Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave
312.280.2660
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Steve Krakow, The Secret History of Chicago Music (ONO), 2008. Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art
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May 8, 2010 – May 30, 2010
Tuesdays (10am–8pm)
Wednesdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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$12
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“Steve Krakow's (aka Plastic Crimewave) exhibition at the MCA 12x12 features a selection of drawings, posters, and ephemera from Krakow's ongoing Chicago Reader strip, The Secret History of Chicago Music. A prolific collector and chronicler, Krakow digs through the funk, blues, and jazz that Chicago sired during the '60s and '70s in a hand drawn strip that wavers between snarky commentary, home-spun chronicle, and occasional rumors about Chicago's (almost) forgotten musical past. The exhibition includes an additional selection of portraits, zines (his hand-drawn Galactic Zoo Dossier), and illustrations. Citing influences from Funkadelic Chicago artist Pedro Bell and R. Crumb to outsider cartoonists like Gilbert Shelton, Krakow's process-oriented felt-tip drawings awaken the rich, uncharted culture of the Chicago music scene. ”
Beatrice Smigasiewicz, Flavorpill
MCA says: Steve Krakow, aka Plastic Crimewave, is an artist, musician, and curator widely known for his info strip, The Secret History of Chicago Music, which runs every two weeks in the Chicago Reader, with a musical segment/show aired every second Sunday on the Nick Digilio show on WGN 720. Comprised of approximately a hundred 8 x 11 in. drawings that incorporate extensive research by the artist, The Secret History of Chicago Music has developed into an important study of the obscure blues, jazz, rock, funk, soul, folk, R&B, and punk musicians from Chicago's rich and diverse musical history. As Krakow states, the series highlights "pivotal Chicago musicians that somehow have not gotten their just dues."
