26 December 1996–16 January 1997
Curated from the Smart Museum’s significant collection, this exhibition explored artistic production in Chicago from 1945 to the present. Represented were artists such as Robert Barnes, Cosmo Campoli, Ruth Duckworth, Leon Golub, Art Green, Richard Hunt, Vera Klement, June Leaf, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Frank Piatek, Hollis Sigler and Ray Yoshida, among others.