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It all looks familiar but when you investigate it, it’s a different culture — it is no culture yet, just a million beginnings.

László Moholy-Nagy
Letter to Sibyl, 16 July 1937, as quoted in Moholy-Nagy: Experiment in Totality, 1950

Artist Statement

In response to this Moholy-Nagy quote, I designed a poster composition using discovered shapes, marks and textures inspired by Chicago’s architectural and natural landscape.

Art Design Chicago

The Great Ideas in this section of the exhibition features great ideas from Chicagoans interpreted by Chicago artists and designers. These works are presented as part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy, with presenting partner The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

 

 

Great Ideas at ChiDM, 2018. Photo: The Office of Experience.

 

Billboard at 600 W Randolph, 2018.

 

Learning Lab at Chicago Cultural Center, 2018.

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