October 1, 2009 – January 17, 2010 | Richard and Mary L. Gray Gallery
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/
Throughout
the vast interior of the United States, contemporary artists are
responding to the world around them and reshaping it in unexpected
ways. Organized by the Smart Museum and the Van Abbemuseum, this
exhibition includes photography, drawings, and video as well as
site-specific installations and performances by a diverse assembly of
artists who are redefining the cultural terrain of the American
Heartland.
Heartland features site-specific installations and
performances as well as drawing, photography, and video by artists and
artist groups who are working in—and in response to—Detroit, Kansas
City, and other cities and rural communities across the region. The
exhibition premieres new commissions and presents recent works by
Carnal Torpor, Compass Group, Cody Critcheloe, Jeremiah Day, Detroit
Tree of Heaven Woodshop, Design 99, Scott Hocking, Kerry James
Marshall, Greely Myatt, Marjetica Potrč, Julika Rudelius, Artur Silva,
Deb Sokolow, and Whoop Dee Doo.
Together with an extensive series of programs and lectures, Heartland challenges our understandings of place, community, and the role of contemporary art in our changing world. Heartland is curated by Charles Esche, Director of the Van
Abbemuseum, Kerstin Niemann, Research Curator at the Van Abbemuseum,
and Stephanie Smith, Director of Collections and Exhibitions and
Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smart Museum of Art.
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