[sold out] EXPO AT CAA: Sneak preview of Skin in the Game

April 6, 2022 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 400 N. Peoria

Coinciding with EXPO Chicago, the acclaimed exhibition, Skin in the Game, curated by Zoe Lukov and produced by Abby Pucker hits Chicago from April 7 – 24, 2022. The Chicago Athletic Association hotel and it’s audience have been invited to the opening preview and cocktail reception on April 6th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A performance from Brendan Fernandes will take place at 7:00 PM.

The exhibition presents works by over 40 diverse, local and international artists, including several from Chicago. Skin in the Game and its vibrant public program is a collective offering, exploring touch, transmission, and skin—the potential, vulnerability and risk contained therein—as a boundary to protect from danger or as a porous border to receive. It seeks to establish a dialogue with the erotic and has through lines that touch on game, color, race, the hunt, sport, religious iconography and competition.

OPENING PUBLIC HOURS
April 7: 12-10PM; 8PM Brendan Fernandes performance
April 8: 12-6PM
April 9: 12-10PM
April 15-19: Closed for holidays
April 20-24: 12-8PM

Featured artists: Derrick Adams, Isabelle Albuquerque, Tosh Basco, Carlos Betancourt, Lynda Benglis, Rashayla Marie Brown, Zoë Buckman, Nick Cave, Raúl de Nieves, Jen DeNike, Jane Dickson, Amir H. Fallah, Brendan Fernandes, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Nicholas Galanin X Merritt Johnson, Theaster Gates, Clarity Haynes, Micol Hebron, Camille Henrot, Zhang Huan, Rashid Johnson, Samuel Levi Jones, Jesse Krimes, Kerry James Marshall, Yvette Mayorga, Marilyn Minter, Maynard Monrow, Carlos Motta x Tiamat Legion Medusa, Ebony G Patterson, Paul Pfeiffer, Cheryl Pope, Erin M. Riley, Florencia Rodriguez Giles, Sheena Rose, Gabriela Ruiz, Kathleen Ryan, Moises Salazar, Soo Shin, Hank Willis Thomas, Jake Troyli, Juana Valdes, David Wojnarowicz, Agustina Woodgate, Kennedy Yanko and Jwan Yosef.