MoCP in the News: Press for Our Origins

September 28, 2011 | Details | Comments (0)

�??Where do we, as humans, come from?�?� With such a broad question at the heart of Our Origins, it�??s no wonder the exhibition has gotten people talking. From art critics to bloggers, take a look at what people are saying about Our Origins, which is on display at the MoCP through October 16:

Jennifer Ray, Strangler Fig Embrace, 2009; Courtesy of the artist

�??Inspired by everything from fossils to x-ray diffusion, this ambitious group show considers the unanswerable questions �?? all from a very self-conscious, often very funny point of view.�?� �?? Flavor Pill Chicago

�??The chatter about where we come from seems inescapable. Which is what makes the relative silence of Our Origins refreshing.�?� �?? Chicago Reader

�??Plenty of thought-provoking works on view.�?� �?? Time Out Chicago

�??[Our Origins] reflects on natural history from a distinctly human point of view.�?� �?? The Beacon-News

�??For all the wit, wisdom and insight here, Alison Ruttan steals the show�?� [While she] may not have revealed the mysteries of being; she has effectively portrayed us as too close to other primates for comfort, evoking a mixture of humor, absurdity, depression, truth and self-recognition.�?� �?? Newcity Art

In addition to the show, curator Allison Grant also gets a little love:

�??It�??s refreshing to see a curator take aim at the largest human questions, and it's good for Grant�??s first exhibition ever. I admire that ambition and hope Grant will continue probing those deep questions, since for as many artists as there are investigating consumerism and commodity culture, there are just as many examining the hard philosophical and scientific question�?� �?? Art Slant

MoCP Director Rod Slemmons presents work by outstanding Latin American artists in Resiliencia

January 28, 2010 | Details | Comments (0)

Don't miss the exhibition Resiliencia, organized by the Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with AECID, PhotoEspaña, the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago, Next Art Fair, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.

A committee designated by PhotoEspaña selected 40 projects out of 342 entries to participate in the portfolio exhibit in Mexico City and Lima. Exhibition curator Claudi Carreras and the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, Rod Slemmons, present the work of 10 young artists who participated in the 2009 edition of PHE Discoveries in Latin America.

Resiliencia opens February 4 at 6pm and is on view until March 31 at the Instituto Cervantes, 31 W Ohio St.

Read on for more information Resiliencia and related events, or email chicago@cervantes1.org.

On the Road Curators interviewed on "American Art, American City" site

October 7, 2008 | Details | Comments (0)

How did the photographs commissioned by the US government as part of the Farm Security Administration affect the cultural landscape of their time? How are they relevant today? Check out this interview with MoCP Director Rod Slemmons and Manager of Education Corinne Rose about the current exhibition on view, On the Road, on the Terra Foundation's website for their citywide initiative American Art, American City.