Be of Love: Care in an Age of Discontent
@ Public Works
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 12th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, September 1st
As summer enters full swing and the sun reminds us of what is good, yet conflicts rake our hearts thin, we take a moment to celebrate the radical act of just “being”, letting go and the power of what follows. Care, the vehicle for real change.
“Be of Love” is a call to action and a place of respite. In a world fraught with self-consciousness, judgment, and violence, dissolving the self opens up space where love comes easy.
Across a series of process-driven works, eight artists share the meditative joy of making and the ecstatic possibilities of material. “Be of Love” unearths universal concepts captured in personal gestures, transcending mere objecthood to transmit compassion beyond the surface.
Inspired by activist and artist Corita Kent, “Be of Love” makes good on the promise Kent imbued in her colorful and considered works, that contemplative acts of care can build bridges to a better world.
Work by: Leslie Baum, Frances Grinnan, Mayumi Oda, Nathaniel Russell, Norman Teague, Cody Tumblin, Hannah Sellers, Maddie Vaccaro
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