Interiority
Hyde Park Art Center
Commisioned by Contemporary Art Council
Chicago, Illinois 2008
Curated by Stuart Keeler
How do the social constructs of the art world become transparent? When does a paradigm become self-defeating?
Interiority initiates a dialogue about the hidden social dynamics of the art world. Exploring the curatorial constructs created within a social construct. The role of the artist and the curator are challenged when an initial core of 6 artists are asked: ‘What Chicago artist’s work, ethics and practices do you admire? …and you do not know?” The answer is a dialogue, which challenges the impersonal hierarchies while creating a new artworld based on admiration of work, ideas and professionalism.
Artists: Kerry James Marshall, Amy Mayfield, Nick Cave, Beth Lipman, Ingigo Manglano-Ovalle, Michael Rakowitz, Sumakshi Singh, Carol Jackson, Amanda Browder