Traveling Exhibit
May 10 2008
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Museum's Traveling Exhibit will be featured on display at Chicago's Union Station for Amtrak's National Train Day.
Part 1: May 10 - October 26, 2008 (Kentridge)
Part 2: June 28 - November 2, 2008 (Golub, Nauman, Judd, Lockhart)
Part 3: July 5, 2008 - March 1, 2009 (Sherman, Walker, Sze)
During its forty-year history, the MCA has distinguished itself with groundbreaking exhibitions that have contributed substantially to the evolving history of contemporary art. These exhibitions have, in turn, stimulated the museum and its supporters to acquire important and often numerous pieces by these artists. A resulting hallmark of the MCA's collection is the presence of significant, in-depth bodies of work by artists ranging from Leon Golub, H.C. Westermann, Claes Oldenburg, Donald Judd, Lee Bontecou, Bruce Nauman, and Vito Acconci to Cindy Sherman, Ed Paschke, William Kentridge, Jeff Koons, Kerry James Marshall, Catherine Opie, and Sharon Lockhart, among others-some of the foremost contemporary American artists of our time.
Richard Joaks- A Profile In Courage From:
May 09 2008
To: June 24 2008
May 9 - June 21, 2008
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm NO SHOWS MAY 23/24 AND JUNE 6/7!!
Tickets: $15.00 Adult
$12.00 Students with I.D
Just in time for your summer fun, Flambango returns to the Apollo Studio Theater for a brand new show! Following the wildly successful 2007 run of “Do As You’re Told”, the group returns to the same stage for more memorable commentary on your place in their world. This time around you’ll go behind the scenes as they peel back the creative process and show you how the magic happens. Like legislation and sausage, you’ll find the making-of process truly fascinating....and maybe a little bit disturbing.
Robyn
May 07 2008
Robyn
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Gigantour
May 06 2008
Gigantour
Featuring Megadeth
Tueusday, May 6, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire
May 04 2008
May 3 - 18, 2008
Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire
Directed by Joanna Settle
Price: $23.00 - $38.00
Iraqi American writer and performer Heather Raffo brings her insightful performance to the MCA Stage. The work depicts the realities for Iraqi women, both under Saddam Hussein and since his expulsion. Iraq's tumultuous history has frayed and fractured these women's worlds, some beyond repair. Raffo, who performs all roles, spent 11 years interviewing Iraqi women on four continents to create this "theatrical mosaic" that reflects the conflicts, realities, and cultural shifts experienced by Iraqi women today
Train Accident From:
May 04 2008
To: June 04 2008
April 16 - June 4, 2008
Wednesdays at 8:00 pm
General Admission $10.00
Students with ID $7.00
Jamas Farrell, Casey Graham, Al Larcher, Clark Lorensen, Ryan McPheeters, Patrick Small, Erick Syversen, and Johnathan Wells are "Comedy Accident".
After their successful run with Boat Accident this talented group of comedians will return with their next show of sketch comedy Train Accident .
April 4 - May 31, 2008
This exhibition explores connections between architecture and photography, from methods of spatial representation to the relationships between the real and virtual worlds in each discipline
Idol Anxiety From:
May 04 2008
To: November 02 2008
April 8 – November 2, 2008
Edward A. Maser Gallery for Art Before 1900
Idols are worrisome objects. From ancient times to the present day, theological traditions have reflected on idolatry and questioned the transcendence, significance, and power of objects. Different anxieties have produced different artistic practices. This exhibition navigates a variety of theological and secular perspectives in order to explore the complex relationships between objects of worship, their makers, and their audiences. For example, in ancient Mesopotamia, a cult statue was installed in the temple only after an elaborate ritual in which artisans proclaimed not to have made the idol while presenting their hands to be symbolically chopped off. Finding such ritual denials ineffective, the Bible's second commandment—make no graven images—deemed all object worship idolatrous. Alternatively, some Christian theologians embraced representations of Christ and contended that such images were valid because Christ himself was the word made flesh. By juxtaposing Mesopotamian cult figures with Classical antiquities and Renaissance paintings, Idol Anxiety examines how objects become idols and offers insight into the sometimes uneasy relationship between people and things.
