WHEN:
Thru December 19, 2020
WHERE:
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N. Milwaukee
Chicago
Online and In Storefront Windows
ANTHEM examines voting rights in the United States of America through the works of contemporary artists Bethany Collins, Jaclyn Conley, Eve L. Ewing, Mike Gibisser, Naima Green, Ellen Rothenberg and Sanaz Sohrabi.
Planned to coincide with the 2020 election cycle and the November presidential election, Anthem aims to look past partisan divisiveness and focus on the issue of voting as a fundamental right.
Four poems by sociologist, author, poet and Chicago native Eve L. Ewing are included. A window installation by Ellen Rothenberg, viewable in the gallery storefront from Milwaukee Avenue, showcases historical and contemporary images related to the voting rights movement in the U.S. over the past two centuries.
Rothenberg’s installation continues online, where visitors will be able to click and discover related supplementary media. Anthem will also be updated throughout the run of the show, with Naima Green contributing regular installments of Open Tabs Piece (2020).
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Images courtesy of Weinberg/Newton Gallery