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Studios on Display
The complex and poetic role of the studio in an artist’s life and work is explored in “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out,” which opened February 6 at the Museum of Contemporary Art
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Radical Literalism
“The most radical thing you can do is literal: modeling, creating, showing. It’s not just a representation; it’s a literal example, the real thing. The most metaphoric comes from being the most literal.”
Arts & Culture · entertainment · Film/Video
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Which five of the Best Picture nominations do you feel did not deserve to be nominated? Which one stands out as truly achieving the status of Best Picture?
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Alumnus Tiravanija talks about his workshop with SAIC students and the relationship of the school to the museum
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Arts & Culture · entertainment · Film/Video The Company Picnic
On February 2, the Gene Siskel Film Center hosted a panel of Chicago film critics to discuss the 2010 Oscar Nominees. |
Arts & Culture · Exhibition · Student Art Art for Your Living Room
Featured among the designed showrooms and collectible room decorations were a variety of original pieces by SAIC students, also for sale. |
Arts & Culture · Exhibition · Student Art Storefront Art
“Usefulness: Construction, De-construction, Reconstruction,” the first exhibition to occupy the ambiguous Sharp building window space |
Alumni · Arts & Culture · Exhibition A Celebration of Imagination
Albert Einstein once said, “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” Recent SAIC graduate Aspen Mays puts that maxim to the test |
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Arts & Culture · Exhibition · Film/Video · Lecture
Noteworthy in March
In its usual ahead-of-the-pack form, The Renaissance Society is presenting Chicago with Matt Saunders’ first solo museum show. This and other news
Stop Blaming. Stop Complaining.
Got problems? Then by all means, heap the blame on the nearest available elected official and wait petulantly until your whims have been catered to.
Love, Luck & Music
“Somebody asked me if I was worried about becoming a one-hit wonder. I said I wasn’t aware that I had a hit.”
Arts & Culture · music · Student Art
Audiophiles
Four SAIC artists whose creative impulses propel them towards producing both sound and imagery.
Arts & Culture · entertainment · Film/Video
The Company Picnic
On February 2, the Gene Siskel Film Center hosted a panel of Chicago film critics to discuss the 2010 Oscar Nominees.
Sharp After Dark
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Arts & Culture · Exhibition · Student Art
Art for Your Living Room
Featured among the designed showrooms and collectible room decorations were a variety of original pieces by SAIC students, also for sale.
Arts & Culture · Exhibition · Student Art
Storefront Art
“Usefulness: Construction, De-construction, Reconstruction,” the first exhibition to occupy the ambiguous Sharp building window space
Alumni · Arts & Culture · Exhibition
A Celebration of Imagination
Albert Einstein once said, “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” Recent SAIC graduate Aspen Mays puts that maxim to the test
Arts & Culture · Exhibition · Museum
Studios on Display
The complex and poetic role of the studio in an artist’s life and work is explored in “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out,” which opened February 6 at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Architecture · Arts & Culture · environment · Life
Radical Literalism
“The most radical thing you can do is literal: modeling, creating, showing. It’s not just a representation; it’s a literal example, the real thing. The most metaphoric comes from being the most literal.”
Haiti · News · Social Issues
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