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Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba is an examination of modern history in Africa against the backdrop of its colonial and post-colonial architectural heritage by South African photographer Guy Tillim. Originally a photojournalist, Tillim records the architecture and infrastructure of colonial and postcolonial Africa. Tillim’s photographs use architecture, landscape, and people to present the repercussion of social conflict in Africa without showing the action itself. His pictures portray the crumbling institutional buildings—post offices, schools, hotels, and offices—that were built by colonial governments in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and Mozambique.

The exhibition Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba has been organized by the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.

The 15th Avenue ‘Gateway’ Mural Project: Uniting Students and Long-time Residents

The 15th Avenue ‘Gateway’ Mural Project: Uniting Students and Long-time Residents

When an artist creates a piece of art, they produce something visually connected to the viewer and to themselves. If a group of people design and create a piece of art together, they make a life-long connection with one another, which is shown in what they produce. The 15th Avenue ‘Gateway’ Mural project was the idea of a graduate student who walked under the 15th Avenue underpass and saw this dim space as a “blank canvas” and a way to build…

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Weekend with the Weisguides- 10/28

Weekend with the Weisguides- 10/28

A couple weeks ago, I was lucky to attend Weekend with the Weisguides, an event that takes place one Sunday a month here at WAM.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with what this event is, let me enlighten you. It starts with a tour, showing the museum and usually a particular exhibit that ties in with the activity that is done post-tour.  The activity is an art project of sorts, encouraging the tie-in between the art that was just…

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Radical Listening, Pt. 3

On Gallery Guards and Audience Engagement While examining Krinke’s work I find a certain restriction in observing the visitor’s interaction with the piece. In this post, I hope to examine the indirectly look at the interactions of the visitors through an altogether different source, the gallery guards. I hope to spotlight the effort of the often overlooked force of the museum, the gallery guards, examining their interactions with Krinke’s piece and the visitors who activate it.  Since beginning this project,…

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