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The Time Is NOW! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960–1980: Smart Museum of Art | Chicago, IL

Past exhibition
13 September - 30 December 2018
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Overview
Gerald Williams Wake Up , 1971 Screenprint on wove paper 42 x 28 in 106.7 x 71.1 cm
Gerald Williams
Wake Up , 1971
Screenprint on wove paper
42 x 28 in
106.7 x 71.1 cm

The Time Is Now! examines this watershed cultural moment—brimming with change and conflict—and the figures who defined it. Focusing primarily on African American artists in and out of the Black Arts Movement, the exhibition features approximately 100 objects assembled from the Smart Museum’s collection and other public and private collections, including art and ephemera associated with the Wall of Respect, the Civil Rights Movement, AfriCOBRA, Afrofuturism, the Hairy Who, outsider art, and the radical jazz of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

 

Together with a scholarly catalogue and a series of public programs, The Time Is Now! reassesses and recalibrates traditional narratives of postwar Chicago art, revealing how artists living, working, and exhibiting on the South Side charted new artistic courses, challenged the political status quo, created new spaces for art, and reimagined the future in ways that continue to resonate through current national dialogues around race, gender, protest, and belonging.

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Works
  • Gerald Williams Wake Up , 1971 Screenprint on wove paper 42 x 28 in 106.7 x 71.1 cm
    Gerald Williams
    Wake Up , 1971
    Screenprint on wove paper
    42 x 28 in
    106.7 x 71.1 cm
  • Jae Jarrell Dahomey Ensemble, 1973 - c. 2017 Dyed suede, metal beads, and thread A replica of a woman’s full-length skirt and jacket outfit from 1973 50 x 17 x 10 in 127 x 43.2 x 25.4 cm
    Jae Jarrell
    Dahomey Ensemble, 1973 - c. 2017
    Dyed suede, metal beads, and thread
    A replica of a woman’s full-length skirt and jacket outfit from 1973
    50 x 17 x 10 in
    127 x 43.2 x 25.4 cm
  • Jae Jarrell Gents Great Coat, 1972 Suede 60 x 21 x 12 in 152.4 x 53.3 x 30.5 cm
    Jae Jarrell
    Gents Great Coat, 1972
    Suede
    60 x 21 x 12 in
    152.4 x 53.3 x 30.5 cm
  • Barbara Jones-Hogu Unite, 1971 Screenprint on wove paper 22 x 30 in 55.9 x 76.2 cm
    Barbara Jones-Hogu
    Unite, 1971
    Screenprint on wove paper
    22 x 30 in
    55.9 x 76.2 cm
Installation Views
  • Merlin 144776076 79996F0C 0651 4Eea A499 A07D8Cfa5E0A Superjumbo
  • Smart Ttin 9
  • Smart Ttin 2
  • Smart Ttin 51
  • Merlin 144776127 040D1929 F4B0 4954 A962 C58Ef23D9E2D Superjumbo
  • Smart Ttin 42
  • Smart Ttin 31
  • Smart Ttin 30
  • Smart Ttin 26
  • Smart Ttin 25
  • Smart Ttin 24
  • Smart Ttin 50
  • Smart Ttin 13
  • Smart Ttin 22
  • Smart Ttin 8
  • Smart Ttin 51
Press
  • ‘ART WORLDS OF CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE’ SHEDS LIGHT ON OVERLOOKED ART, DESIGN

    Kyle Macmillan, Chicago Sun TImes, September 14, 2018

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  • Richard Hunt

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  • Jae Jarrell

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  • Wadsworth Jarrell

    Wadsworth Jarrell

  • Barbara Jones-Hogu

    Barbara Jones-Hogu

  • Gerald Williams

    Gerald Williams

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