The 20th/21st Century Workshop is pleased to invite you to an informal visit of the exhibition,
The Making of a Fugitive,
on Tuesday, October 18 (Week 4) from 6:30pm to 8pm
at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave (Red Line stop: Chicago)
Free admission with U of C student ID
We will meet in the lobby at 6:30pm.
Graduate student experts Rachel Kyne, Carmen Merport, and Brandon Truett will be present to comment and spark discussion.
The MCA describes the show as follows:
In September 1970, Life magazine’s cover featured a photograph of recently arrested scholar and activist Angela Davis superimposed with the words “The Making of a Fugitive.” The exhibition, which takes its name from the iconic publication, presents works that not only reflect on the fugitive figure in American popular culture, but also interrogate how narratives constructed by the media influence our understandings of lawlessness and otherness and directly inform our views on innocence, safety, and normalcy. The artists have combined text and images, self-fashioned themselves as “wanted” bodies, and questioned our ability to accurately interpret visual evidence shaped by multiple social pressures and conditions.
The Making of a Fugitive showcases mixed media, prints, photographs, and sculptures made by artists working from the 1970s to the present and highlights conceptual artworks in the MCA’s collection. Featured artists include Dennis Adams, Chris Burden, David Hammons, R. B. Kitaj, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Bruce Nauman, Huong Ngo, Carrie Schneider, and Xaviera Simmons. Whether the works conjure memories of iconic fugitives, such as Patty Hearst and Angela Davis, or incorporate loaded words, like safety and fear, viewers are prompted to question their assumptions about criminality and contemplate how the circulation of images influences their ideas.Regular activities will resume
Regular workshop activities will resume on October 31 with a discussion of a pre-circulated paper by Nell Pach.
Should you need assistance to find or access the MCA, contact Nell Pach (npach@uchicago.edu) or Jean-Thomas Tremblay (tremblay@uchicago.edu)