Chicago Imagists Art, a Subcategory of Representational Art (other): 20-21st Century

Chicago Imagists Art

a Subcategory of Representational Art (other): 20-21st Century

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3-D Doings: The Imagist Object in Chicago Art, 1964-1980 is a 2018 exhibit at the Tang Museum which says: "The Imagist movement (a term coined by art historian Franz Schulze in 1972) was propelled by a core group of artists -- all graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago -- that exhibited their work together as The Hairy Who between 1966 and 1968 at the Hyde Park Art Center on Chicago's South Side." Accessed 10/18

The Chicago Imagists from chicagoimagists.com Accessed 8/17

The Chicago Imagists is a Madison Museum of Contemporary Art website page describing Chicago Imagists art. Includes artists' biographies. Accessed 2/20

Drawings of the Chicago Imagists is a 1987 exhibit at The Renaissance Society / University of Chicago, which says: "While drawing has been integral to the endeavors of this group of artists because of the immediacy and spontanaeity it allows, the drawings are rarely exhibited. Drawings of the Chicago Imagists will present a body of work that has been largely overlooked to date." Accessed 8/17

The Elmhurst College Chicago Imagist and Abstract Art Collection is housed in Elmhurst College's A.C. Buehler Library. Elmhurst Art Museum Curator and Director of Exhibitions, Suellen Rocca, says: "In 1966, six recent graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago held a groundbreaking exhibit at the Hyde Park Art Center on Chicago's South Side. Calling themselves the Hairy Who, the group thumbed their noses at the art establishment, producing works that were outrageous, aggressive, humorous, and scatological." Accessed 10/18

Eye Deal: Abstract Bodies of the Chicago Imagists is a 2018 exhibit at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art which says: "Poking fun at the extreme silhouettes presented in advertisements of the 1950s and 60s, the Imagists created their own exaggerated, warped bodies that playfully mocked the bulging muscles and tiny waistlines of society's ideal physique." Accessed 10/19

The Figure and the Chicago Imagists: Selections from the Elmhurst College Art Collection is a 2018 exhibit at the Elmhurst Art Museum which says: "Outrageous, irreverent, humorous and inspired by popular culture, these works reflect highly original expressions of the human form." Accessed 10/18

Roger Brown: Calif U.S.A. is a 2010 exhibit at the Hyde Park Art Center which says: "Roger Brown : Calif U.S.A. curated by Nicholas Lowe with assistance from the staff of the Roger Brown Study Collection showcases the rare artwork and collections of the famed Chicago Imagist, Roger Brown. The exhibition explores Brown's process of collecting and arranging hundreds of domestic objects in his La Conchita, California home and studio." Accessed 12/18

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