1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1980s Exhibitions 1989 Chicago Artists in the European Tradition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment Selections from the Permanent Collection: Figurative Expressionism and NeoExpressionism Object, Site, Sensation: New German Sculpture Options 36: Mark Innerst: Landscape and Beyond Arnulf Rainer Peter Saul Retrospective Permanent Collection: Promised Gifts Exhibition MCA Presents: Video Art, Video Documentation from our First Two Decades The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s Options 37: Tunga 1988 Ed Ruscha: Recent Paintings Cross References: Sculpture into Photography Permanent Collection: Icon/Index Marshall Frankel Collection Francesco Clemente: Stations of the Cross Christian Boltanski: Lessons of Darkness Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection Jeff Koons: Works 1979–1988 Nancy Spero: Works Since 1950 Options 33: Odd Nerdrum Gerhard Richter: Paintings Forrest Bess Options 34: Doug and Mike Starn Options 35: Tom Czarnopys Three Decades: The Oliver-Hoffmann Collection 1987 A Quiet Revolution: British Sculpture Since 1965 Michael Craig Martin: Wall Project The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985 Pop, Minimalism, Earthart Chicago Artists from the Permanent Collection Images for Human Conduct: Selections from the Permanent Collection Options 29: Images for Human Conduct Options 30: Jenny Holzer: Signs Selections from the Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions Word & Image 1 Donald Sultan Word & Image 2 David Salle Options 31: Nancy Chunn 1986 Selected Recent Acquisitions Robert Morris: Works of the Eighties Mies van der Rohe Centennial Exhibition The Electronic Language: Squat Theater's "Dreamland Burns" Selections from the Permanent Collection Options 28: Jon Kessler A New Generation from SAIC Jannis Kounellis: A Retrospective 1985 Leon Golub Options 22: Paul Rosin Options 23: Ken Warneke Options 24: Jin Soo Kim Options 25: Jo Anne Carson The Figure in Chicago Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection Options 26: Robert C. Peters: Man and Trout: The Manners Project The Electronic Language: Ping Chong's "The Angels of Swedenborg" Selections from the William J. Hokin Collection Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective American Painting and Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection Site Cafe Installation Nouveau Realisme and Pop Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection Selections from the Permanent Collection: Sculpture Edward and Nancy Kienholz: Human Scale and The Art Show Artist’s Books and Recordings: Selections from the Permanent Collection The Electronic Language: Robert Ashley's "Atalanta (Acts of God)" Abstract Painting and Sculpture 1950s-1980s: Selections from the Permanent Collection The Chicago Art Show Eric Fischl: Paintings Selections from the Permanent Collection: Portraits 1984 Expressions: New Art from Germany Options 19: Rebecca Horn Options 20: Dieter Roth The MCA Selects: Paintings and Sculpture from Chicago’s Best Ten Years of Collecting at the MCA Options 21: Guiseppe Penone Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago Artists’ Books/Book Art Hockney Paints the Stage Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections Selections from the Permanent Collection: American Painting and Sculpture from 1968 to the Present 1983 The Mary and Earle Ludgin Collections Options 15: Alice Aycock Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia: Selections from the George Costakis Collection Permanent Collection Exhibition: Artists’ Books Kenneth Josephson Retrospective Naive and Outsider Painting from Germany Permanent Collection Exhibition Paintings by Gabriele Münter Permanent Collection Exhibition: Artists’ Books The Frozen Image: Scandinavian Photography Awards in the Visual Arts 2 Options 16: Dogs! Louise Bourgeois Options 17: Peter Joseph Earth Art and Related Works from the Permanent Collection Options 18: Whitney Biennial Film Exhibition and Selections from the Video Data Bank Malcolm Morley 1982 Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection Sophie Taeuber-Arp Selected Works from MOMA MCA Permanent Collection Exhibtion Contemporary Art from the Netherlands Options 11: Chicago: Although Marco Polo Never Heard of Chicago, Its Story Really Begins with Him Options 12: Melvin Charney: Chicago Construction Options 13: Laurie Anderson Yves Klein Options 14: Selected Works by John Cage and Other Composers Nam June Paik Magdalena Abakanowicz 1981 Selections from the Permanent Collection and the Robert B. Mayer Memorial Loan Collection California Performance Now and Then Options 7: Jane Wenger Chuck Close Portraits Roger Brown Skip Blumberg: Video Artists’ Books from the Permanent Collection Options 8: Ritzi and Peter Jacobi Robert Smithson: Sculpture MCA’s 5th Benefit Art Auction Artists’ Gardens and Parks Joan Miro Permanent Collection Exhibition Kick Out the Jams: Detroit’s Cass Corridor Options 9: Shigeko Kubota 7 Artists A Program in Tribute to Seymour Rosofsky Margaret Wharton Permanent Collection (Mayer Gallery) Charles Simonds: Circles and Towers Growing Options 10: Disband at the Dustbowl 1980 Material Pleasures: The Fabric Workshop at Institute of Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA Ma: The Japanese Concept of Time/Space Options II: Martin Puryear New Dimensions: Time Options III: Lawrence Weiner Vito Acconci: A Retrospective 1969–1980 Decorative Impulse Selections from the Permanent Collection - A Major Show Options IV: Helen and Newton Harrison/Talking Water The Permanent Collection Late Entries to the Tribune Competition Options V: Steve Keister Three-Dimensional Painting Balthus in Chicago Selections from the Permanent Collection Video Art: The Electronic Man The Portrait Extended Philip Guston Options VI: Hyong Nam Ahn German Realism of the Twenties: The Artist as Social Critic Hare Toddy Kong Tamari: Karl Wirsum