La mostra MoCP at 40 celebra il 40° anniversario del Museum of Contemporary Photography di Chicago

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This January, the Museum of Contemporary Photography will mark its 40th anniversary. In celebration, the spring exhibition MoCP at 40 will draw from the museum’s permanent collection of over 14,000 works to explore the institution’s role as a hub of photographic research and education. Arranged chronologically from the late 19th century to today, the opening installation spans major developments in the photographic medium as it intersects with historical moments in politics, culture, and art. Works by renowned artists including Diane Arbus, Roy DeCarava, Walker Evans, Sally Mann, and Andy Warhol will be on view alongside those of over a hundred others. In an adjacent gallery, rarely seen correspondence and ephemera from the past four decades will give insight into individual artists’ photographs and collaborations with the museum.
Elliott Erwitt, Jackie Kennedy at Funeral, 1963, portfolio 1980
MoCP at 40 will highlight the breadth of photographic processes represented in the collection, from analogue methods dating back to the invention of the medium to new, cutting edge techniques. Also on view will be a selection of works from the Midwest Photographer’s Project (MPP), including a site-specific installation by Chicago-based artist Aimée Beaubien. Inaugurated in 1982, MPP is a rotating collection of portfolios by regional artists that are loaned to the MoCP for a three year period.
MoCP at 40 is organized collaboratively by MoCP staff members with assistance from graduate and undergraduate interns studying at Columbia College Chicago.

MoCP SPONSORS
The MoCP is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Museum is generously supported by Columbia College Chicago, the MoCP Advisory Board, Museum Council, individuals, private and corporate foundations, and government agencies including the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
ABOUT MOCP
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), a resident organization of Columbia College Chicago, is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of photography. By presenting projects and exhibitions that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the MoCP strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.

MoCP at 40
January 28 – April 10, 2016
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
600 S Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60605