David Hartt “Stray Light”

The Studio Museum in Harlem

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David Hartt: Stray Light presents color photographs, sculptures and a video installation by Chicago-based conceptual photographer David Hartt (b. 1967) reflecting on the iconic headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company in downtown Chicago.

The eleven-story Modernist building on South Michigan Avenue was home to Jet and Ebony magazines since its design in 1971. The building was heralded as the first major downtown Chicago building designed by an African-American architect since the eighteenth century. In the case of the Johnson family and its legacy, Hartt looks to the intersection of the publisher’s ideals and values, the style and aesthetics embodied by the site and the lasting cultural impact of the magazines.

[Image: David Hartt “Lounge” (2011) Courtesy the artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago]

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from March 28, 2013 to June 30, 2013

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David Hartt

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