Sixty Inches From Center
"Recess" :: A Collection Exhibition at South Side Community Art Center
Recess is an exhibition that combines work from the 80 year old collection of the South Side Community Art Center with contemporary works by artists across mediums working in Chicago. This exhibition uses the binding factor of youth, play and daydreaming to create a bridge between concerns brought on by a commitment to history and the hindering of that same history on our ability to embrace and imagine new possibilities for the future.
Featured Artists: Caitlin Cherry, Krista Franklin, James T. Green, David Leggett, Christina A. Long, Cecil McDonald Jr. & avery r. young
Featured Collection Artists: Archibald Motley Jr., Al Price, Charles Davis, Rosalie Davis, Jon Jones, William McBride, Eric W. Anderson, Maurice Benson & Ben Bey .
Exhibition statement:
Recess is a group exhibition that uses images associated with youth and play to provide a much needed respite from the weight of everyday reality. Bringing together contemporary artists working across mediums with artists from the South Side Community Art Center’s permanent collection, these works create a space that provokes the act of daydreaming and encourages one to tap into the recesses of the imagination in order to create new mythologies, narratives and images that are unencumbered by those often tethered to the Black experience.
"Recess" :: A Collection Exhibition at South Side Community Art Center
Recess is an exhibition that combines work from the 80 year old collection of the South Side Community Art Center with contemporary works by artists across mediums working in Chicago. This exhibition uses the binding factor of youth, play and daydreaming to create a bridge between concerns brought on by a commitment to history and the hindering of that same history on our ability to embrace and imagine new possibilities for the future.
Featured Artists: Caitlin Cherry, Krista Franklin, James T. Green, David Leggett, Christina A. Long, Cecil McDonald Jr. & avery r. young
Featured Collection Artists: Archibald Motley Jr., Al Price, Charles Davis, Rosalie Davis, Jon Jones, William McBride, Eric W. Anderson, Maurice Benson & Ben Bey .
Exhibition statement:
Recess is a group exhibition that uses images associated with youth and play to provide a much needed respite from the weight of everyday reality. Bringing together contemporary artists working across mediums with artists from the South Side Community Art Center’s permanent collection, these works create a space that provokes the act of daydreaming and encourages one to tap into the recesses of the imagination in order to create new mythologies, narratives and images that are unencumbered by those often tethered to the Black experience.