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PUBLIC SCHOOL

PUBLIC SCHOOL

Hyde Park Art Center welcomes back artist Jim Duignan to expand on his previous work at the Art Center highlighting art and education in the city in PUBLIC SCHOOL on view in Gallery 1 and 2. Duignan, of the Stockyard Institute, works collaboratively with artist and educator Rachel Harper, of Seen + Heard to create a imagination-inducing installation of curious objects – including a fort, a stage, a tower, a piano, and a decommissioned school bus – to construct a new playground for all ages. At a moment when the Public Education System struggles to exist, Chicago artists ask: where is learning actually happening in this city and who gets to determine what we should know?

  • Jim Duignan speaking to press
  • Ada Gray speaking at opening
  • decommisioned bus entering the gallery
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paper weights

king

These collages are old school class photos on found wood from private landmark sites of Chicago. The suite of collages were created as manic incantations during a moment of psychic trauma.
L 10.25″ x h 3.5″ x d 1.75″
Green Line
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valise

Valise 1991, with audio recordings of knocking on the doors of houses I used to live in Chicago. The valise installation includes a welcome mat and porch light, with audio playing from inside the va,use. Wood is from the property of a select group of former houses I lived in.
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Cart

The cart was built by my brother Mike and I from scrap wood in our garage at 4044 W. Waveland with stroller and wagon wheels and a Pepsi box seat. It was the first object we made together these film stills represent a time of childhood where wonder abides and I came to know how I would fundamentally work. circa 1968.