John Boskovich: Rude Awakening
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, March 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
John Boskovich | Rude Awakening
March 30 – May 11, 2024
Reception:
Saturday, March 30 – 6-8pm
John Boskovich (b. 1956, Los Angeles, CA; d. 2006, Los Angeles, CA) received a BFA in 1983 and an MFA in 1985, both from California Institute of the Arts.
Selected solo and two-person exhibitions include Mirrors, David Lewis, New York, NY; John Boskovich, David Lewis, New York, NY; Psycho Salon, O-Town House, Los Angeles, CA; Dead Center / Marginal Notes: John Boskovich, curated by John Neff, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL; New Work and the It Series (1990-1996), Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Mike Kelley and John Boskovich, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; and Playing with the Truth, Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY, among others.
Selected group exhibitions include This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich & Many Other Artists, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Tongues Untied, curated by Rebecca Matalon, MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; Sylvia Bataille, curated by Adam Marnie and Rebecca Matalon, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA; Sentimental Education, curated by David Rimanelli, Deitch Projects, New York, NY; Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts, curated by Robert A. Sobieszek, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; traveled to The Spencer Museum, Lawrence, KS; A Man’s World, curated by Russell Ferguson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Library of Babel: Books to Infinity, curated by Todd Alden, White Columns, New York, NY; traveled to Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY; and Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, John Boskovich, Laurie Rubin Gallery, New York, NY, among others.
The artist directed two acclaimed films including North (starring Gary Indiana) and Without You I’m Nothing (starring Sandra Bernhard).
Boskovich is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Laguna Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Thank you to the John Boskovich Estate and David Lewis Gallery for making this exhibtion possible.
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