Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave
312.280.2660
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Craig Doty, Untitled, Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art
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Mar 8, 2008 – Mar 30, 2008
Tuesdays (10am–8pm)
Wednesdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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- Price
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$10 / Free Tuesdays
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Craig Doty's photographs are urban slices of life, depicting flash personal reactions and responses in theatrical tableaux. His past images often focus on the human figure — like scenarios of men being men (loitering, wrestling) — but his new work takes on a more overtly psychological dimension. In this collection of seven large-scale photographs, Doty treats his subjects like eccentric character actors, building complex worlds around them with color, composition, and clever set pieces. In one untitled piece, a young man with a bloodied face sits prone against the cool blue of a car's backseat; in another, a teenage girl sobs in her bed, her mental breakdown underscored by spray-painted graffiti and an acid-green wall.
