Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago, installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL (2020)
Lorraine O'Grady included in Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago, a group exhibition curated by Duro Olowu, Naomi Beckwith, and Jack Schneider, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL.
The institution's press release follows:
Nigerian-born British designer Duro Olowu is internationally recognized for his womenswear label launched in 2004. Characterized by unique fabrics, evocative patterns, and impeccable construction, the London-based designer’s garments are informed by his international background and curator’s eye. Olowu’s multinational and multicultural viewpoint has translated into wildly popular platforms and projects from his dynamic Instagram account to his revelatory curatorial projects in London and New York.
Now Olowu turns his cosmopolitan eye to Chicago. Drawing from the city’s public and private art collections including works in the MCA’s collection, Olowu curates a show that reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. Moving away from traditional exhibition formats, Olowu combines photographs, paintings, sculptures, and films in dense and textural scenes that incorporate his own work.
Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago
February 29 – September 27, 2020
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL