MCA exhibit will examine skyscrapers in contemporary art

25-Jun-12 – (Left) Marina Towers by Enoc Perez, one of about 70 artworks in an exhibit opening on Saturday at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. (Click on image to view larger version.)

Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity will examine how skyscrapers are interpreted in contemporary works of art. Artists throughout the world, says the MCA, “have been enthralled by the human desire to build farther and farther into the sky, testing technological limits while embodying a yearning for spiritual connection to the heavens.”

The exhibit, which will run through September 23, also includes an image by Michael Wolf from around 2007 of a close-up view of balconies at Marina City.

 Website: Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity