Alphawood Exhibitions

Created to further the Foundation’s mission of promoting a more equitable, just & humane society. The Gallery closed but the exhibitions will go on.

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Not Just Stonewall: New Show Explores 50 Years of Queer Art https://t.co/pt3nsjlGmM

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John Dugdale is an American photographer who became nearly blind due to an HIV-related illness. As a result he began using 19th century photographic processes, giving his work a soft dream-like quality. His work will be featured in About Face, on view May 22 @659Wrightwood

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Rashayla Marie Brown's performance project “Wig Karma (After Adrian Piper)” documents a 6-month span in which Brown wore a wig made of human hair from India. Her work will be featured in the exhibition About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art, on view May 22 @659Wrightwood

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Chicago's WTTW reviewed Dimensions of Citizenship for their segment "Chicago Tonight". The exhibition confronts what it means to belong and how architecture responds to changing notions of citizenship. The video and transcript are available for viewing: https://t.co/sCzDVRipJU

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Wrightwood 659 is included in Michigan Avenue magazine's March-April issue "Three to See" shout-out, which includes other works of modern architecture made accessible to the public.

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Architectural Digest wrote about Dimensions of Citizenship and its move from Venice to Chicago.

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Tickets to #DimensionsofCitizenship are available now online at https://t.co/RGufq54Ery!

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Concurrent with the opening of Dimensions of Citizenship, Tadao Ando: Architect is back on view at Wrightwood 659 through April 27, featuring models of buildings like Ando's Church of the Light in lbaraki, Osaka, Japan, among others. #TadaoAndoArchitect

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Ecological Citizens is a project by SCAPE that requires the direct action of eco-citizens to help reshape and rebuild their environment.

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More than just a visualization of eight watershed systems connecting the US and Mexico, MEXUS, by Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman, anticipates a land conservancy project that aims to reconnect our shared geographies. #DimensionsofCitizenship @659Wrightwood

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"Dark Fiber" is one of the short films that will be on view during #DimensionsofCitizenship at @659Wrightwood and follows the artists in video montage format as they install a cable across different geographies in an attempt to create a global network system.

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Studio Gang and SCAPE are set to redesign Tom Lee Park along the waterfront in Memphis, with the goal of creating a stronger connection between the environment and its citizens. Stone Stories, stones from Memphis Landing, can be viewed in #DimensionsofCitizenship. @659Wrightwood

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Tickets for Dimensions of Citizenship and Tadao Ando: Architect will be available online starting Monday, February 18th at 10am! Both exhibitions open on Thursday, February 28th and will be on view at @659Wrightwood through April 27th. We hope to see you soon!

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Exodus is a short film by Mandana Moghaddam that confronts issues of migration and belonging when people are forced to leave their home en masse due to poverty, social injustice, and the like. Exodus will be on view during #DimensionsofCitizenship at @659Wrightwood

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"Thrival Geographies," an "intervention" in the courtyard of the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, stands in for the level of the citizen, and its metal frame and braids that reach beyond the courthouse symbolize the ongoing fight for the rights of one.

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MANY is an online platform that seeks to connect people through mutual needs. It aims to facilitate migration and alleviate the violence and oppression that often tie the two together. MANY will be on view during #DimensionsofCitizenship at @wrightwood659.

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Due to shipping complications, the openings for both Dimensions of Citizenship and Tadao Ando: Architect will be postponed. More information will be posted here when it becomes available, or you can become a part of our email list by signing up at https://t.co/RGufq54Ery.

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In her Color(ed) Theory series, Amanda Williams explores the role color plays in our perceptions of a space. Her collaboration piece with Andres L. Hernandez and Shani Crowe titled "Thrival Geographies" will be on view during #DimensionsofCitizenship at @659Wrightwood.

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Harriet's Refuge, digital collage, dim. variable, 2017. Amanda Williams. @awstudioart
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Beyond the conventional notions of the term, citizenship is "the intimate yet complex relation… https://t.co/qE3lCGnobb

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Wrightwood 659 has been included as one of 25 notable projects Architectural Record published in 2018. https://t.co/qf0Wsn65zq

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Recovery Effects performing at the Art AIDS America Chicago Catalogue Release! Preorder your copy of the catalogue here: https://t.co/gY8ZrXgf66.