One component of my internship for the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Art Institute of Chicago is to curate small selections of prints for the Allerton hallway spaces that serve as corridors for the main painting galleries.
There are a number of Allerton galleries to choose from, and each comes with its own subject matter. For instance, I curated gallery 219a, which is for Francisco de Goya, while my fellow intern Valerie Sullivan curated a gallery for 16th century Italian prints. Basically, I read about Goya for a few days in the Ryerson library, conceived of curatorial angles for each grouping, and then selected work for three rotations, one from each of Goya's main print series (The Art of Bullfighting, The Disasters of War, and The Caprices).
There are a number of Allerton galleries to choose from, and each comes with its own subject matter. For instance, I curated gallery 219a, which is for Francisco de Goya, while my fellow intern Valerie Sullivan curated a gallery for 16th century Italian prints. Basically, I read about Goya for a few days in the Ryerson library, conceived of curatorial angles for each grouping, and then selected work for three rotations, one from each of Goya's main print series (The Art of Bullfighting, The Disasters of War, and The Caprices).
The first rotation, from Tauromaquia or The Art of Bullfighting, was recently installed - go see it. Below are images of the prints, their tombstones, and two 'chats' or wall texts I wrote for accompaniment.
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