Bob Schneider
May 03 2008
Bob Schneider
Saturday, May 3, 2008 9:00 pm
Historic Medical Images From:
May 03 2008
To: July 18 2008
May 2 – July 18, 2008
Timea Tihanyi, fiber wall installation recreating historic medical images
Christa Donner, photographs and digital prints of “alternative anatomies”
Smart Home: Green + Wired From:
May 03 2008
To: January 04 2009
During its 75th Anniversary year, the Museum of Science and Industry will be building a functioning, three-story modular and sustainable “green” home in its own backyard to show case the ways, big and small, that people can make eco-friendly living a part of their lives—and to highlight unique home technologies for the 21st century.
African Adventure 3D Movie From:
May 03 2008
To: December 31 2008
Get ready for a photo Safari of a lifetime! Explore the Okavango Delta, one of the most spectacular wildlife reserves on Earth. This thrilling expedition will bring you face-to-face with one of the most majestic wild animals inhabiting this corner of paradise, the giant African Elephant. You’ll also come face-to-face with hippos, crocodiles, lions, and many types of antelope.
Sharks 3D Movie From:
May 03 2008
To: December 31 2008
Take a plunge into the Museum’s new 3D underwater adventure. The Sharks 3D film invites you to discover a variety of shark species from the Red Sea to the Pacific. You’ll marvel at the sight of a whale shark, the largest fish in the ocean, and be truly mesmerized by a friendly underwater encounter between a sea lion and a great white shark.
Planet Earth 4-D: Shallow Seas From:
May 03 2008
To: October 31 2008
Planet Earth 4-D: Shallow Seas 15-minute feature at 20 and 40 minutes past the hour Dive beneath the ocean's surface for a really immersive look at the Earth's coral reefs and shallow coastal waters. On Indonesia's reefs, you'll meet pygmy seahorses and giant sun stars, then accompany a band of sea snakes as they hunt for food. In the Atlantic, romp with bottlenose dolphins, and in the Pacific, track a mother humpback whale and her calf as they journey from their tropical nursery to the Arctic Circle. Then look out for the greatest gathering of seabirds ever captured in digital HD!
Dolphins! and SpongeBob SquarePants™ From:
May 03 2008
To: October 31 2008
15-minute double feature on the hour
In the company of two dolphins as your swimming buddies, you'll see the sea through new eyes — a marine mammal's! Feel like you're flying underwater. Glide over a coral reef and swim through an underwater cave. Even bow ride alongside a boat! With your dolphin friends, twist, turn and leap out of the water.
Big Brother Presents... From:
May 02 2008
To: June 01 2008
Friday, May 2 - Saturday, June 1
BIG BROTHER PRESENTS...
How low do we go to get high? A world premier by award winning playwright Paul Shoulberg, Tweaked follows two women's navigation through the harrowing landscape of meth addiction. Their dance with drugs is representative of a growing problem in middle America, and Shoulberg winds the audience through their ups and downs with unerring grace, surprising comedy and terrifying realism.
M.I.A.
April 29 2008
M.I.A.
Friday, May 9, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Current Junk Mail Exhibition
April 11 - May 24, 2008
In conjunction with ARTropolis, Hashimoto is invited by The Chicago Arts District to present a Junk Mail installation in their main exhibition space at 2003 South Halsted Street. She collaborates with digital media artist Michael Kozien. For this exhibition Hashimoto has created a grouping of three large-scaled sculptural installations from the shredded junk mail and presents historical work from The Project. She also premieres “White Trash”. The installation is expected to evolve during the exhibition run as the junk mail collected at BauerLatoza Studio is added each week. .
