Opening Passages: Artists Respond to Chicago and Paris  
Presented as part of Art Design Chicago

Exhibit Hall  

May 4 – August 25, 2024  

Opening Passages brings together ten photographic commissions by French and American artists that survey the dynamic social landscapes of Chicago and Paris. The artists presented are Chicago-based artists Marzena Abrahamik, Jonathan Michael Castillo, zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal, Tonika Johnson and Sasha Phyars-Burgess, and Paris-based Gilberto Guiza-Rojas, Karim Kal, Assia Labbas, Marion Poussier, and Rebecca Topakian.

This multi-venue exhibition also features site-specific installations in non-traditional venues and community spaces spread across the city, including Experimental Station (Hyde Park), BUILD Chicago (Austin), 6018North (Edgewater), and The Salt Shed (Goose Island). These various activations throughout the city feature work that directly resonates with the neighborhoods where the venues are situated and speak to the socio-cultural themes that structure the overall exhibition, which reflects on urban divisions, cultural identity, immigrant experiences, waterfronts and green spaces, and the built environment. The exhibition centers stories from the margins, forming a visual collage of life within these two global cities.   

Opening Passages: Artists Respond to Chicago and Paris is part of Art Design Chicago. The exhibition is supported in part by the FACE Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art, and is curated by Carl Fuldner.  

Related Programs:

• Gallery Talk

Exhibit Hall

Wednesday, May 8, 12–1 pm 

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