Mapping the Self

All these MCA shows have already opened, but they are worth taking in. Curator Tricia Van Eck has generated a tidy, thoughtful exhibited titled Mapping the Self that is part of the citywide Festival of Maps which runs throughout Chicago concurrently. In Van Eck’s show, maps and mapping are employed by artists as a tool for their their content, or is in fact their content. What’s particularly enjoyable for me is the integration of Chicago and non-Chicago artists, making the show globally significant and locally relevant. That’s how I think it should be. I’m almost prepared to say that it is unequivocally the female curators at the MCA who should prevail . . .


Art Letter (02/08/08)