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Chicago: Universal Experience by Ari Bendersky

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Starting Feb. 12, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art hosts Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye. The four month, building-wide exhibit will showcase large scale installations as well as smaller pieces, like videos and photographs, featuring artists’ experiences while traveling and residing among foreign cultures.

Universal Experience will include pieces by Andy Warhol, Max Becher, Doug Aitken, Ilya and Emilia Kabako and many more.

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This entry posted on 08 February 2005 at 4:06 PM
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