'SEEING THE WORLD' ART EXHIBITION FROM THE BILL AND CHRISTY GAUTREAUX COLLECTION AT THE PENINSULA CHICAGO
SEEING THE WORLD
The Peninsula Chicago
April 24, 2025
Chicago, USA
The Peninsula Chicago is proud to present "Seeing the World," a compelling contemporary art exhibition featuring a curated selection of 46 works of art by 36 artists from the Bill and Christy Gautreaux Collection. This exhibition showcases a diverse range of works by artists from around the globe, offering an inspiring exploration of contemporary perspectives. The Gautreaux art collection is especially attuned to works by artists of color and other underrepresented categories of artists, at a time when museums are diversifying their collections to better reflect their communities.
Zohra Opoku’s work titled, ‘I pass by the house of the king. It is the cicada who brings me. O (you) who fly to heaven, who illuminates the son of the White Crown and who guards the White Crown. [I] shall be with you, joining the Great God. Make a path for me (so that) I may pass on it’, [Extract from Chapter ?: An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose], 241.3 x 168.9 cm, Indigo dyed linen & screenprint, screenprint applications, embroidery, hand stitched, 2021, is included in the exhibition.
Curated by Erin Dziedzic