Chicago is the pulse of poetry, and visitors are invited to see it in action in the Poetry Foundation’s gallery, where the visual impact of poetry is on full display.
The gallery is FREE and open to the public during the opening hours of the Poetry Foundation.
Recent artists include Constance Jaeggi, Luftwerk, Kara Walker, Alex Katz, Diana Solís, and Bob Faust.
Photo by Field Creatives, courtesy of the Poetry Foundation
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Reception and artist talk to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Frente a la vida / Facing Life. The event will feature a conversation between writer Nicole Kaack and Chicago artist Victoria Martinez, followed by a reception. Free and open to all.
Frente a la vida / Facing Life is an exhibition of murals and ceramic paintings by artist Victoria Martinez that responds to the life and work of Peruvian poet and activist Magda Portal.
Washing the wall with a painted panorama and flooding the gallery windows with fields of color, Martinez heightens the permeability of the Poetry Foundation’s architecture, transforming it into an expressive, abstracted terrain.
Image Credit: Artwork by Victoria Martinez, courtesy of the Poetry Foundation
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