This exhibition, presented as part of Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40, features an installation of MONALISA by American artist Ida Applebroog. Living in Southern California in 1969, Applebroog sought refuge from her family in her bathtub, where she spent between two and three hours an evening drawing pictures of her body. This ritual eventually resulted in 160 portraits of Applebroog’s vagina. Packed away in 1974 and rediscovered in 2009, the drawings are installed as wallpaper on a wooden structure resembling a house.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete
Installation photography by Robert Heishman. Event photography by Max Herman. Video by Robert Heishman and Robert Salazar. All rights reserved.
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Ida Applebroog: MONALISA Gallery
Installation photography by Robert Heishman.
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Genius at Work: 29 MacArthur Fellows Show Their Art in Chicago
Genius at Work: 29 MacArthur Fellows Show Their Art in Chicago
The New York Times tells the story of Toward Common Cause, the Chicago-wide, multi-site exhibition project featuring works by 29 MacArthur Fellows, including Ida Applebroog's...
Genius at Work: 29 MacArthur Fellows Show Their Art in Chicago
Genius at Work: 29 MacArthur Fellows Show Their Art in Chicago
The New York Times tells the story of Toward Common Cause, the Chicago-wide, multi-site exhibition project featuring works by 29 MacArthur Fellows, including Ida Applebroog's...