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Gallery 210 at UMSL, St. Louis, MO 63121
http://gallery210.umsl.edu/jane-calvin-chicago-cottages/September 14th - December 7th, 2019
On Chicago Cottages is a series of black-and-white photographs taken in the late 1970s through the early 1980s of Chicago Cottages located primarily in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood. The Chicago Cottage is a unique architectural style is a type of folk architecture significant to the urban landscape of Chicago. These homes were built in the late 19th century to accommodate the influx of immigrants coming to work in the cities’ rapidity developing industrial landscape. Most have been lost to gentrification. The video On Chicago Cottages is presented in format using images of these unique homes with, text and sound. It consists of a two-channel video installation that continues Calvin’s ongoing experimentation with the format of presentation is evident in this exhibition.
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