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Apparitions

GRAY Chicago

Apr 24 - Jun 27, 2025

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Installation Views

Sandra Mujinga, Unfold and Repair, 2024. © Sandra Mujinga. Photo by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio Courtesy the artist, The Approach, London and Croy Nielsen, Vienna.

Sandra Mujinga, Unfold and Repair, 2024. © Sandra Mujinga. Photo by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio Courtesy the artist, The Approach, London and Croy Nielsen, Vienna.

Kara Walker, Ten Opaque Micro-regressions, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York.

Kara Walker, Ten Opaque Micro-regressions, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York.

Theaster Gates, Black Figure, Leaning But Water Resistant, 2017–20. © Theaster Gates.

Theaster Gates, Black Figure, Leaning But Water Resistant, 2017–20. © Theaster Gates.

Roger Brown, Town Full of People on the Way to Somewhere Else, 1988.

Roger Brown, Town Full of People on the Way to Somewhere Else, 1988.

Naudline Pierre, Into the Deep Beyond, 2024. © Naudline Pierre 2025. Image courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York. Photo by Dan Bradica.

Naudline Pierre, Into the Deep Beyond, 2024. © Naudline Pierre 2025. Image courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York. Photo by Dan Bradica.

Alex Katz, Split 7, 2022. © Alex Katz Studio/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Courtesy GRAY Chicago/New York.

Alex Katz, Split 7, 2022. © Alex Katz Studio/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Courtesy GRAY Chicago/New York.

Ana Mendieta, Untitled: Ixchell Series, 1977. © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

Ana Mendieta, Untitled: Ixchell Series, 1977. © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC. Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.

Jean Dubuffet, House in the Country, 1957. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Jean Dubuffet, House in the Country, 1957. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Private Collection

Jaume Plensa, Martina Silence, 2023. © 2025 Jaume Plensa / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Jaume Plensa, Martina Silence, 2023. © 2025 Jaume Plensa / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Susan Rothenberg, Pontiac, 1979. © 2025 The Estate of Susan Rothenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Susan Rothenberg, Pontiac, 1979. © 2025 The Estate of Susan Rothenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Press Release

Apparitions presents the work of over twenty pioneering artists from across the last century whose interrogations of the human form and its fleeting presence have pushed boundaries of representation. Whether by dematerializing the body, imagining spirits, or making mirages, the artists on view conjure a hallucinatory realm—a liminal space between what appears and what vanishes.

Exhibited artists include Magdalena Abakanowicz, Huma Bhabha, McArthur Binion, Roger Brown, Jean Dubuffet, Theaster Gates, Alberto Giacometti, Ewan Gibbs, Ann Hamilton, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Rashid Johnson, Alex Katz, David Klamen, Jim Lutes, Ana Mendieta, Sandra Mujinga, Trevor Paglen, Naudline Pierre, Jaume Plensa, Susan Rothenberg, Mira Schor, Evelyn Statsinger, John Storrs, Kara Walker, and Wilmer Wilson IV.

Apparitions will be on view at GRAY Chicago (2044 W. Carroll Ave.) from April 25 through June 27, 2025. The exhibition will open with a reception 6 - 8 PM on Friday, April 25.

 

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