Each year, members of the SCA’s acquisition committee carefully select a group of contemporary works to consider purchasing and giving to the Art Institute for its permanent collection.
This year’s selection focuses on five artists who are based in Chicago or have strong ties to the city: Candida Alvarez, Torkwase Dyson, Tony Lewis, Julia Phillips, and Catherine Sullivan. The works under consideration are installed in various locations in the museum’s galleries of contemporary art and are identified with a special label, extending the SCA’s long and distinguished history of advocacy for the art and artists of our time.
Mary in the sky with diamonds, 2005
Candida Alvarez. Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche
On view in Gallery 294
Presence, Takes Courage for a Body to Get Down There, 2020
Torkwase Dyson. Courtesy of the artist and Rhona Hoffman Gallery
On view in Gallery 294
Equal, 2021
Tony Lewis. Courtesy of the artist and Ackerman Clarke Gallery; Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo
On view in Gallery 294
Mediator, 2020
Julia Phillips. Courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery
On view in Gallery 289
Still from Afterword Via Fantasia (in collaboration with George Lewis and Sean Griffin), 2015
Catherine Sullivan. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures
On view in Gallery 295A
Installation Photos
Sponsors
The Society for Contemporary Art Annual Exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.
