Art & Design in Chicago
Off the Grid
Episode 4 | 27m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Highlights non-mainstream artists.
Hosted by muralist/educator Miguel Aguilar, who introduces us to painter Gertrude Abercrombie, with author Thomas Dyja and writer/artist Audrey Niffenegger; naïve author/artist Henry Darger; the Hubbard Street Gallery Scene of the early 1970s; photographer Vivian Maier; and artist Joseph Yoakum.
Art & Design in Chicago
Off the Grid
Episode 4 | 27m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Hosted by muralist/educator Miguel Aguilar, who introduces us to painter Gertrude Abercrombie, with author Thomas Dyja and writer/artist Audrey Niffenegger; naïve author/artist Henry Darger; the Hubbard Street Gallery Scene of the early 1970s; photographer Vivian Maier; and artist Joseph Yoakum.
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Even though Yoakum was not not academically trained, the Imagists recognized his talent. (4m 4s)
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An reclusive artist who wrote, drew, and painted thousands of pages of illustrations. (4m 20s)
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In the 1970s, artists began to set up alternative exhibition spaces on Hubbard Street. (6m 27s)
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They called her the “Queen of the Bohemian Artists." (4m 26s)
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Maier became recognized as as one of the greatest modern street photographers. (5m 25s)
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