NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST, GALERIE MARTIN JANDA, AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby” is on view at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago through Sunday, August 20. The solo exhibition is the Mexico City–based artist’s first in the United States.
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Tania Pérez Córdova, Portrait of a Woman Unknown, 2013/2017, oil on wood, metal sliders, and occasionally a woman wearing a dress, installation view.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST, GALERIE MARTIN JANDA, AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, Portrait of a woman unknown (detail), 2014.
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Tania Pérez Córdova, Metronome, 2013/2017, slowed-down ceiling fan, disco ball motor, and gilded necklaces, installation view.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST, GALERIE MARTIN JANDA, AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, We Belong / We Dissent, from the series "Things in Pause," 2013/2017, marble and a borrowed guitar string, installation view.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST, GALERIE MARTIN JANDA, AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, They say a lot, 2015, glass from a window facing north and plywood, installation view.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, From “About Us” to “About Us”, 2017, glass from a disappeared MCA window, installation view.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST, GALERIE MARTIN JANDA, AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, Human, Nonhuman, Human, 2017, marble with makeup of various colors, installation view.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST, GALERIE MARTIN JANDA, AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, We Focus on a Woman Facing Sideways (detail), 2014.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Tania Pérez Córdova, Person A / Person B, 2014.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX
Installation view of "Tania Pérez Córdova: Smoke, nearby," 2017, at MCA Chicago.
NATHAN KEAY, ©MCA CHICAGO/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND JOSÉGARCÍA, MX