{"id":142869,"date":"2020-09-08T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=142869"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:07:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:07:50","slug":"what-to-see-at-the-museum-of-contemporary-art-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/what-to-see-at-the-museum-of-contemporary-art-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to See at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">A true hub of visual art, music performance, and community education, Chicago\u2019s Museum of Contemporary Art embodies a holistic and all-encompassing vision of art-making and presenting. It\u2019s no surprise that the institution currently has on display a myriad of exhibits that are relevant, compelling, and tie us more strongly to our place in both time and space. Visitors at this art museum will see exhibits that connect\u00a0them as Chicagoans and as humans living in 2020. Pro tip: If you\u2019re an Illinois resident, visit on a Tuesday for free admission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142881\" style=\"width: 1278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-142881\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-2000x1335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1278\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-2000x1335.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-842x562.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago-406x271.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SeeingChicago.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: MCA Facebook Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Ending September 13th, 2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">World-renowned designer Duro Olowu, whose line of womenswear was established in 2004, has drawn inspiration from Chicago\u2019s various art collections (including those at the Museum of Contemporary Art) to curate &#8220;a show that reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142882\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142882 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustConnect.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of Contemporary Art\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustConnect.jpg 952w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustConnect-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustConnect-370x467.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustConnect-842x1062.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/JustConnect-406x512.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Just Connect MCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Just Connect<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Ending November 8th, 2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The curators at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago have,\u00a0in response to the widespread need for greater connection amid a pandemic that keeps many of us separated, put together an exhibition comprising works from the MCA that \u201cexplore how we connect.\u201d <i>Just Connect<\/i> includes a variety of media from all over the world, including oil paintings, video works, photographs, and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Talk: Deborah Stratman\" width=\"1278\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cu1rldiNOgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Chicago Works: Deborah Stratman<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Ending December 6th, 2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This exhibition features Stratman\u2019s film <i>The Illinois Parables,<\/i> a work \u201cwhich chronicles the history of the region through 11 chapters.\u201d For this specific exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the artist developed a twelfth chapter that recreates Studs Terkel\u2019s WFMT radio booth and includes \u201can accompanying audio program of the oral historian\u2019s interviews.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142884\" style=\"width: 1480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of Contemporary Art\" width=\"1480\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA.jpg 1480w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA-842x562.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PaintMCA-406x271.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: .pain MCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">.paint<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Ending November 15th, 2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">.paint is an exploration of how traditional paintings and techniques have intersected with new digital technology and the implications (and possibilities) of continuing to combine painted works with contemporary tools.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127232\" style=\"width: 1278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127232 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-2000x1151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1278\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-2000x1151.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-1536x884.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-370x213.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-842x485.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman-406x234.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheKerryman.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: The Kerryman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">View the Best Irish Pubs in Chicago<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking for a good bar near the Museum of Contemporary Art? 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you can take part in a performance that explores the process you would experience to become a US citizen. Be an interviewee for\u00a0&#34;And, And, And \u2014 Stammering: An Interview,&#34; tomorrow, August 22 at noon CST, by emailing today: publicprograms@mcachicago.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mcachicago\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> MCA Chicago<\/a> (@mcachicago) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-08-21T16:46:13+00:00\">Aug 21, 2020 at 9:46am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Alien vs. Citizen<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Ending February 21th, 2021<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A timely examination of how the U.S. values its people (citizens and otherwise), <i>Alien vs. Citizen<\/i> at the Museum of Contemporary Art is meant to evoke questions about how \u201cmechanisms including citizenship, work, and personal relationships\u201d affect the perceived value of an individual in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At UrbanMatter, U Matter. 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