Devin T. Mays, Untitled (Unnamed), 2023. Installation view, In Practice: Devin T. Mays, SculptureCenter, New York, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Regards, Chicago. Photo: Charles Benton.
This exhibition brings together the work of four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.”
How much work does it take to make art seem effortless? Works By attempts to answer this question by bringing together four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.” The centerpiece of the exhibition is a floor drawing by Tony Lewis, performatively produced on site starting May 1. A sculpture by Devin T. Mays features pallets collected during his wanderings around Chicago’s South Side. Erased: (Unrelated), a 2012 photograph by Bethany Collins, captures a cloud of chalk dust released into a black void—the remnants of the word “unrelated” repeatedly written on a blackboard and then erased. A large photo by Ellen Rothenberg depicts a work boot; another captures a giant lump of crumpled paper that was once a Barbara Kruger mural. The fruits of these artists’ labors will be on view from May 1 (International Workers’ Day) through July 14 (Bastille Day)—two dates that commemorate landmark events in the history of the working class.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
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This event celebrates an exhibition featuring works by four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.”
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This event celebrates an exhibition featuring works by four Chicago-based artists who share an interest in the many meanings of “labor.”
