Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) hosts 'Building Pictures'

Monday, 17 March 2008 23:03

Chicago, IL - In April 2008 the MoCP opens Building Pictures, a group exhibition that explores  connections between architecture and photography, from methods of spatial representation to the relationships between the real and virtual worlds in each discipline. It examines the responses of artists to the ideals of modern design, and explores the connections between the immersive natures of both photography and architecture and the networks of spatial relationships on which they depend. Topics addressed include architecture as idealized space, the idea of progress, and the perceived failure of the utopian ideals of modernism.  On view 4 April - 31 May, 2008.
 
MoCP SPONSORS
The exhibitions, presentations, and related programs of the MoCP are sponsored in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services; After School Matters; the Lannan Foundation; the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts; The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation; the Lange Burk Fund; the Illinois Humanities Council; The Palmer Foundation; The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation; American Airlines, the official airlines of the MoCP; Target, and our members.
 
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), a resident organization of Columbia College Chicago, is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of photography. By presenting projects and exhibitions that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.
 
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Karen Irvine is the curator of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago. She has organized numerous exhibitions including: Audible Imagery: Sound and Photography; Anthony Goicolea; Tracey Baran; Scott Fortino; Shirana Shahbazi: Goftare Nik/Good Words; Jason Salavon; Jin Lee; Paul Shambroom: Evidence of Democracy; Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi; The Furtive Gaze; and Camera/Action: Performance and Photography, among others. She is a part-time instructor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. She received her MFA in photography from FAMU, Prague.
 
For more about this exhibition and the artists’ work, please visit http://mocp.org/exhibitions .