Sep 4th 2025
Intimate Closing Reception: Sébastien Johnson’s Gilt Complex
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 4th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Join us and the artist for a small closing reception. Refreshments will be available from 6:30-8:30pm with the full gallery open for viewings.
There is no cost
This exhibition is a collection of recreations of European paintings that were made in the 17th to 19th centuries. An era where paintings were made as a form of propaganda to project power, wealth, and control. These works were embedded with the values of their time: colonialism, patriarchy, and imperial dominance. By revisiting and reworking them today, the exhibition asks what happens when the images that once upheld empire and order are abstracted and broken apart.
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