UCHICAGO ARTS WINTER 2016 EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS GUIDE IN THIS ISSUE Philip Glass Residency Satchmo Festival Monster Roster arts.uchicago.edu Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago Thu, Feb 11–Sun, Jun 12, 2016 Smart Museum of Art Spearheaded by Leon Golub, the Curated by John Corbett and Jim Dempsey, group of postwar artists nicknamed with coordinating support from Smart Museum Curator of Contemporary Art Jessica Moss and the Monster Roster established the Smart Museum Senior Curator Richard A. Born, first unique Chicago style. United by the exhibition features work by Robert Barnes, a shared interest in the figure during Don Baum, Fred Berger, Cosmo Campoli, a period that is typically seen as George Cohen, Dominick Di Meo, Leon Golub, dominated by abstraction, the group Theodore Halkin, June Leaf, Irving Petlin, | arts.uchicago.edu ARTS EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL Seymour Rosofsky, Franz Schulze, Nancy Spero, created deeply psychological works Evelyn Statsinger, and H. C. Westermann. that drew on classical mythology and ancient art. This is the first major exhibition to RELATED EVENTS examine the history and impact All events are free and open to the of the Monster Roster, which has public. For more information, visit been overlooked despite being one smartmuseum.uchicago.edu. of the most important Midwestern contributions to the history of Opening Reception: American art. It examines the complex Monster Roster aesthetics and personal styles of Wed, Feb 10, 7:30–9pm Golub and his compatriots—including Smart Museum of Art Cosmo Campoli, June Leaf, Dominick Di Meo, Seymour Rosofsky, and Nancy Monster Launch Party Spero, among others—and uncovers Thu, Feb 18, 5:30–7:30pm the Monster Roster’s relationships with Smart Museum of Art 9 preceding generations of Chicago artists and influences on the well- Colossal Figure Drawing known Chicago Imagists who followed. Thu, Mar 3, 5:30–7:30pm Smart Museum of Art Monster Roster brings together approximately 60 major paintings and A Night with Filmmaker sculpture from the Smart Museum Tom Palazzolo and other major public and private Fri, Mar 11, 7pm collections to provide the authoritative Logan Center, account of the movement, from the Screening Room formation of Exhibition Momentum in 1948 to the group’s dispersal in the Panel Discussion: mid-1960s. A fully illustrated catalogue Monster Mash Up will accompany the exhibition. Tue, Mar 22 Logan Center, Performance Penthouse Fred Berger, Untitled, 1958, Oil on canvas. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Robert and Mary Donley, 2014.20. February 11–June 12, 2016 February all. Open to free. Always smartmuseum.uchicago.edu.