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Sandra Binion: the beauty of something ripped
at the Alliance Française de Chicago
May 11–June 18, 2022
Opening Reception: May 11 at 6:30pm
with special musical guest composer/pianist Shi‐An Costello playing a 25‐minute program; Chopin, Cowell, Cuong, Debussy, and Costello (premiere).
Panel discussion: Friday, May 20, 2022 at 3:00 pm
with Scarlett Reliquet (art historian, Director of Cultural Programs at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris) Nick Lowe (Professor of Historic Preservation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago), and Gillion Carrara (Professor Adjunct, fashion, dress + art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
the beauty of something ripped is a photographic series that celebrates the unintentional beauty arising from the scars of time-worn fabrics found in museums, churches, palazzos and châteaux. Bearing the traces of those who've touched, sat on, or kneeled on them—perhaps without a second thought or perhaps with profound fervor—they map lifetimes and mysteries.
Sandra Binion is Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist who makes visual art works, video installations, and live performances. During a forty‐year career of uninterrupted artistic activity, she has presented performances, exhibitions and screenings in numerous venues in the US and Europe.
The exhibition is complemented by an opening reception event; a panel discussion; and the Chicago release of a 32‐page bilingual French‐English book that includes the fourteen photographs to be shown at the Alliance Française de Chicago, the artist’s meditations on the subject, and an incisive essay by art historian Scarlett Reliquet.