Upcoming


Learning Modern

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

September 26, 2009 - January 9, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, September 25

With the world on the 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. Visit www.saic.edu/exhibitions for more information.

For more information, please visit www.saic.edu/exhibitions, or contact Kate Zeller at kzelle@saic.edu, 312.629.6642

Project curator for Ken Isaac's Knowledge Box, Susan Snodgrass. Project curator for ACADIA works, Douglas Pancoast.

Image Credit: Arturo Vittori, Model for Atlas Coelestis, 2009, in collaboration with School of the Art Institute of Chicago student team.

This exhibition is 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 caffè North America, Inc., Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.