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We can learn to look, but to see is another matter.

Katharine Kuh
My Love Affair with Modern Art, 2006

Artist Statement

Illinois is the Land of Lincoln and I’m koo koo for CoCo Puffs. Katherine Kuh was coo coo ka Choo. God bless you. We see where we are. “I see,” said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw. Dot dot Seurat. Ben day. Have a good day. If you say I told you so. Well, then, I told you so.

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.


Design Museum of Chicago, Passing the Torch, 2020.


Great Ideas at ChiDM, 2018.


Learning Lab at Chicago Cultural Center, 2018.

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