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Partisan is a special exhibition of works culled from Art Chicago galleries that are dedicated to the artistic exploration of social and political ideas. With hopes of initiating dialogue about art, activism and social change, Partisan provides a critical and challenging space of thought provoking and project-oriented works within an art fair context.
The Hairy Who and Imagist Legacy in Contemporary Art
To honor Chicago's legendary Hairy Who and Chicago Imagists, artists best known for a colorful and subversive aesthetic, Art Chicago will present an exhibition of works by contemporary artists whose work demonstrates an Imagist influence, whether it is for an unusual approach to representation, rebellious technique or link to the Imagist lineage. This exhibition, featuring work by artists represented in the fair, will be curated for Art Chicago by Lynne Warren, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and expert on the history of artistic practice in Chicago.
Salute to Realism
Art Chicago is proud to showcase extraordinary representational works in a Salute to Realism. Throughout the fair, works that demonstrate realism in a unique or visionary way will be highlighted with a special plaque.
2009 Guest Curators
Susanne Ghez, New Insight
Since 1974, she has been the Director of The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, one of the oldest, most renowned and innovative contemporary art museums in the United States. As Director of The Renaissance Society, Ghez has curated over 150 exhibitions and edited various publications in conjunction with these exhibitions. From 1999 to 2002 she served as co-curator of Documenta 11, and she was awarded the 1996 Curators Grant from the Peter Norton Family Foundation, the 2002 International Lifetime Achievement Award for Curatorial Excellence from Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies. She has advised organizations including Art Pace, San Antonio (1997), the Carnegie International(1998-99), Wexner Center for the Arts (1994-2008), the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (2003 – 2004), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ghez is currently an associate member of the Department of Visual Arts at The University of Chicago and is a Life Member of The University’s Visual Arts Visiting Committee.
Susanne Ghez
Mary Jane Jacob, Partisan
Mary Jane Jacob is a curator who holds the position of Professor in the Department of Sculpture and Executive Director of Exhibitions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The book Buddha Mind in Contemporary Art (University of California Press, 2004), is a popular reference for young artists; her forthcoming anthology is Learning Mind: Experience into Art, both co-edited with Jacquelynn Baas.
Mary Jane Jacob
Lynne Warren, The Hairy Who and Imagist Legacy in Contemporary Art
Ms. Warren is Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago where she has organized over 25 solo exhibitions of artists ranging from Robert Heinecken: Photographist of 1999 and 2004’s Dan Peterman: Plastic Economies. She has served as project director for Art in Chicago, 1945-1995 exhibition of 1996, which produced the first comprehensive book of Chicago’s unique art history, and project director and curator of the H.C. Westermann exhibition and catalogue raisonne projects as well as realizing numerous smaller exhibitions including those in the MCA’s 12 x 12: New Artists/New Works series of emerging Chicago artists.
Lynne Warren
