MCA Talk:
Chris Bradley Touch Tour–
Accessible
Free With Admission
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- Short A close-up image shows a steel frame with a banana peel hanging off of it.
Photo: Robert Chase Heishman and Emily Kay Henson
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Chris Bradley, an artist who turns ordinary objects into sculptural illusions, leads visitors on a touch exploration of select pieces from his Chicago Works exhibition. This interactive public tour emphasizes multisensory engagement and verbal description for people who are blind or have low vision but is open to all visitors.
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Exhibitions
- Chicago Works:Chris Bradley–
- Short A yellow banana rests on top of a column made up of three silver paint cans and two bags of ice. The bags of ice are sandwiched in between the paint cans.
Programs
- Paul Heyer Touch Tour–AccessibleFree
- Short On a background of soft pink and purple clouds, "10,000 years" is written in cursive letters with a black smudged material.
- Short On a background of soft pink and purple clouds, "10,000 years" is written in cursive letters with a black smudged material.
- Short On a background of soft pink and purple clouds, "10,000 years" is written in cursive letters with a black smudged material.
- Short On a background of soft pink and purple clouds, "10,000 years" is written in cursive letters with a black smudged material.
- Short On a background of soft pink and purple clouds, "10,000 years" is written in cursive letters with a black smudged material.
Video
- Chicago Works: Chris Bradley: How to Make a Paint Can01:12
- Short A person in a denim shirt holds a wooden bucket in the air above a table with other wooden objects and wooden fragments in the background.
- Chicago Works: Chris Bradley: A Vito Acconci Keychain00:31
- Short Someone's left hand holds an odd-looking structure over a white table filled with keys, lanyards, and spiraled keychains. The structure looks like a ladder bent into two chairs facing away from each other.
Blog
- 4 ThingsBy Chris BradleyChris Bradley participates in our 4 Things series by sharing four things that influence his art and practice. See his work in the current Chicago Works exhibition, on view through...
- Short Several pretzel sticks are arranged end-to-end in a jagged line.
- Touching the ArtBy Anna Chiaretta LavatelliBridget Reilly O'CarrollSince 2016, our Chicago Works artists have generously taken time to share their art with visitors who are blind or have low vision. Our next touch tour will be led...
- Short A person holds another person's hand, guiding them to touch the surface of a rock.