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Exhibitions Archived in: 2012
Chris Vorhees and SIMPARCH: Uppers and Downers
January 10 - December 1, 2012
As part of our Threshold series, the collaborative team of Chris Vorhees and SIMPARCH transform the Smart Museum’s reception hall into a fantastical domestic landscape.... more »
Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art
February 16 – June 10, 2012
Since the 1930s, numerous artists have used the simple act of sharing food and drink to advance aesthetic goals and to foster critical engagement with the culture of their moment. These artist-orchestrated meals can offer a radical form of hospitality that punctures everyday experience, using the meal as a means... more »
Drawing Inward: German Surrealist Richard Oelze
June 19 – August 26, 2012
Richard Oelze (1900–1980) was a self-proclaimed Surrealist who trained at the Bauhaus in Germany, was recognized by the Parisian circle of Surrealists as a kindred spirit, and was included in MoMA’s 1936 landmark exhibition Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism. He has since fallen into relative obscurity on both sides of... more »
From the Land of the Morning Calm: Traditions of Korean Art
July 5 – September 9, 2012
Over thousands of years, traditional Korean society has forged a unique artistic heritage out of a blend of foreign ideals and local tastes. Korea’s expansive coastline and geographic position in Asia encouraged an outward focus, and Korean history is marked by periods of intense cultural, technological, and religious exchange... more »
Renewal and Revision: Japanese Prints of the 1950s and 60s
September 4 – December 9, 2012
This intimate exhibition examines the resurgence and reassessment of Japanese printmaking in the first two decades after World War II. During this period of intense activity, print artists pursued aesthetic developments from the prewar years with renewed vigor and looked beyond Japan to investigate foreign techniques and subjects.... more »
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints
October 4, 2012 – January 20, 2013
The rise of color printmaking in France in the late nineteenth century is often attributed to a fascination with Japanese woodblock prints, which began to circulate in great numbers after the opening of Japan in 1854. But a closer look at the history of color printmaking in these two... more »
Valerie Snobeck: American Standard Movement
October 8, 2012 – October 6, 2013
In her new site-specific work commissioned for the Smart’s courtyard, Valerie Snobeck (University of Chicago MFA 2008) re-uses construction material to open up broad questions about aesthetics, value, and the built environment. American Standard Movement centers on debris netting that was previously used in a building project on the... more »
Goshka Macuga: Of what is, that it is; of what is not, that it is not, 2
December 13, 2012 – January 13, 2013
In collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art presents a vast (approximately 11 x 38 feet) tapestry by London-based Polish artist Goshka Macuga.... more »
Divine and Princely Realms: Indian Art from the Permanent Collection
December 18, 2012 – April 28, 2013
Traditional art from the Indian sub-continent reveals the region’s layers of history and unique racial, linguistic, and cultural diversity.... more »
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