PRESENTED BY THE GRAY CENTER AND LOGAN CENTER EXHIBITIONS

Gray Center Fellowship Exhibition | vanessa german: At the end of this reality there is a bridge—the bridge is inside of you but not inside of your body. Take this bridge to get to the next _______, all of your friends are there; death is not real and we are all dj’s.

July 19 - December 15 | Logan Center Gallery

More Info: https://www.loganexhibitions.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/vanessa-german

The Richard and Mary L. Gray Center of Arts and Inquiry is thrilled to present the first solo museum exhibition in Chicago of self-taught citizen artist vanessa german (b. 1976), opening Friday, July 19, and featuring a new body of monumental rose quartz and precious gemstone sculptures as part of a multi-disciplinary installation developed during her Gray Center Fellowship supported by the Joyce Foundation. Guided by the principal of paraäcademia, a new term coined to address bodies of knowledge and practices that have historically been excluded from recognized institutions of higher education, the exhibition enacts various spells both intended for and composed by the living breathing people encountered during her residency. Created over the course of several months, the works on view embody the site of Chicago as an energetic locus for production—foregrounding the interpersonal linkages formed through art as a form of social healing, meditations on the political histories and methodologies of magic, and spiritual activations that embrace love as an original and infinite human technology.

The exhibition, presented by the Gray Center and Logan Center Exhibitions, is curated by Zachary Cahill, Stephanie Cristello, and Mike Schuh, with primary support from the Joyce Foundation. Additional support is provided by Richard and Mary L Gray and the Gray Family; Kasmin, New York; the Mellon Foundation; Ng Family Visiting Artist Fund; Revada Foundation; and Friends of the Logan Center.