WORKS BY
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 14th
How much work does it take to make art seem effortless? Works By attempts to answer this question by bringing together four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.” The centerpiece of the exhibition is a floor drawing by Tony Lewis, performatively produced on site starting May 1. A sculpture by Devin T. Mays features pallets collected during his wanderings around Chicago’s South Side. Erased: (Unrelated), a 2012 photograph by Bethany Collins, captures a cloud of chalk dust released into a black void—the remnants of the word “unrelated” repeatedly written on a blackboard and then erased. A large photo by Ellen Rothenberg depicts a work boot; another captures a giant lump of crumpled paper that was once a Barbara Kruger mural. The fruits of these artists’ labors will be on view from May 1 (International Workers’ Day) through July 14 (Bastille Day)—two dates that commemorate landmark events in the history of the working class.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
IMAGE: Devin T. Mays, Untitled (Unnamed), 2023. Installation view, In Practice: Devin T. Mays, SculptureCenter, New York, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Regards, Chicago. Photo: Charles Benton.
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Tags: Bethany Collins, Chicago, Devin T. Mays, Dieter Roelstraete, Ellen Rothenberg, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Tony Lewis, Washington Park, WORKS BY
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