VISUAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES

Recent events have demanded radical intervention into the entangled world of politics and exchange. At the same time, artists and theorists who invest in a network of ideas,* affect,* and materiality* continue to create an infrastructure that is too important to dismiss-- and TOO BIG TO FAIL. This exhibition brings into conversation a group of artists whose work predicates and transforms concepts of cultural objecthood, practices of perception, imaginary structures, and changing forms of embodiment.*

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TOO BIG TO FAIL

Texts, Objects, Bodies, and Images

April 17th - May 10th 2009

Opening Reception: Friday, April 17th, 7-10 pm

A Group Exhibition Featuring:

Ellen Hartwell Alderman
Alicia Chester
Mike Gibisser
Rebecca Gordon
Szu-Han Ho

Katherine Lennard

Kristi McGuire

Andrea Slavik

Samantha Topol

Lisa Young-Kutsukake

Special Events:

Thursday, April 23rd, 7 pm // co-hosted by InCUBATE, meet @ 2129 N. Rockwell

Appointment with an Air Guitar: A Neighborhood Jukebox Tour

Thursday, April 30th, 7 pm // 3012 S. Archer Ave

Performing the Absent Body: Looking to Be Touched

I lost my gloves and my hands are cold.

Slum Love: A Screening of Films and Videos Exploring Reality Tourism

Saturday, May 2nd, 10:30am - 5pm // 3012 S. Archer Ave

To Turn, To Tend Toward: Working Theses

MA Candidates in Visual and Critical Studies from SAIC present individual thesis work, through conversations on critical forms of engagement and artistic production

Exhibition accompanied by the release of
Canon
A publication of visual culture
with contributions from Amanda Brinkman, Maureen Burns, Kristin Delzell, Justin Hnatow, Joel Kuennen, Katherine Lennard,
Susan Morelock, Kevin Oberbauer, Lucy Parker, Benjamin Pearson, Hope Plescia, Jared Ray, Brian Wallace, Daniel Wallace.

APRIL gallery

3012 South Archer Avenue

Chicago, IL 60608

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