Rebecca Warren
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, April 3rd
This exhibition, a collaboration with The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, is the British artist’s first solo presentation in an American museum. The Art Institute’s component will comprise three monumental bronze sculptures created specifically for the Bluhm Family Terrace. Warren’s exuberant female forms question assumptions about the use of materials and our understanding of the figurative ideal. Starting with a skeletal support structure, she builds up her sculptures with impressionistic fervor, shaping mounds of clay into an extension of her imagination. Drawn from a variety of sources, particularly the work of male artists such as Robert Crumb, Edgar Degas, Willem de Kooning, and August Rodin, Warren’s sculptures are barbaric and strong, energetic and bold. Totem-like, brash, and bulging, the works sited on Bluhm Family Terrace will act as a compelling counterpoint to Chicago’s renowned skyline—itself dominated by architectural masters of a certain gender.
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