2013: Way of the Shovel @ MCA Chicago

Above: Pamela Bannos, "Shifting Grounds: Block 21 and Chicago's MCA," 2013.

"The Way of the Shovel: On the Archeological Imaginary in Art"
Curator Dieter Roelstraete; curatorial assitant Karsten Lund
November 9, 2013 - March 9, 2014
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave. (MVDR Drive)
Chicago, IL 60611

http://www.mcachicago.org/

A public tour with exhibition curator Dieter Roelstraete, given on November 12, 2013, is documented here.

Read more:

Roelstraete, Dieter, ed. "The Way of the Shovel: On the Archeological Imaginary in Art." Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Print. http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo16956639.html

Roelstraete, Dieter. "The Way of the Shovel: On the Archeological Imaginary in Art." New York: e-flux, 2009. Web. http://www.e-flux.com/journal/the-way-of-the-shovel-on-the-archeological-imaginary-in-art/

Above: Exhibition curator Dieter Roelstraete, right, between Stan Douglas and Mark Dion, November 12, 2013, tour.

Above: Mark Dion, "Concerning the Dig," 2013, with Museum of Contemporary Art visitors at right.

Above: Exhibition curator Dieter Roelstraete leads a public tour on November 12, 2013.

Above: Cyprien Gaillard, "Untitled," 2012.

Above: Cyprien Gaillard, "Untitled," 2012, at right; Scott Hocking, "Rusty Sputnik," 2013, at left.

Above: Scott Hocking, "Rusty Sputnik," 2013, with Museum of Contemporary Art visitor at left.

Above: Exhibition curator Dieter Roelstraete leads a public tour on November 12, 2013.

Above: A reference copy of  "The Way of the Shovel: On the Archeological Imaginary in Art," on view in the exhibition.

Above: Daniel Knorr, "State of Mind," 2007, with Dieter Roelstraete and tour group on November 12, 2013.

Above: Jean-Luc Moulene, "Le Monde, Le Louvre," 2005, with Dieter Roelstraete and tour group on November 12, 2013.

Above: Michael Rakowitz, "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist," 2007-present.

Above: Michael Rakowitz, "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist," 2007-present.

Above: Dieter Roelstraete with artwork by Michael Rakowitz, "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist," 2007-present.

Above: Dieter Roelstraete with artwork by Michael Rakowitz, "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist," 2007-present.

Above: Mariana Castillo Deball, "It rises or falls depending on whether you're coming or going..." 2006.

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Images (1-16) November 12, 2013;
Copyright Paul E. Germanos.