Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Andreas Gursky

June 22 – September 28, 2002

Andreas Gursky's large color photographs explore the complex interchange between current artistic strategies and traditional documentary practices. The first major retrospective of Gursky's work in the United States, this exhibition will survey the evolution of his work from 1984 to 2000, presenting many photographs not yet exhibited in this country including several very recent works. Gursky's photographs explore the relationships between the documentary and the personal-as well as notions of order and disorder-often focusing on subjects such as tourism, factories, stock exchanges, and manifestations of global culture such as rave concerts.