Art Review
Artists’ Monuments to the Great Migration
Histories need to be unearthed, recorded, studied, intersected, sung, paraded, and learned, and two Chicago shows do that for the Great Migration.
Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago
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Collage as Confession and the Fashioning of Black Gay Men
The Many Hats of Ralph Arnold: Art, Identity & Politics showcases the Black, gay artist's 1970s photocollages, which commented upon mass media portrayals of sexuality and race.
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Photographs Behind Closed Doors
CHICAGO — To every story there is a backstory. Open the door and walk down the hall until you reach a room you haven't been in before.
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Can We Trust a Photograph?
CHICAGO — I was standing in front of a large black and white photograph by Angela Strassheim in the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. It appeared to show the interior of a boring suburban home, complete with bad furniture and family photos in ugly frames. Everything seemed normal, nothing