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The DePaul Art Museum Shows a Century of Chicago Artists

artwork: Gertrude Abercrombie - "Split Personality", 1954 - Oil on pressed board - 8" x 10" - Collection of the DePaul Art Museum. On view in "Re: Chicago" until March 4th 2012.


Chicago, Illinois.- The DePaul Art Museum’s new $7.8 million home at 935 W. Fullerton Ave., just east of the CTA’s Fullerton “L” stop, is showing “Re: Chicago.” The exhibition, which runs through March 4, 2012, examines the careers and artistic reputations of Chicago artists over more than a century. Artworks in the exhibition were chosen by asking leading figures in the Chicago art world – from critics to scholars to collectors – to name a famous artist or one who should be famous. “We wanted to explore how reputations are made, and also to give attention to how art is seen and talked about,” said Museum Director Louise Lincoln. “People understand art in a lot of different ways. If you’re a collector, you see it differently from how a scholar would see it. It’s all about the interaction between the viewer and the work. This seems obvious, but it is rarely addressed in exhibitions.”