Art AIDS America Chicago
@ Alphawood Gallery
2401 N. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, December 1st, from 11AM - 6PM or 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Art AIDS America, a groundbreaking exhibition which underscores the deep and unforgettable presence of HIV in American art, culminates its U.S. tour here at the Alphawood Gallery (2401 North Halsted Street, Chicago). This temporary space has been created in a former bank by the Chicago-based Alphawood Foundation to bring the exhibition to its only Midwest venue. Admission to the exhibition will be free with timed tickets; it opens on World AIDS Day, Thursday, December 1, 2016, continuing through Sunday, April 2, 2017.The Chicago presentation of Art AIDS America will feature more than 100 significant contemporary works in a wide range of media – from oil on canvas and photography to three-dimensional installations and video. The artists represented include Judy Chicago, Chloe Dzubilo, Karen Finley, Robert Gober, Félix González-Torres, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Derek Jackson, Kia Labeija, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kiki Smith, Joey Terrill, David Wojnarowicz and Martin Wong. Added to the traveling exhibition exclusively for its Chicago presentation will be works by a variety of other artists, among them major works by famed Chicago Imagist Roger Brown.
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Tags: Alphawood Gallery, Annie Leibovitz, Chicago, Chloe Dzubilo, David Wojnarowicz, Derek Jackson, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jenny Holzer, Joey Terrill, Judy Chicago, Karen Finley, Keith Haring, Kia Labeija, Kiki Smith, Lincoln Park, Martin Wong, Robert Gober, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Brown
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