This group of 18 darkly radiant images of Chicago is the latest in the Los Angeles-based artist Catherine Opie's photographic series, American Cities, ongoing since 1997. This newest body of work features 14 nocturnal black-and-white photographs of Chicago's architectural landscape alongside a set of four deep, four-color "portrait" views of Lake Michigan at different seasons. The work shows the city's psychic and physical identity.
48 pages, 7 color illustrations and 19 duotone illustrations, MCA Chicago, 2006. The exhibition Catherine Opie: Chicago (American Cities) was presented at the MCA May 20-October 15, 2006. Learn more.