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Current Exhibitions

James Cagle, Aurora, 2019. Archival pigment print, 6 x 5 inches. Courtesy of the artist. James Cagle, <em>Aurora</em>, 2019. Archival pigment print, 6 x 5 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition

Feb 29 – Jan 31

James Cagle: A Final Meditation on Art

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Gladys Nilsson, Pearly Shade, 2005. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 40 1/2 x 60 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism. Gladys Nilsson, <em>Pearly Shade</em>, 2005. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 40 1/2 x 60 inches. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Exhibition

Aug 06 – Jun 06

Gladys Nilsson: Out of This World

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Santiago Cucullu, <em>The Wandering Rocks</em>, 2020. Digital inkjet print, and stoneware vessels, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist, Galleria Umberto Di Marino and The Alice Wilds.

Exhibition

Aug 06 – Aug 01

Santiago Cucullu: The Wandering Rocks

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Jojin van Winkle, The Destruction Project – Derby Dashes 1 – Summer/ Lodi WI, 2017. Digital print, 18 x 24 in. Courtesy of the Artist. Jojin van Winkle, <em>The Destruction Project – Derby Dashes 1 – Summer/ Lodi WI</em>, 2017. Digital print, 18 x 24 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Exhibition

Oct 17 – Apr 11

Jojin Van Winkle: The Destruction Project

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Jacob Lawrence, Dining Out, 1937. Gouache, 11 1/2 x 9 in. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the Estate of Janet Ela. Jacob Lawrence, <em>Dining Out</em>, 1937. Gouache, 11 1/2 x 9 in. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the Estate of Janet Ela.

Exhibition

Nov 14 – Mar 21

Full Circle: Acquisitions and Exhibitions

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Patrick Martinez, Hold the Ice, 2020. Neon, 36 x 22 inches. Courtesy of the Artist and Charlie James Gallery.0

Exhibition // Jan 23 – Apr 23

Patrick Martinez: Signs of the Times

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Amy Cutler, Viragos, 2003. Gouache on paper, 19 ½ x 30 inches. Private Collection, New York. Image © Amy Cutler, courtesy Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.0

Exhibition // Feb 20 – May 16

Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thread

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Chicago Imagists

MMoCA has one of the premier institutional collections of Chicago Imagist works. The Imagists were a group of figurative artists who emerged in Chicago in the mid-1960s. They used vibrant color, bold lines, and depicted the human body grossly distorted and highly stylized. Their bizarre portrayals of the human form expanded on Chicago’s artistic tradition of the grotesque established by artists like Ivan Albright and Leon Golub. Although influenced by the encyclopedic collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Imagists were equally inspired by ethnographic collections at the Field Museum, self-taught artists, comic books, storefront window displays, and advertisements in magazines.

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