Midsummer Dreams

Chicago Sculpture International Project Space July 20 – August 10, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 20, from 6-9 pm.

Exhibiting Artists: Maeve McGale, Jeremy P Wong, and Micki LeMieux

Midsummer is for dreaming. It’s a time for celebration, romance, and new possibilities. This time has served historically as inspiration for European conceptions of fantasy, epitomized through the Scandinavian festival of Midsummer and the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In both examples, the forest sets a stage for magic and mischief.

Our tale takes a distinct Americana approach. Midsummer Dreams brings together three Chicago artists working in the Midwestern Surreal- a discourse that refers to integrating belief-oriented meaning mechanisms into secular systems. This is displayed through a midwestern sensibility, grounding whimsical imagery in familiar landscapes, rituals, and materials. In a forest of our own making, themes of bounty, desire, shelter, body, and landscape are explored and challenged in sculptural form. Fantasy becomes a powerful tool to reimagine and reflect our reality.

CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL
(at the corner of Cortland and Damen Ave.)

Hours:
Friday 2-6 pm
Saturday 12-8 pm
Sunday 1-5 pm