<p>This catalog celebrates the nearly 100 Chicago Imagist works of art which were gifted or promised to MMoCA by Mark and Judy Bednar of Chicago. This incredible gift complements the museum’s existing collection of Chicago Imagism through its inclusion of artworks produced early on in the careers of Roger Brown, Robert Lostutter, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Barbara Rossi, Karl Wirsum, and Ray Yoshida. “Chicago Imagist” has become shorthand for the typified Chicago style—figurative, boldly colored, precisely rendered works that embrace humor and the outrageous. As former students of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Imagists passed by iconic paintings and the extraordinary collection of Surrealism on display at the Art Institute on their way to classes. While they were absorbing the images exhibited on the walls of the museum, they were also encouraged by their professors to visit the Field Museum of Natural History, the Oriental Institute, storefront window displays, and flea markets for inspiration and visual fodder.</p>

Uncommon Accumulation: The Mark and Judy Bednar Collection of Chicago Imagism

Mel Becker Solomon

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

<p>MMoCA will feature its significant holdings of Mexican Modern artworks in an exhibition that will explore the history of the artistic renaissance of Mexico in the early 20th century and its connection to works being created by Mexican-American artiststoday. The museum's collection of Mexican Modern artworks is one of the finest and most extensive in the Midwest andincludes 223 works of art by over 60 artists-primarily prints, photographs, and drawings by luminaries such as Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Leopoldo Mendez, Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and Rufino Tamayo, as well as an important oil painting by Frida Kahlo.</p>

Caja De Visiones / Box of Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art From Mexico in the Midwest

Diane Miliotes

Elizabeth Shoshany Anderson

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Uncommon Accumulation: The Mark and Judy Bednar Collection of Chicago Imagism

Caja De Visiones / Box of Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art From Mexico in the Midwest