Kindred Spirits Exhibit - Free Opening Reception

Join us on Friday, July 3 from 5-8 PM (Central), for the opening reception of LCA's new exhibition, Kindred Spirits: Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom! Enjoy an evening out featuring spectacular art, hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar and chance to meet the artists and curator of the exhibit.

This exhibition brings together Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom, two Chicago sculptors separated by nearly forty years yet strikingly aligned in spirit. Born in Virginia and Mississippi respectively, both artists arrived in Chicago carrying sensibilities shaped by Southern histories of making, repair and resourcefulness. They share a fascination with everyday objects — chairs, sporting equipment, shoes — and with the gendered meanings attached to them. Through humor, exaggeration and meticulous craft, Wharton and Odom render the familiar delightfully unusable, transforming sculpture into a space where labor becomes play and expectations around gender, sexuality and function are pointedly, comically and wittingly undone. Joy, care and material intelligence anchor both practices.

As always, admission is free!

LCA's free First Friday events are generously sponsored by Horizon Bank.