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Exhibition Detail John Cage MCA: Curator Tour: John Cage: Oct 9 Curated by: Lynne Warren Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) 220 East Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611 October 9th, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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> QUICK FACTS

EVENT TYPE:

Tour

WEBSITE:

http://www.mcachicago.org/

NEIGHBORHOOD:

Michigan Ave/Downtown

EMAIL:

EBird@mcachicago.org

PHONE:

312.280.2660

OPEN HOURS:

Tuesday 10am-8pm; Wed.-Sun. 10am-5pm; Monday closed

TAGS:

post-war, avant-garde, Fluxus

COST:

Free for Illinois residents, or with suggested museum admission

> DESCRIPTION

Visitors are invited to walk through the MCA DNA: John Cage exhibition with Lynne Warren, MCA curator, and learn about the criteria and ideas that guided her selection of Cage’s compositions and artworks.

Over the years Cage returned numerous times to Chicago, where he had lived in the early 1940s, often stopping at the MCA to execute various projects or see friends. On view are scores and books drawn from the over 80 items that represent Cage in the MCA Artists' Books Collection, and ephemeral materials such as letters written to MCA staff and other historical documents that trace Cage's legacy at the MCA.