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The Modern Wing | The Art Institute of Chicago | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, the new home for AIC’s collection of 20th art, is the largest expansion in the museum’s history, featuring 264,000-squre-foot exhibition space. The structure, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, was opened in 2009, housing notable works such as Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist...
More →35 East Wacker Drive | Chicago, Illinois | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang 35 East Wacker Drive, a Chicago Landmark designed by Giaver Dinkelberg Thielbar and Fugard in the Art Deco style, is a 40-story high-rise skyscraper completed in 1927. The structure, known as the Jewelers Building, Pure Oil Building, and North American Life Building, is now better known for its appearance as the Gotham City Courthouse in...
More →Chicago Public Library Cultural Center | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, designed by Boston architectural firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Neo-classical style mixed Italian Renaissance elements, was opened as the first permanent building of Chicago’s public library system in 1983. The interior of the building is decorated with mosaics and marbles, featuring two stained-glass Tiffany domes. The building was designated a...
More →First Slice Pie Café | Chicago, Illinois | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang The First Slice Pie Café in the Chicago Visitor Center, located in the Chicago Water Works on Magnificent Mile, is the second location by this self-funding charity organization. Chef Mary Ellen Diaz’s vision transformed into healthy-and-reasonably-priced quiche, sandwiches, and soups in this convenient downtown location. Yum-Yum. Firstslice.org
More →Sphere V | 2009 | Jen-Kuang Chang I was editing one of my old graphics like a seriously-sleepy baby Bottlenose Dolphin while a line from Federico Fellini's 1954 classic film La Strada precipitously overrunning my psyche. Il Matto, played by Richard Basehart, said to Gelsomina, played by Giulietta Masina: I am ignorant, but I read books. I floated in the endless waves of Richard Basehart's line, occasionally respiring for...
More →Michigan Avenue | Chicago, Illinois | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Severe Weather Alert. City streets snow-blanketed around 9-degree Fahrenheit. Christophe Barratier's film Les Choristes. One Espresso Ristretto straight shot. Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks by Mark Buchanan. One more Espresso Ristretto straight shot. Grainy photos of Michigan Avenue in a foggy day with sudden urge to watch A Damsel in Distress again. Two...
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