The thirty-one winners of the inaugural Chicago International Poster Biennial are currently on display until October 29th in Chicago’s lovely Daley Bicentennial Park, just off to the side of Frank Gehry’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion and across the bridge designed by Gehry as well. Below are images of the exhibition, and if you haven’t had a chance do check the winners over at Design Observer. Congratulations to the organizers for what is hopefully a long-standing competition.
Beautiful work, but the convex cylinders make the viewing experience less than optimal. Kind of like a reverse to the argument artists like de Kooning made against hanging work in FL Wright's Guggenheim in NYC when they realized their flat canvases would be hung on slightly concave walls up the spiral...
On Oct.09.2008 at 09:29 AMDoug, seems to me that concave or convex these still have a great emotional power. I like posters outside, Flat may be best, but the opportunity to view is them most important...
On Oct.10.2008 at 02:14 PMJust so you know, I went down there last night and the posters have been taken down. Was super bummed, as the night I was leaving for Tokyo for 3 months was the opening, so I've completely missed it! The Biennale site says they were taken down October 9th, not 29th.
On Oct.11.2008 at 10:28 AMI teach Graphic Design at Illinois State University, and I took a class to Chicago on Thursday to see the Posters. We were a bit disappointed because some of the posters had been stolen or damaged, plus all the labels for the posters had been washed out, so I couldn't read any info on the designers. The presentation on the columns wasn't an issue except for the few exceptionally large, landscape posters. That being said, the work was phenominal - a great showcase of contemporary international poster design. We went Oct. 9 and the posters were up, so I'm not sure if you were in the right place, rr.
On Oct.12.2008 at 09:51 PMThe staff at Daley Park said that the posters came down on Friday the 10th - the lamination wasn't working well, and the big cardboard tubes were falling apart in the rain.
On Oct.17.2008 at 12:32 PMI worked on the crew that assembled the display. I think the two coats of weatherproofing we added could have held out a couple more weeks for a great majority of the posters but some were much more sensitive than others and leaving anything outside always risks vandalism (which played a major role) but that's to be expected. The most important thing is that the mission to get these out for the public to see was accomplished even if it only survived a couple of weeks. Rest assured that this is only the beginning of what will become a great Chicago tradition and the things the organization learned this first time around will make the next event exhibition several times more robust.
On Oct.17.2008 at 02:42 PM
Fantastic posters. Makes my brain cells jump up and down in glee....
On Oct.08.2008 at 07:31 PM