{"id":22206,"date":"2017-09-20T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=22206"},"modified":"2017-09-20T13:22:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:22:13","slug":"artists-of-color-at-the-underground-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/artists-of-color-at-the-underground-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need To Check Out ‘Artists of Color’ at The Underground Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through a storefront off Washington Boulevard in Arlington Heights, you\u2019ll find color-driven works by some of contemporary art\u2019s most celebrated artists. Dan Flavin, Carmen Herrera, and a striking Lita Albuquerque welcome you, almost casually, to The Underground Museum<\/a>\u2019s third exhibition, Artists of Color<\/em>. The space is filled with immersive installations, sculpture and paintings by artist\u2019s who have used color to express emotions and evoke energy and tranquility.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition also aims to illustrate the significance of color beyond art. Four monochrome panels in red, black, green and white make up Felix Gonzalez-Torres\u2019 1988 work, Forbidden Colors<\/em>. Representing the Palestinian flag and addressing the ban of these colors by the State of Israel, Gonzalez-Torres placed these works together to emphasize that the \u201ccolor combination can cause an arrest, a beating, a curfew, a shooting, or a news photograph,\u201d yet some viewers see \u201can exercise in color theory, or some sort of abstraction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Across from a Donald Judd and Josef Albers\u2019 Study for Homage to a Square<\/em>, you\u2019ll find a minimalist work by Imi Knoebel that activates the space and completely draws you in. Made of wood, the work exists as both a painting and a sculpture as it extends from the gallery wall. Beside it, Jennie C. Jones adheres piano keys to linen for Composition for Sharps<\/em>. \u201cAs soon as you start talking about acoustics and architecture it really quickly\u2026goes into the realm of physics and that immediately connects to how color vibrates and bounces,\u201d she states.<\/p>\n

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Past the Ellsworth Kelly and through a door, you\u2019ll find a stunning, immersive work by Diana Thater titled RGB Windows for MOCA<\/em> and a large garden space (with a juice bar, of course!). Used for yoga, meditation and the Museum\u2019s Purple Garden Cinema series, this space is a tranquil, hidden gem.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The Underground Museum was founded in 2012 by the late artist Noah Davis. Through a partnership with MOCA LA<\/a>, Davis was given the ability to curate exhibitions from the museum\u2019s permanent collection and bring significant artworks to a working-class area in Central LA. Since Davis\u2019 death at the young age of 32, his family, MOCA, and museum director MeganSteinman, have made significant efforts to continue Davis\u2019 vision.<\/p>\n

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top image\/\/ courtesy of The Underground Museum<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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