How Chicago! Imagists 1960s & 70s

15 Mar-26 May 2019

Overview

Roger Brown, Sarah Canright, Jim Falconer, Ed Flood, Art Green, Phil Hanson, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca, Barbara Rossi, Karl Wirsum, Ray Yoshida. Goldsmiths CCA presents the first significant exhibition in the UK in almost 40 years of work by the Chicago Imagists. How Chicago! focuses on fourteen artists associated with Imagism, and features painting, objects, drawings, prints and ephemera. Igniting the Chicago art scene in the 1960s, the artists associated with ‘Chicago Imagism’ worked across painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking, creating distinctive works that were irreverent and often visceral. The exhibition is organised by Hayward Gallery Touring in collaboration with Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art and De La Warr Pavilion, and supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy.