Artists in Depth: Liam Gillick, Jenny Holzer, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt–
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This extension of the MCA’s continuing Artists in Depth series of presentations of works from its collection places its holdings of Liam Gillick’s work into the context of work by important predecessors such as Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Jenny Holzer. The exhibition, seen together with Liam Gillick: Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, demonstrates not only the diversity of Gillick’s production but also suggests the profound influence of minimalism, conceptualism, and feminist art on a current generation of artists.
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With the launch of this website, the MCA has created a platform for archiving and publishing images and stories from our 50-year history. Though many exhibition pages currently lack descriptions or illustrations, we’re committed to a program of ongoing research that will fill in the blanks over time. If you have information about past MCA exhibitions to share, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
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- Liam Gillick, Untitled (Poll hear them 2), 1998
- Short A large room contains only two large, colorful sculptures consisting of geometric frames like narrow bunk beds. The sculpture on the left is red and black and the sculpture on the right is blue, orange, and yellow.
- Jenny Holzer, For Chicago, 2007
- Short In a large darkened room, large letters are illuminated in yellow in vertical rows on the floor. These letters cast a warm glow over the room.
- Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1983
- Short A rectangular LED display resting on a thin shelf reads "GET WEAK" in a light teal font.
- Jenny Holzer, In a paradisiac climate everything is clear..., 1980–82
- Short Black, uppercase, words appear on a white background that read: "IN A PARADISIAC CLIMATE EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE WHEN YOU ARE PERFORMING BASIC ACTS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL."
- Jenny Holzer, It's a safe game to play with your nose..., 1980–82
- Short On this sign that resembles a road sign, red text against a white background reads "IT'S A SAFE GAME TO PLAY WITH YOUR NOSE, SHUTTING OFF THE AIR AND LETTING IT FLOW AGAIN. THEN YOU CAN ESCALATE AND SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN LAST UNTIL YOU PASS OUT, YOUR HAND RELAXES AND YOU BREATHE NORMALLY AGAIN."
- Donald Judd, Untitled, 1970
- Short Ten stacked squares approximately 5 inches apart, protruding out from a wall. Only two sides of the squares are visible and they are dark green in color.
- Sol LeWitt, Bands of Color in Four Directions (Vertical), 1995
- Short A tall rectangle is divided into four vertical panels made with the same thick black lines that frame it. Each panel is filled with six to ten colored stripes that run, from top to bottom panels, vertically, horizontally, diagonally slanting up and right, diagonally slanting down and right.
- Sol LeWitt, Pyramid #9, 1986
- Short A white prism sculpture sits against a white background.
- Sol LeWitt, Cock Fight Dance, 1980
- Short The words "COCK FIGHT DANCE" are printed in very large, bold black letters on a solid white square.
- Sol LeWitt, Geometric Figures and Color, 1979
- Short The words "GEOMETRIC FIGURES & COLOR SOL LEWITT" are printed in black, sans serif letters on a square white surface.
- Sol LeWitt, Open Geometric Structures: Five Geometric Structures and their Combinations, 1979
- Short A wide white canvas has nothing on it except the phrase "OPEN GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES" above the text "SOL LEWITT 1979," both printed in black text.
- Sol LeWitt, Five Cubes on Twenty-five Squares, 1978
- Short The words "FIVE CUBES ON TWENTY-FIVE SQUARES" are printed in large black letters on a solid white square.
- Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing No. 311: Square, Circle, and Triangle on Red, Yellow, and Blue, 1978
- Short An interior wall of a building is painted in three colored sections. From left to right, a red section contains a square, a yellow section contains a circle, and a blue section contains a triangle.
- Sol LeWitt, Brick Wall, 1977
- Short A white canvas has the words "BRICK WALL" in a thick typeface printed in the center.
- Sol LeWitt, Geometric Figures within Geometric Figures, 1976
- Short The words "GEOMETRIC FIGURES WITHIN GEOMETRIC FIGURES" are printed in bold black letters on a white square.
- Sol LeWitt, Modular Drawings, 1976
- Short The words "MODULAR DRAWINGS SOL LEWITT 1976" are printed in black letters in the center of a white square.
- Sol LeWitt, Arcs and Lines, 1974
- Short The words "ARCS AND LINES" are printed in large, dark gray letters on an ivory colored square.