Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave
312.280.2660
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Joseph Grigely, Remembering is a difficult job, but somebody has to do it, 2005
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Nov 22, 2008 – Feb 22, 2009
Tuesdays (10am–8pm)
Wednesdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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- Price
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$10
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Note:
The museum is closed on Christmas day.
Joseph Grigely's artwork has a definite visual appeal, but sound — or the absence of it — drives his practice as much as vision. Deaf since late childhood, Grigely draws on his own experience to create intriguing and often humorous works that explore miscommunication, the twists of language, and encounters with music. The exhibition centers on a new video installation (one of three featured), but expands to include sculpture, works on paper, and grids of conversation fragments scrawled on little notes. An invitation to consider communication from a deaf perspective, Grigely's work also resonates with broader themes: the uncertainties of discourse and our vulnerable, human attempts to understand each other.
