The Breakup, the new exhibit by Michael Rakowitz runs from January 11 to February 22, 2014 at Rhona Hoffman Gallery (118 N. Peoria St., Chicago) draws paralells between the rock group's break up and the breakdown of relations in the Middle East. The project springs from a 10 episide radio program put together by the Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem.
The program, upon its original airing on Palestiniann Radio Amwaj, had Rakowitz dissecting the break up of the band interspersed with historical events. Many of the listeners would have been waiting at checkpoints on their way hope. Not sure this would have made their drive time more bearable but hopefully more interesting.
This is Rakowitz' first solo exhibition with the gallery and the third voicing of The Breakup. The first was the radio program, second an exhibition in New York and the third this exhibition.
Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American artist currently based in both New York and Chicago. He is a professor in the Department of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University.
The program, upon its original airing on Palestiniann Radio Amwaj, had Rakowitz dissecting the break up of the band interspersed with historical events. Many of the listeners would have been waiting at checkpoints on their way hope. Not sure this would have made their drive time more bearable but hopefully more interesting.
This is Rakowitz' first solo exhibition with the gallery and the third voicing of The Breakup. The first was the radio program, second an exhibition in New York and the third this exhibition.
Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American artist currently based in both New York and Chicago. He is a professor in the Department of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University.
Related Events
January 9, 2014, 6pm Lecture by Michael Rakowitz
Sponsored by the Society for Contemporary Art at
Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium 111 S Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603
February 14, 2014, 6pm Record release party
In conjunction with College Art Association Conference West Loop Gallery Walk
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
February 15, 2014 Conversation with the artist
Rhona Hoffman Gallery 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
January 9, 2014, 6pm Lecture by Michael Rakowitz
Sponsored by the Society for Contemporary Art at
Art Institute of Chicago, Price Auditorium 111 S Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603
February 14, 2014, 6pm Record release party
In conjunction with College Art Association Conference West Loop Gallery Walk
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
February 15, 2014 Conversation with the artist
Rhona Hoffman Gallery 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
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