CHICAGO, IL.- Chicago-based artist Dan Gunn’s work simultaneously inhabits the realms of sculpture and painting. A new work created especially for the MCA, Patchwork Plateau vaguely resembles a traditional dining room table painted various shades of green and explores compositional layering by embedding a series of handmade woven patterns in its large 8 x 12 foot horizontal surface. Gunn’s exhibition debuted at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, on the evening of September 2 during First Fridays as part of the monthly UBS 12 x12: New Artists/New Work series, and runs through October 2. Gunn’s previous three-dimensional compositions and installations, similar to Patchwork Plateau, also examine perceptual phenomena using materials such as glitter, tinsel, chair caning, holographic paper, and patterned objects. Dan Gunn is a visual artist and writer. He earned his MFA from the School at