In Acts
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Suite 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Opening on April 7, Weinberg/Newton Gallery presents In Acts, a group exhibition inspired by the summit that will bring international artists to the University of Chicago’s campus later that month to ask: What is an artistic practice of human rights? In Acts provides a setting for artworks by these summit artists who advance human rights discourse and policy through their art.
The artists are performative, searching, and ambitious, yet incisive in emotional acuity. Their practices are at once endeavors in political engagement and sensitive creative explorations. In Acts makes apparent the intricate systems that undergird the discrimination and inequality in global culture. The exhibition strives to amplify a sense of political efficacy amongst its visitors, willing them to take action in matters of human rights–from immigrant and refugee justice to LGBTQ rights to the eradication of poverty and youth violence.
The exhibition is organized in conjunction with the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, and the Logan Center for the Arts.
Lola Arias, Jelili Atiku, Tania Bruguera, Zanele Muholi, Carlos Javier Ortiz, and Laurie Jo Reynolds
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Tags: Carlos Javier Ortiz, Chicago, In Acts, Jelili Atiku, Laurie Jo Reynolds, Lola Arias, Near North Side, Tania Bruguera, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Zanele Muholi
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