GIO SWABY: FRESH UP
New Growth 2 (triptych), 2021, Gio Swaby, Collection of Rasheed Newson. © Gio Swaby.
On view from today, The Art Institute of Chicago will open Gio Swaby: Fresh Up, an exhibition that explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood from the textile-based, multidisciplinary artist Gio Swaby. On show until 3 July 2023, this is Swaby’s first solo museum show and brings together seven of her series from 2017 through 2021, along with approximately 15 new works...........................
On view from today, The Art Institute of Chicago will open Gio Swaby: Fresh Up, an exhibition that explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood from the textile-based, multidisciplinary artist Gio Swaby. On show until 3 July 2023, this is Swaby’s first solo museum show and brings together seven of her series from 2017 through 2021, along with approximately 15 new works...........................
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