LOS ANGELES, CA.- Highlighting Italy’s rich cultural heritage, the J. Paul Getty Museum is celebrating the 150th anniversary of Italian unification with the Italian Showcase, a presentation of objects from its permanent collection that draws visit…
CHICAGO, IL.- For at least a century, vernacular photographs— those ordinary, amateur or professional, “everyday” pictures—both challenged and inspired fine-art photography. The Art Institute of Chicago has organized In the Vernacular, an exhibition that brings together images by artists who—through their choice of content, process, aesthetic, and means of distribution—blur or erase the boundaries that seem to separate fine art from the commonplace. In the Vernacular will be on view February 6 through May 31, 2010, in Galleries 1 and 2, and features more than 100 images culled from the museum’s permanent collection. Twenty new acquisitions made by the Department of Photography including works by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Richard Misrach, and Andy Warhol—are included in the show. Many of these images are familiar and universal: snapshots, crime-scene photos, advertising images, family pictures, travel albums, and pin-up posters. Serving as bot
CHICAGO, IL.- Curated by Michelle Grabner (SAIC) and Annika Marie (Columbia College), Picturing the Studio is presented in conjunction with the College Art Association’s 98th Annual Conference in Chicago, February 10-13, 2010. With works by more than 30 artists spanning the past two decades, the exhibition is testament to the compelling nature that the studio itself holds as subject as well as place of production. Picturing the Studio features site-specific works by New York artist Ann Craven, SAIC alumna and Los Angeles based artist Amanda Ross-Ho, and SAIC faculty Judith Geichman and Frank Piatek. Major,
