The Elmhurst Art Museum is an arts complex with three distinct areas of focus. A balance of art, education, and architecture programming is central to our efforts of inspiring and enriching our community. We strive to hold public art events, as well as educational hands-on activities, related to rotating contemporary art exhibitions and the celebration of the McCormick house, a rare single-family home designed by Mies van der Rohe.The Elmhurst Art Museum is located in Elmhurst, 25 minutes from downtown Chicago by public transportation (Metra). Please visit our website for advance ticket sales information, more exhibit and program details and our COVID-19 protocols.&nbsp;&nbsp;Image: Elmhurst Art Museum with Sentrock’s Bird City Saint

Over and over the Chicago Imagists cast the figure in numerous roles, distorting it and layering it with metaphor and personal meaning. Outrageous, irreverent, and humorous and inspired by popular culture, these works reflect highly original expressions of the human form.This exhibition features the Elmhurst College Art Collection, focused on artists working in Chicago between about 1950 and the present. The exhibition is curated by Suellen Rocca, one of the original members of the Hairy Who and Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Elmhurst College.<figure class="image"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/2918/original/nilsson.jpg" alt=""></figure>Top image:&nbsp;BARBARA ROSSI, "SHEP STEP II" (Detail),&nbsp;1973, ACRYLIC ON PLEXIGLAS, 29 X 23 IN. ELMHURST COLLEGE ART COLLECTION&nbsp;

The Figure and the Chicago Imagists: Selections from the Elmhurst College Art Collection

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