Charles Atlas
Archive
2023
Geometry of Thought
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Archive
2023
About the Work
Reflecting on its five years of empowering artists to create innovative new work, ART on THE MART’s fall 2023 season revisits Charles Atlas’s celebrated projection, The Geometry of Thought, which first debuted in fall 2019.
The site-specific work features a characteristic combination of abstract shapes and numerals unfolding over eight chapters. The chapters will begin with a splash of color starting at the base of THE MART’s façade and rising to the top of the turrets, animating and exploring the iconic structure and architecture.
Atlas has been a pioneering figure in film and video for over four decades. He has extended the limits of his medium, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches and techniques.
In December 2023, The Art Institute of Chicago will also have The Years (2018), a recently acquired work by Atlas, on view in their galleries. Atlas' ART on THE MART projection will return for a 1-3 day pop-up timed to the reveal of the newly acquired work. Please sign-up to our newsletter to stay up-to-date on program announcements.
I am thrilled to return to the beloved city of Chicago with ‘The Geometry of Thought’ animating THE MART’s façade. It is a truly unique platform for an artist to create work for and it’s been exciting to watch the program develop over the last five years.”