Feb 25th 2017
Eugene Eda’s Doors for Malcolm X College
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 11am - 12PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
This exhibition will reunite all 32 doors painted by Eugene Eda for the stairwells of the original, now demolished Malcolm X College. Painted in 1971 by one of the principal artists of the Wall of Respect, the monumental doors are a landmark of the Black Arts movement in Chicago. The Exhibition includes other portable artworks in the MXC collection as well as documentation that will shed light on this important and turbulent period in Chicago history. Part of the City of Chicago’s Year of Public Art.
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