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|  Humor and Wit from a Swiss Duo
It's not often that you find artworks with the word "sausage" in the title, but for the droll duo of Peter Fischli and David Weiss, it became the inspiration for a whole series of photographs. The Swiss artists have collaborated since 1979, exploring the "poetics of banality" with characteristic humor and a conceptually driven style that recalls Dada and Surrealism. Beginning February 3, revel in their childlike spirit of discovery with Peter Fischli David Weiss: Questions, the Sausage Photographs, and a Quiet Afternoon, the first solo presentation of the playful pair's work in Chicago in over 20 years.
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| |  Documentary Photography Defined Today, the documentary genre has become so established that it has spawned the mockumentary, the docudrama, and even docutainment, but in 1930s America the genre was just emerging on the scene, taking a hold in both mass media and the established art world. Opening February 5, American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, takes a look back at this pivotal moment in the development of documentary photography, focusing on the decade's three most influential photographers who defined the genre. Discover new perspectives and a deeper understanding of documentary's ever-expanding reach with an artist talk by An-My Lê and a daylong symposium.
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|  A Collection of Contemporary Innovation Remarkable in quality and focus. Rigorous in both visual and conceptual coherence. The collection of writer and critic Judith Neisser is all of these things. Culled with an attentive eye over 30 years, Neisser's extraordinary assemblage features some of contemporary art's most notable artists from the 1960s to the present. Journey from the Minimal and Conceptual art of Sol LeWitt, Donald Judd, and Blinky Palermo to that of distinct but related artists including Eva Hesse, Ellsworth Kelly, and Cy Twombly when Contemporary Collecting: The Judith Neisser Collection opens February 13.
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|  Seeing Things Anew Seeing Things—it's what one expects to do at the Art Institute, but how do you see things differently, more in depth, from a new perspective? Find out with some of our programming highlights this month: ShareThis |
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|  Artworks' Secrets Revealed Working in close collaboration, the museum's curators, conservators, and conservation scientists often put a scientific spin on art, combining cutting-edge technologies and art historical knowledge to peel back the layers of history and uncover artworks' secrets. Delight in some of their most surprising findings with this month's self-guide, "The Lab Coat Visit"—a truly revelatory trip through the collection.
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|  Valentine's Day Dinner
February 12, 6:00–10:00 Enjoy a taste of member benefits with this special Valentine's Day event in Terzo Piano. We invite you to join us for a romantic four-course dinner, cocktail service, dancing to a live jazz band, and one of the best views in the city.
- Members: $100 per person
- Nonmembers: $125 per person
Please call (312) 443-8650 to make your reservations today. Secure the member price by joining today!
Please note that the galleries will not be open during this event.
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| The Winged Stags (detail), 1453/61. Probably Southern Netherlands or northern France. Musée des Antiquités de la Seine-Maritime, Rouen, inv. 1854.
Jean Hey, known as the Master of Moulins. Madeleine of Burgundy Presented by Saint Mary Magdalene, c. 1490. Musée du Louvre, Paris, Department of Paintings, RF 1521.
The Winged Stags (detail), 1453/61. Probably Southern Netherlands or northern France. Musée des Antiquités de la Seine-Maritime, Rouen, inv. 1854.
Peter Fischli and David Weiss. In the carpetshop from The Sausage Photographs, 1979. © Peter Fischli and David Weiss / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
Walker Evans. Posed Portraits, New York, 1932. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne. © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ed Ruscha. Space, 1971. Promised gift of the Neisser Family, 2010. © Ed Ruscha.
Orbert Davis.
Statue of Osiris, Ptolemaic Period (c. 305–30 B.C.). Gift of Phoenix Ancient Art, S.A. |
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February 2011
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