Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave
312.280.2660
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Richard Long, Chicago Mud Circle, 1996. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, gift of David Meitus
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Mar 13, 2010 – Sep 5, 2010
Tuesdays (10am–8pm)
Wednesdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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- Price
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$12 / FREE on Tuesdays
“No better excuse to clear the dust bunnies from a collection of old favorites than to put together a best-of show. MCA's current exhibition, Rewind: 1970s to 1990s, Works from the MCA Collection, features works from artists that graced the front pages of Artforum not too long ago but are now slowly being written into the dog-eared pages of history books and permanent museum collections: Mathew Barney's installations from the film project Cremaster Cycle, Gillian Wearing's pivotal video-performance confession from the height of the '90s TV talk show era, Confess All On Video. Don't Worry You Will Be in Disguise, and Mike Kelley's overabundant collection of colorful doll species. Alluding briefly to the MCA's previous location on Ontario Street, Chicago artist Tony Tasset's rarely seen tactile installation brings the exhibition back to Chicago, with a quick salute to the history of the museum.”
Beatrice Smigasiewicz, Flavorpill
MCA says: During its forty-year history, the MCA has distinguished itself with groundbreaking exhibitions that have contributed substantially to the evolving history of contemporary art. These exhibitions have, in turn, stimulated the museum and its supporters to acquire important and often numerous pieces by these artists. A resulting hallmark of the MCA's collection is the presence of significant, in-depth bodies of work by artists. By displaying several examples of an artist's work, visitors can gain a better understanding of their working process and development of ideas over the span of several years.
