Chicago Manual Style: 1927 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60622
Four Flags Chicago
2020
Curated by Stephanie Cristello and Ruslana Lichtzier
CHICAGO, IL— Chicago Manual Style is pleased to present the Chicago Edition of the international project Four Flags. The project is designed to support and promote local artists in public and online space during this period of isolation and unrest. In a moment when physical encounters are limited and viewing art is primarily restricted to the virtual experience, the Chicago edition of Four Flags instills a sense of collectivity while providing a platform for creative local voices. The exhibition will be installed on the façade of the Chicago Manual Style building in the West Town gallery district, and viewable to all pedestrians and vehicles from the street.
Flags by more than 35 artists from across Chicago will be shown simultaneously; new flags are presented on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Flags will be produced as an edition of 4 (+1 AP) and sold at $200 USD (plus additional shipping costs) to a domestic and international roster of collectors and institutions. The project will feature both established and emerging artists to create an iconic exhibition for our times.
Initiated in The Netherlands, sister projects under the same title of Four Flags have been installed in São Paulo, Belgium, Bogotá, and Düsseldorf. Chicago will be the only site in the United States, visible on the façade of Chicago Manual Style.
Four Flags Chicago features: Dabin Ahn, Candida Alvarez, Iris Bernblum, Robert Burnier, Zachary Cahill, Alex Chitty, Dan Devening, Assaf Evron, Brendan Fernandes, Dianna Frid, Matthew Girson, Dan Gunn, Max Guy, Kendall Hill, Mika Horibuchi, Barbara Kasten, KG, Sophia Lee, Ivan LOZANO, Devin Mays, Matt Morris, Eliza Myrie, B. Ingrid Olson, Geof Oppenheimer, Dan Rizzo-Orr, Kay Rosen, David Salkin, Soo Shin, Edra Soto, Alice Tippit, Marcela Torres, Allison Wade, and Michael x. Ryan.
For inquiries: info@chicagomanual.style
Four Flags 2020 Catalogue, designed by Haller Brun, The Netherlands.
Catalogue
A catalogue showing documentation from all Four Flags 2020 cities: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Aalst, Brussels, Bogotá, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Genk, Ghent, São Paulo, Lisbon, and New Delhi was designed by The Netherlands-based studio Haller Brun.
$10 USD
To purchase, please email info@chicagomanual.style
Limited-availability
About
Four Flags was founded by Julia Mullié and Nick Terra in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and was launched on April 15, 2020. Exhibited artists to date include Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Das Institut (Kerstin Brätsch & Adele Röder), Kasper Bosmans, Jennifer Tee, Willem de Rooij, Rodrigo Hernández, Maria Roosen, Anna-Sophie Berger, Dora Budor, and Lena Henke, among others.
Bloemstraat 140B, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Chicago Manual Style and P.S. (Publishing Services) is a project space sited in a garage in Chicago, IL. Directed by Stephanie Cristello, the program is dedicated to exhibitions featuring established and emerging artists, and the production of critical writing. Positioned at the convergence of exhibitions and publications, each show results in the production and commission of essays and texts on contemporary art. Ruslana Lichtzier collaborated on curating this specific project.
Ongoing exhibition documentation is accessible via Instagram: @fourflags2020 @chicago_manual_style
The entirety of the proceeds from sales go directly to the artist, excluding production costs.