Current Exhibition
What Does It Say to You?
Through June 27
What Does It Say to You? borrows its title from a classic museum
scene in Woody Allen’s Play It Again, Sam. This exhibition
was conceived to deepen the conversation between Spertus
and its audiences by soliciting responses to its content.
What Does It Say to You? presents more than 60 objects from Spertus Museum’s collection along with videos of reactions by various members of our audience. Premised on the assumption that the meaning of an object is enhanced by both curatorial interpretation and the associations and knowledge viewers bring to it, the exhibition encourages visitors to share their impressions of the works on view.
Yaacov Agam, Untitled, 1974, silkscreen print, Gift of Eva H. Cohon.
Football, 1993, white leather, thread, Gift of Sid Luckman.
Mauser Espana Rifle, Loewe Berlin, 1893, wood, steel, Gift of the estate of Herbert Birman
Allen Sherman’s Camp Granada Game, Milton Bradley Company, 1965, cardboard, molded plastic, ink, Museum Purchase
Sabbath Oil Lamp, 20th century, silver, Gift of Georgette Grosz Spertus from the Maurice Spertus Collection
Jin Meyerson, Prometheus vs. The Prime Directive, 2003, oil on board, Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson
Please Note
The Joyce and Avrum Gray Family Children's Center is currently open to the public only for private parties. Contact events@spertus.edu for more information.
Spertus exhibitions are supported, in part, by a CityArts Program 4 Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, The Orbit Fund, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.