October 10, 2009—January 10, 2010
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Three perspectives and a short scenario Liam Gillick
Press Release
Liam Gillick emerged in the early 1990s as part of a reenergized British art scene, producing a sophisticated body of work ranging from his signature “platform” sculptures—architectural structures made of aluminum and colored Plexiglas that facilitate or complicate social interaction—to wall paintings, text sculptures, and published texts that reflect on the increasing gap between utopian idealism and the actualities of the world. His work joins that of generational peers such as Rirkrit Tiravanija and Philippe...