Boeing Gallery South

Nov 10th, 2023

A really neat art installation. Christine Tarkowski "When we call the Earth by way of distinction a planet ana me moon a satellite, we should consider Wheuer we do not in a certan sense mistake tho matter. Perhaps-and not unlikely-the Moon is the larger moon to in Alone teal She 48 V217 2010) Christine Tarkowskis work is as extravagantlv coniured a: its title tne loth-centurv Gemman-bom. Bainsh about earthbound boulders evokes a strange landscape - monicallv similar to our environment, natural, installation, set down in the midst of his high, homies die tea lation, sei come in the wishite: and critiques (with gentle irony) how we design and build cities, as well as manipulate and represent natural forms. Both Tarkowski's sculpture and that of Edra Soto on view in the North Boeine Gallery, were commissioned specucally 10r exhibition in Millennium Park Christine Tarkowsla is a Chicago-based artist who works in a vanety of mediums including sculpture, printed matter, photography, and song. Her works range in scale from the ordinary to the monumental. Equally variable is her scope of production which incorporates the making of permanent architectural structures, cast models, textile yardage, and of democracy, relizion. and capitalism. Her solo exhibitions include Whale Oil, Slave Ships & Burnina Martyrs at Priska Juschka Fine Art in New York, Imitatio Dei at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Last Things Will Be First And First Thinas Will Be Last at the Chicago Cultural Center. She is a professor in the Department of Fiber and udies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Mar 21st, 2023