To close out 2013, we asked library staff members to write lists–of anything they want. Today we feature Svetlana Surkevicius’s Favorite Art-Related Things and Places in Chicago.
Svet is the Administrative Assistant at Cudahy Library.
I majored in Art History in college and art is one of my passions, so I made a list of some of my favorite art-related things/places in Chicago.
1.) I think medieval armor is stunning and the Art Institute of Chicago has a great collection. It was not on display for a while but I think most of it is back in the galleries again.
2.) My favorite bronze sculptor is Henry Moore. I really want to see the Henry Moore outdoor sculpture park on my next trip to the England. I used to play and climb on the “Nuclear Energy” sculpture at U of C when I was a child. The other Moore that I like is the sundial sculpture outside of the Planetarium.
3.) I love the WPA era murals and Illinois has a lot of them. The Chicago Conservation Center, where I completed my internship has undertaken the huge task of restoring many of these incredible examples of government-sponsored works. More info can be found here.
4.) My favorite painter is Mark Rothko but I’m also a big fan of Latin American art.
5.) Lastly, Loyola’s Pegasus Catalog has a great selection of e-books available in their entirety online on the topic of Art History, a broad area that covers costume, painting, architecture, design, psychology, archaeology, photography, medicine, etc.
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The Skokie North Shore Sculpture Park is great place for a combo art tour/exercise event!