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10th Annual Art and Faith of the Crèche: The Collection of James
and Emilia Govan
November 14, 2017 – January 7, 2018
This perennial favorite returns. The story of Mary, Joseph, and the Christ Child has great appeal
throughout the world. See how artists across the globe depict the nativity with clothes, architecture,
and figures from their native lands.
Michelle Murphy: Responsive Beauty
July 1, 2017 – October 21, 2017
Responsive Beauty
explores the complexities of creating abstract work that is sociopolitical in
content. Michelle Murphy’s photographs feature beauty products as art materials and consider
the triangular relationship between consumer culture, the beauty industry, and the wage disparity
between genders. The resulting images reveal the capacity of cosmetics to function as both a
metaphor and a consumable object. Murphy is a Chicago-based artist who has an MFA from the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a photographer for NASA for more than a
decade.
JeffreyWolin: Pigeon Hill: Then and Now
July 1, 2017 – October 21, 2017
Jeffrey Wolin is internationally recognized for his distinct approach to combining photography
with the written word. This recent project revisits a 1987-1991 portrait series depicting the
residents of “Pigeon Hill,” a housing project in Bloomington, IN. Over the past five years, Wolin
returned to Pigeon Hill and re-photographed over 100 individuals. These compelling images
share memories told by Pigeon Hill residents through hand written narratives that address drug
addiction, violence, poverty, friendship, and hope. Placed side by side in the galleries, these paired
portraits trace three decades of life on Pigeon Hill.
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Exhibitions
Susan Aurinko: Searching for Jehanne – the Joan of Arc Project
July 1, 2017 – October 21, 2017
In 2013, Chicago based artist Susan Aurinko went on a photographic expedition to France. While in
the Loire Valley, she visited a 12th century chateau that was once the temporary home of St. Joan of
Arc. Captivated by the legend of the saint, Aurinko repeatedly returned to photograph the places where
Joan of Arc once lived, prayed, and fought throughout her brief life. Aurinko employs layered images to
explore the iconographic nature of this revered saint through popular culture, literature, feminism, and
theology.
Enjoy free admission to LUMA until November 11, 2017!
Images (top to bottom):
The time was right to act,
2013-2015
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Susan Aurinko, Courtesy of the artist;
Wendi on Illinois Circle,
1990,
Jeffrey Wolin, Courtesy of the artist;
At the Edge of Focus
, Michelle Marie Murphy, Cour-
tesy of the Aritst; ,