Kinzie to Chicago Avenue to Intuit and the West Loop. See Pope.L at Corbett vs. Dempsey, Jaume Plensa at GRAY, Clotilde Jiménez and Brendan Fernandes on Chicago Avenue, painting at Rafacz and DOCUMENT, Intuit’s Smith and Darger shows, then two shows at Kavi Gupta.
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Pope.L: No Thing Skin Sets at Corbett vs. Dempsey. The gallery’s first show with the late conceptual artist: recent pieces and earlier Skin Set works on paper about language, race and the absurd. Through Oct 31.
Sep 15 - Oct 31
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Jon Waine Afro Nu-Wave Band (1975–1983) at Corbett vs. Dempsey. Photographs, flyers, lyric sheets and stenciled amps from the punkish band Pope.L fronted before his art career. Through Oct 31.
Sep 15 - Oct 31
GRAY Chicago
Jaume Plensa: Beyond Silence at GRAY Chicago. Two 28-foot carved-wood face reliefs, seven-foot cast iron and granite Clouds, and small Twilight bronzes. Through Dec 19.
Sep 17 - Dec 19
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery
Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios at Mariane Ibrahim. Painting, collage, drawing and sculpture on family, memory and inherited silences rooted in Puerto Rico, with the orange as a recurring motif. Through Oct 31.
Sep 15 - Oct 31
Monique Meloche Gallery
Brendan Fernandes: The Noise Will Sound at Monique Meloche. Film photographs of dancers shrouded in Maasai Shuka cloth, reclaiming the textile as a site of protection, protest and presence. Through Oct 24.
Sep 17 - Oct 24
Andrew Rafacz Gallery
Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang, Ann Toebbe at Andrew Rafacz Gallery. A three-person painting show of prairie-material surfaces and densely patterned domestic and landscape scenes. Through Oct 31.
Sep 17 - Oct 31
DOCUMENT
Alexandra Barth: The Awnings at DOCUMENT. The Slovakian painter’s first Chicago solo: airbrushed canvases of retractable awnings, folded, on display and up close. Through Nov 4.
Sep 17 - Nov 4
Intuit Art Museum
Monumental: Sculpture by Dr. Charles Smith at Intuit Art Museum. Sculptural memorials to histories left out of official narratives, from Hurricane Katrina victims to the Underground Railroad. Through Apr 25.
Apr 29 - Apr 25
Intuit Art Museum
Henry Darger: Cutting and Pasting a World at Intuit Art Museum. Finished works shown with the paper dolls and scrapbooks that may have shaped his art. Through Jan 31.
Jun 18 - Jan 31
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd.
Imagining New Futures at Kavi Gupta. Paintings by Haya Zaidi, Shahpari Rahmani, Alemeh Bagherian and Inka Essenhigh that rework inherited stories, from Indo-Persian miniatures to the Shahnameh. Through Oct 24.
Sep 19 - Oct 24
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd.
Gordon Cheung: Consensual Halluci/nation at Kavi Gupta. Speculative landscapes painted over Financial Times stock listings, with scholar’s rocks made from crushed newspaper. Through Nov 21.
Sep 17 - Nov 21
