Exhibition Preview, Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well

Exhibition Preview, Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well

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The Art Institute of Chicago
Add to Calendar 2019-04-04 17:00:00 2019-04-04 20:00:00 Exhibition Preview, Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well Exhibition Preview, Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well Abbott Galleries 182–184 and the Donna and Howard Stone Gallery 186, Modern Wing Art Institute of Chicago Co-curated by Solveig Nelson (PhD '18) This exhibition is the first monographic survey of the videos, drawings, sculpture, performance, and poetry that comprise Gregg Bordowitz’s decades-long interdisciplinary practice. In addition to the exhibition preview on April 4th, the artist will also present the Chicago premiere of his three-night lecture-performance, Some Aspects of Masculinity (2018) on April 5, 6, and 7 at 6:30 pm at the museum. The performances are free and open to the public but require advanced registration: 1) Rock Star [currently sold out] Friday, April 5 Glamorous androgynous promiscuous bisexuality mixed with borough realness 2) Rabbi Saturday, April 6 Erudite gourmand dark eyes peering through thick-lens eyeglasses pale skin bearded wearing satin and fur in somber colors championing the invective 3) Comedian Sunday, April 7 Quick angry socially relevant humor accompanied by a gross overestimation of responsibility rendered powerless by morbid self-loathing The Art Institute of Chicago Department of Art History drupal@seastar.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
Gregg Bordowitz

Exhibition Preview, Gregg Bordowitz: I Wanna Be Well

Abbott Galleries 182–184 and the Donna and Howard Stone Gallery 186, Modern Wing

Art Institute of Chicago

Co-curated by Solveig Nelson (PhD '18)

This exhibition is the first monographic survey of the videos, drawings, sculpture, performance, and poetry that comprise Gregg Bordowitz’s decades-long interdisciplinary practice.

In addition to the exhibition preview on April 4th, the artist will also present the Chicago premiere of his three-night lecture-performance, Some Aspects of Masculinity (2018) on April 5, 6, and 7 at 6:30 pm at the museum. The performances are free and open to the public but require advanced registration:

1) Rock Star [currently sold out] Friday, April 5

Glamorous androgynous promiscuous bisexuality mixed with borough realness

2) Rabbi Saturday, April 6

Erudite gourmand dark eyes peering through thick-lens eyeglasses pale skin bearded wearing satin and fur in somber colors championing the invective

3) Comedian Sunday, April 7

Quick angry socially relevant humor accompanied by a gross overestimation of responsibility rendered powerless by morbid self-loathing