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Martin Puryear, Face Down, 2008. © Martin Puryear. Photograph by Jamie Stukenberg. Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Martin Puryear
Multiple Dimensions
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
February 5 – May 3, 2016
 
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Peter Wächter, Get On Board 1, 2015. Courtesy of Reena Spaulings and The Renaissance Society.

Peter Wächter
Secrets of a Trumpet
The Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
February 7 – April 3, 2016
Reception: February 6, 4-7 pm
 
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Sanford Biggers, The Danger, 2014. Textiles and fabric treated with acrylic and spray paint on archival paper, 36 x 36 inches. Courtesy of Monique Meloche Gallery.

Sanford Biggers
the pasts they brought with them
Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622
February 11 – April 2, 2016
Reception: February 11, 5-7:30 pm
 
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Cosmo Campoli, Birth of Death, 1950–1951. Cast bronze. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Joyce Turner Hilkovitch in memoriam of Jonathan B. Turner, 1991.357. Courtesy of the Smart Museum of Art.

Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago
Smart Museum of Art
The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
February 11 – June 12, 2016
Reception: February 10, 7:30-9 pm
 
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Jaime Angelopoulos, Benjamin Barretto, Robert Chase Heishman, Morgan Mandalay, and Adam Parker Smith
Sugar Talk
LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
February 13 – March 27, 2016
Reception: February 13, 6-10 pm
 
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Diane Simpson, 1/8-scale model for Window Dressing: Background 6, Vee (left), Bib-deco (right), 2006. Printed paper, Gatorboard, wood, plastic mesh, and string; 11 x 16 ½ x 2 inches. Photo: Kenneth H. Simpson. Courtesy of Corbett vs. Dempsey, JTT, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Diane Simpson
BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Diane Simpson
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
February 16 – July 3, 2016
 
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Borderland Collective
Northern Triangle
Threewalls
119 N. Peoria Street #2C, Chicago, IL 60607
February 18 – April 23, 2016
Reception: February 18, 6-9 pm
 
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Spencer Finch
Saturated Sight
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 North Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
February 26 – March 9, 2016

 
 

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Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venere con la Pipa, 1973. Silkscreen on polished stainless steel mirror, 49.2 x 59 inches. Edition 32 of 60. Courtesy of Alan Koppel Gallery.

Michelangelo Pistoletto
Mirror Paintings
Alan Koppel Gallery
806 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL ‎60610
December 15, 2015 – February 15, 2016
 
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Gordon Parks, Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956. Archival pigment print, 42 x 42 inches. Photograph by Gordon Parks, copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation. Courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation and Rhona Hoffman Gallery.

Gordon Parks
A Segregation Story 1956
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 North Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
January 8 – February 20, 2016
 
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Christopher Meerdo, Swimming Pool Day, 2016. Courtesy of Document.

Christopher Meerdo
Erythrocyte Ghosts Filled with Quantum Dots Improve Cryogenics with Microarea Custom Freeze Thaw
Document
845 W. Washington Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
January 29 – March 12, 2016
 
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Llyn Foulkes, The Doctor, 1976. Mixed media, 15 x 12 1/4 inches. Courtesy of Corbett vs. Dempsey.

Llyn Foulkes
Return Here, 1959-1976
Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Avenue, 3rd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60622
February 5 – March 12, 2016
 
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Claire Ashley, Lumpy Morsel: Jelly Roll, 2015. Spray paint, PVC coated canvas tarpaulin, and fans. Courtesy of the Cleve Carney Art Gallery.

Claire Ashley
Lumpy Morsels, Hot Rocks
Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
February 4 – March 19, 2016
 
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Richard Rezac, Untitled (12-09), 2012. Painted cherry and poplar wood and aluminum. Courtesy of the artist and the DePaul Art Museum.

Dianna Frid & Richard Rezac: Split Complementary
DePaul Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60614
January 28 – April 24, 2016