Art in Pursuit of Common Cause

The book examines the development and reception of Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40, a citywide project in Chicago that included the work of 29 artists installed at 19 venues. It commemorates the exhibition's goal of using art to catalyze change and unleash the imagination on pressing social challenges. The book includes content rarely seen in traditional exhibition catalogs, analyzes and amplifies the voices of visitors, and places the projects' learnings in the context of shifting museum practice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2024
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

MacArthur Fellows, including Jeffrey Gibson and Kara Walker, have collaborated with and created art in Chicago's urban spaces, as documented in the publication "Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40 (TCC)". This project, which included the work of 29 artists installed at 19 venues across the city, aimed to highlight the power of art to catalyze change and unleash the imagination on pressing social challenges such as environmental justice, public health crises, and economic inequality. The publication commemorates the widely discussed exhibition, which sought to underscore the arts' ability to address these issues. Art in Pursuit of Common Cause seeks to document the ideas, roadblocks, rewards, and questions that were raised during the planning, exhibitions, and aftermath of the citywide exhibition. It attempts to include content rarely seen in traditional exhibition catalogs, analyze and amplify the voices of actual visitors, and place the projects' learnings in the context of the shifting ground of museum practice.

Weight: 686g
Dimension: 192 x 249 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781636811291