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Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris

A young woman sits at a long table facing the camera. She wears a button down striped shirt and glasses.
Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Untitled and yet to be determined, 48.9109°N, 2.5461°E -Sira, Ateliers Médicis, Clichy sous-bois, 2023.
  • Exhibition
April 29, 2024 - May 10, 2024
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris – Build Chicago
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BUILD Chicago

A man photographed from behind dances with open arms facing a canal in a Paris district.
On est là. Wanderson, Aubervilliers, 2021 © Marion Poussier.
  • Exhibition
May 4, 2024 - August 25, 2024
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris – Chicago Cultural Center
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Chicago Cultural Center

The interior of a shop features a headless mannequin wearing a red dress with beaded neckline and tape measures drapped around the neck. The the left and right are shelves containing glassware, a cash register, and many white wedding accessories.
Jonathan Michael Castillo, My Quince World (Little Village). Photograph courtesy of the artist.
  • Exhibition
May 4, 2024 - June 9, 2024
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris – 6018North
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6018North

Two rectangular landscape photos, one centered on top of the other. The larger is a shot of water with a colorful horizon and large rocks in the foreground. The smaller shot shows a barren landscape and empty sky with a low horizon.
zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal, entry #7. 35mm film scans on Canson.
  • Exhibition
May 4, 2024 - July 27, 2024
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris – Experimental Station
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Experimental Station

View of a large body of water with the horizon at mid-image.
zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o'neal, my reverie, series in the open, you are here, 2024, ©zakkiyyah najeebah dumas-o’neal
  • Opening
  • Talk
May 4, 2024 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Talk and Reception for Opening Passages at Experimental Station
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Experimental Station

A crowded floral shop with many colorful cut flowers in white vases.
Marzena Abrahamik, Maria Jan Paweł II, series Return, 2020, ©Marzena Abrahamik.
  • Opening
  • Talk
May 4, 2024 @ 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Reception for Opening Passages at 6018North
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6018North

View looking up into a tree of branches and leaves. A bird flies against a dark background.
Rebecca Topakian, mais qu’est ce qu’invasif veut dire? series (n=6-9) [but what does “invasive” mean? series (n=6-9)], 2021. ©Rebecca Topakian
  • Talk
May 7, 2024 @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Opening Passages – Photographers in Conversation at the Alliance Française
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Alliance Francaise

A figure stands on a step with back to the camera and arms raised and holding a lamp, scaffolding in the background. The image is superimposed over another showing a park with concrete structures and graffiti.
Gilberto Güiza-Rojas, Territoire-travail - Afpa, électricien, 2018. ©Gilberto Güiza-Rojas
  • Talk
May 8, 2024 @ 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Opening Passages: Gallery Talk at the Chicago Cultural Center
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Chicago Cultural Center

A black and white streetscape with an empty lot covered in plastic and traffic barriers in the foreground. In the background is a tall sign for JJ's Fish & Chicken.
Sasha Phyars-Burgess, JJ’S Fish + Chicken, series Untitled and Yet to be Determined, 41.8949°, 87.7654° W, Austin, Chicago, 2019. ©Sasha Phyars-Burgess
  • Opening
  • Talk
May 8, 2024 @ 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Talk and Reception for Opening Passages at BUILD Chicago
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BUILD Chicago

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