MCA First Fridays

Jeff Wall In front of a nightclub, 2006

Alexander Calder

Stan Shellabarger & Dutes Miller

Had lots of fun last Friday night at the Museum of Contemporary Art's First Fridays. Music by the former Das Racist, Himanshu Suri (Heems) and Ashok Kondabolu (Dapwell), and Chicago artists Traxman and Supreme Cuts. 

The event occurs every first Friday of every month (shocker) and all tickets include museum admission, artist projects, and live performance. Doors are open from 6 to 10 pm with a cash bar and food for purchase. Love this city!

XOXO, IN LOVE WITH CHICAGO

Martin Creed Plays Chicago

Martin Creed Plays Chicago is the name of the year-long MCA residency of the famous British artist, Martin Creed. He has been presenting a different exhibit every month for the whole year in Chicago; one exhibit, Mother's is a huge neon steel structure that rotates on a central axis and is located right in front of the actual MCA and his September exhibit, Half the Air in a Given Space, is literally the Water Tower half filled with red latex balloons. I had to sign a consent form that I wasn't allergic to latex, which I immaturely giggled at. Anyway, there are apparently three other sites that are half filled with balloons of different colors, but I was pleased to randomly find this one while strolling down Michigan Ave. What a great city! The MCA website explains this exhibit as:

Creed fills half the space of a room with balloons, giving tangible form to something that’s usually invisible: the air around you.

The tourist in me, strikes again!