Art Shay Exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Hello everyone,

Right now at the MCA you can see dozens of fantastic photos by the renowned Chicago photographer Art Shay. He was good friends with Nelson Algren, and is well known for his depiction of the Chicago underbelly in which Algren lived. The exhibit runs through the end of our production, June 29, 2008. Enter the Museum of Contemporary Art on ground level at Pearson and Mies Van Der Rohe Way to peruse the photos.

Here's a little more information:

Art Shay: Chicago Accent is a collection of photographs by Art Shay of Chicago between 1949 and 1968, hand-picked by the artist and revealing a deep friendship and collaboration with his subject, the author Nelson Algren. Together they captured the culture of the post-war underclass. Also a staff reporter for Life and Time magazines before devoting himself to journalism through the lens of his Leica, Shay never abandoned his proclivity to write, and the captions accompanying the photographs on view are his words alone. Shay still lives in the Chicagoland area and is working on several photographic and literary projects.

This exhibition is presented by the MCA Performance Department in conjunction with Lookingglass Theatre Company's presentation, in association with the MCA, of Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day (June 4-29).