Override 2017

OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project is a cutting edge citywide public art initiative, presented by EXPO CHICAGO and the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). Displayed throughout Chicago’s City Digital Network (CDN), the citywide exhibition ran from August 28–September 17, 2017 to align with the sixth annual exposition. Selected from EXPO CHICAGO 2017 Exhibitors, the artists included in the program each engage with the medium in a dynamic way, from existing projects that seamlessly extend toward a conceptual continuation of their current practice, to new commissions created specifically for this expansive context.

Spanning works from 1966 to the present, the program launched on August 28 and run through September 17, 2017, providing leading international artists represented by EXPO CHICAGO 2017 Exhibitors an innovative opportunity to push the boundaries of how visual culture is disseminated in our increasingly image-based environment. Each of the selected artists engage with the digital network in a dynamic way—from existing projects that seamlessly extend toward a conceptual continuation of their current practice, to new works created specifically for this expansive context. OVERRIDE features national and international galleries from Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, Seoul and Tokyo. 

As part of a newly commissioned site-specific series, Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley’s (Anton Kern Gallery) NEWS bulletins will be displayed exclusively on the billboard located at 515 W. Congress Pkwy. Running continuously on this single screen, the piece boldly declares headlines of either absurd fake news or mundane everyday occurrences. 

2017 Participating Artists

Barbara Bloom | David Lewis, New York
Matthew Brandt | Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Los Angeles
Luis Camnitzer | Alexander Gray Associates, New York
Genevieve Gaignard | Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles
Jim Hodges | Chicago Park District
Ragnar Kjartansson | Luhring Augustine, New York
Deana Lawson | Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Paola Pivi | Perrotin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo
David Shrigley | Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Cauleen Smith | Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
Claire Tabouret | Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Mungo Thomson | galerie frank elbaz, Paris, Dallas

Barbara Bloom

Songs of the Waves, 2008
Courtesy of David Lewis, New York

Matthew Brandt

LCD 31.6 (2015)
Courtesy of Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Los Angeles

Luis Camnitzer 

This is a Mirror, You Are a Written Sentence (1966–1968)
Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates, New York

Genevieve Gaignard

Selfie (2016)
Courtesy of Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles

Jim Hodges 

With Liberty And Justice For All (A Work in Progress) (2014-2017)
Courtesy of Chicago Park District

Ragnar Kjartansson

Scenes from Western Culture, Burning House (2015)
Courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York

Deana Lawson

Oath (2013)
Courtesy of Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

Paola Pivi

Yee-haw (Paris) (2015) 
Courtesy of Perrotin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo

Cauleen Smith

The Way Out is the Way Two: Fourteen Short Films About Chicago and Sun Ra (video still) (2010-12)
Courtesy of Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago

Claire Tabouret

Sitting (2016)
Courtesy of Night Gallery, Los Angeles

515 W. Congress Pkwy | David Shrigley

David Shrigley
NEWS Series (2017)
Courtesy of Anton Kern Gallery, New York