May 31, 2009
This week: Duncan talks to Britton Bertran and
Allison Peters Quinn about Artists Run Chicago which is currently
up at the Hyde Park Art Center.
Artists Run Chicago is an exhibition showcasing the energy and
audacity of some of the most noteworthy artist-run spaces that have
influenced the Chicago contemporary art scene over the past decade.
Chicago has long been known for cultivating a strong
entrepreneurial/Do-It-Yourself spirit in business and the arts. The
participating artist-run venues have transformed storefronts,
sheds, apartments, lofts, industrial warehouses, garages and roving
spaces into contemporary art galleries testing the notion of
“exhibition” while complicating the definition of art. Coinciding
with the Hyde Park Art Center’s 70th anniversary, Artists Run
Chicago reconnects the Art Center to its beginnings as an
artist-run space by showcasing spaces that continue the legacy.