Larry Smallwood, design for Adaptation as of December 2007 (detail)
Larry Smallwood, design for Adaptation as of Dececember 2007 (detail)
Overview
Exhibition
Adaptation is a common aspect of popular culture, familiar to moviegoers and booklovers who endlessly debate whether the film version is superior to the novel. It is perhaps less well known as a practice in contemporary art. This exhibition looks at the use of adaptation in the recent work of four leading artists: Guy Ben-Ner, Arturo Herrera, Catherine Sullivan, and Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation. These artists have transformed source material to make their own adapted works of art, re-envisioning classic literature, painting, film, ballet, and even e-mail for new video installations.
Viewing Schedule at the IMA
Catherine Sullivan, Triangle of Need, 53 minutes
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday:
11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm
Thursday, Friday:
11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm,
5:00 pm, 6:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Sunday:
12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm
Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation,
The Rape of the Sabine Women, 83 minutes
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday:
11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm
Thursday, Friday:
11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:00 pm, 6:30 pm,
8:00 pm (incomplete screening)
Sunday:
12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:30 pm (incomplete screening)
Publication
Adaptation is accompanied by this unique online publication, which documents the exhibition through an array of interactive content. This free online catalogue not only offers core information about the exhibition —curator’s essay and materials about the artists and their works—but also presents a series of features that take advantage of the dynamic medium of the web, including:
Video clips with excerpts from all the works in Adaptation
Photos of the exhibition installation, opening, and other programs
A discussion forum offering a space for you to comment and debate about the exhibition’s works and themes
A series of critical responses posted by seven scholars with connections to the University of Chicago.
On Guy Ben-Ner:
Tom Gunning, Professor, Art History and Committee on Cinema and Media Studies
Jennifer Scappettone, Assistant Professor, English, Creative Writing, and the College
On Arturo Herrera:
Nell Andrew, Independent Scholar, alumnae of the Department of Art History
Darby English, Associate Professor, Art History
Matthew Jackson, Assistant Professor, Art History
On Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation:
Rebecca Zorach, Associate Professor, Art History
Anthony Elms, Artist and Writer, Editor of WhiteWalls, Assistant Director of Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Alumnus of the University of Chicago.