CHICAGO, IL.- This summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago debuts four enormous, whimsically surreal new works on the front plaza by artist Mark Handforth on the front plaza, on view from July 9 to October 10, 2011. This group of dynamic sculptures by Handforth is part of the MCA’s commitment to blurring the lines between the inside and outside of the museum; enlivening Chicago with contemporary art beyond the museum walls. Activating the MCA plaza this summer, Handforth’s sculptures draw from the visual language of the city — lampposts, traffic cones, police hats — while introducing surprising icons into the urban landscape, like an oversized coat hanger and a gargantuan bone and phone handset. Handforth prefers working in outdoor public spaces without barriers, transforming the geometry of the MCA’s building with his four playful installations. LampostSnake takes the material and scale of