The Hyde Park Art Center is the oldest alternative contemporary art venue in Chicago. Presenting innovative and challenging approaches to the visual arts, the Art Center showcases work that traverses all forms of media and encourages creative collaboration. Our exhibitions, installations, artist/curator talks, discussions and events invite visitors to experience the unexpected and explore untraditional topics in a stimulating and fun environment.
Glenn Wexler: Transit 2
February 1 – September 27, 2009, South Stairwell
A photograph-based installation of lightboxes capturing the blur of traveling to other countries and experiencing other cultures.
Fang Ling-An: The Whole World Celebrates Together
May 3 – July 12, 2009, The Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery
This new installation on the catwalk using paper, metal and plastic, raises questions regarding the political, economic and cultural implications of human capital in contemporary China.
Artists Run Chicago
May 10 – July 5, 2009, Gallery 1
An exhibition showcasing the energy and audacity of notable artist-run spaces in the Chicagoland area over the past decade.
Cody Hudson: Let's Do Some Living After We Die
May 11 - October 4, 2009, Foyer Project Space
A 2-floor installation held in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture.
Matthew Harris: Beyond China
May 31 - July 26, 2009, Gallery 5
Ceramic busts and tiles with a graphic edge by this emergent artist address the changing economic climate in the world today.
Spellbound
June 7, 2009 – October 4, 2009, Gallery 4
Work by Michele Feder-Nadoff, Lora Fosberg, Yvette Kaiser Smith,and John Miller.
Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture
July 19 - September 20, 2009, Gallery 1
This exhibition offers a provocative look into the current trend of mixing notions of end times and euphoria in contemporary art, thought, and sound.
Jason Salavon
September 6 - November 6, 2009, Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery
New large-scale digital work by artist Jason Salavon
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Julian Williams: Recent Paintings
April 25 - June 28, 2009
New landscape paintings by Chicago-based artist Julian Williams.
Selected Shots by Young Artists
April 12 - June 28, 2009, Gallery 2
Our third-annual exhibition of photography featuring the best work from budding artists enrolled in Chicago Public High Schools.