"Nelly Agassi: No Limestone, No Marble"
September 24, 2022—February 26, 2023
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North
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Nelly Agassi’s solo exhibition, “No Limestone, No Marble” is a site-specific installation in the monumental Chicago Rooms gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center, curated by Ionit Behar and designed by Andrew Schachman. Israeli-born Chicago-based artist Agassi calls this project a “biography of the site” in which she develops a personal relationship with the past, present, and future history of a place in connection to her own. With this methodology, Agassi “sculpts” the site as a material, and creates a project from the specificity of the place in relation to the city of Chicago and the institution’s impact. A publication and performances are being planned in conjunction with this exhibition.
“No Limestone, No Marble” is funded in part by Artis.
PerformancesSunday, October 9, G.A.R. Rotunda and Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North, 3-4pm Safe & Sound: A Performance with Nelly Agassi and Ryan Packard Saturday, October 29, Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North, 3-4pm Lampo: John McCowen |
Gallery TalksWednesday, November 9, Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North, 12:15pm Curator, Ionit Behar Saturday, November 12, Chicago Rooms, 2nd Floor North, 3-4pm Artist Nelly Agassi in conversation with curator Ionit Behar and designer Andrew Schachman |
Other Gallery Talks
Pullman: Conscious Revitalization of the OverlookedInDialogue: Armel Sagbohan and Ann Lui Saturday, November 12, CAB Studio at the Chicago Cultural Center, 1st Floor North, 1:30pm Join us at the CAB Studio for a conversation between architect Armel Sagbohan and co-founder of Future Firm, Ann Lui, to explore the current exhibition Pullman: Conscious Revitalization of the Overlooked. Registration (not required, but suggested)
Luftwerk: Exact Dutch YellowSaturday, November 12, Exhibition Hall, 4th Floor North, 2-3pm Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of Luftwerk Studio in conversation with curator, Marin R. Sullivan |
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