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| Eleanor, Chicago (detail), c. 1949 |
Art Institute of Chicago
Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work
June 24 - September 24
One of the most important American photographers of the 20th century, Harry Callahan holds particular significance for Chicago, where he made some of his most influential work. This exhibition will present Callahan’s key images, focusing on his intuitive and experimental methods. Featuring more than 125 prints and archival materials drawn from the Harry Callahan Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, it will show museum prints as well as unpublished variants, contact sheets, proof prints, and negatives. Witnessing Callahan’s decision-making process and comparing different treatments of his favorite subjects in this exhibition, we can see his artistic achievement in a new light.
Catherine Edelman Gallery
Iron Beauties - by Michelle Keim
June 2 - July 8
Opening Reception June 2, 5-7 p.m.
Michelle Keim grew up in rural Ohio and studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design, where she became fascinated by the industrial landscape and its overbearing presence. Keim started photographing active industry in the Midwest in 1992 and moved to Chicago three years later to get closer to the great steel metropolis of Gary, Indiana. A book by the same name is now available through Nazraeli Press.
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Under the Influence -Group Show
July 14 - September 2
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art
Photographs by Wolfgang Tillmans
May 20 - Aug 13
The first U.S. retrospective of the German photographer's work is a co-production of the MCA and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Associate curator Dominic Molon leads a tour of the exhibition July 18 at noon.
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Catherine Opie: Chicago (American Cities)
This new body of work by the Los Angeles-based artist examines the way Chicago's architectural monuments are nocturnally lit, complemented by a group of views of Lake Michigan at different seasons during the year. Chief curator Elizabeth Smith leads a tour of the exhibition May 30 at noon.
Chicago Photography Center
Within Sight: A Photographic Exhibit
May 21 - July 30
Group show includes Tom Cantos, Jenny Deang, Carolyn DeVar, Dave Klotz, Judy McDonald, Kristin Opaskar, Traci Patterson, Kristin Pishdadi, Lane Satterblom, Julie Sielaff and Jen Weber.
Museum of Contemporary Photography
In SIght: Recent Additons To the Permanent Collection
June 9 - August 5
In Sight includes works by Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Shimon Attie, Bruce Davidson, Dawoud Bey, Lee Friedlander, Beate Gütschow, Ann Hamilton, Kenneth Josephson, Loretta Lux, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vik Muniz, Michal Rovner, Ed Ruscha, Jason Salavon, Paul Shambroom, Lorna Simpson, Aaron Siskind, Alec Soth, Joel Sternfeld, Catherine Wagner, and James Welling, amongst others.
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Andre Kertesz: On Reading
June 9 - August 5
June of 2006, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago will open André Kertész: On Reading, a hallmark collection of street photography that celebrates the absorptive power of reading as a universal pleasure, and In Sight, an exhibition of important and rarely seen photographs gifted to MoCP over the past five years. Both exhibitions serve to illustrate the breadth and quality of the museum’s 7,000 strong collection of photographs and related media while inhabiting playful approaches to the interpretation, or “reading,” of images.
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