Party in the MC-yAy! A 4th of July Checklist
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Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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For this 4th of July, we're packing up the camper and heading out for an MCA collection–inspired party weekend. Here are some of the things we're bringing along. Did we forget anything? Check out our Collection page and let us know!
✓ Party people
Ganz Grosse Geister (Big Spirits XL), 2004
Enamel on cast aluminum
Three figures, each: 16 ft. high (4.9 m)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Edlis/Neeson Art Acquisition Fund, 2005.1.a-c
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
- Long Three yellow and white forms are installed on an outdoor terrace. The forms resemble human bodies, yet they have no faces. The heads of the forms are created from coiled, hard textured material and the bodies are similarly constructed of coiled material, arranged into torsos, arms and legs. The scale of the figures is about double the size of an average person and the are arranged about a half of a figure length apart from each other. The figure on the left appears to have its head tilted to the sky, while the center figure faces to the right, where the third figure bends lightly towards the ground, hand upraised. The bright color of the figures contrasts with urban scene in the background: behind the figures a black fence, green leafy trees and tall gray buildings are visible. The sky is bright blue and the bright light of mid-day casts sharp shadows below the figures.
✓ Swimsuit
Hel, Poland, August 12, 1998, 1998
Chromogenic development print
57 1/8 × 46 in. (145.1 × 116.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift from The Howard and Donna Stone Collection, 2002.19
Photo: Michal Raz-Russo, © MCA Chicago
- Long A girl with long brown hair, light skin, and a band-aid over her belly-button stands on a shore looking past the camera taking the picture. She stands in the center of the image on a seaweed strewn beach below a blue sky and a deep blue ocean. She stands weight on her hip, a modelesque pose, but awkwardly as she is just a child. Her arms dangle at her sides and the wind blows strands of her hair to the right. The white crest of a small wave hits the shore just behind her skinny knees.
