Life Death Love Hate Pleasure Pain Author:Staci Boris, Sylvia Chivaratanond, Monika Gehlawat, Lela Hersh, Dominic Molon, Alison Pearlman, Heather Ring, Julie Rodrigues, Michael Rooks, Jenni Sorkin, Tricia Van Eck, Lynne Warren, Christo, Franz Kline, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Ed Paschke, Martin Puryear, H.C. Westermann, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Vito Acconci, Staci Boris With its title taken from a signature work by Bruce Nauman, Life, Death, Love, Hate ,Pleasure, Pain presents a selection of approximately 190 works from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. A wide-ranging, insightful survey, arranged in roughly chronological order, it features work by such artists as Vito Acconci, Magdalena... more » Abakanowicz, Francis Bacon, Matthew Barney, Joseph, Beuys, Christo, Iiigo Manglano-Ovalle, KerryJames Marshall, Mariko Mori, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, Yinka Shonibare, and H. C. Westermann. In an introductory essay, chief curator Elizabeth Smith discusses key trends in art from World War II to the present and provides a brief history of the MCA and its collection. Additional, accessible short texts by the curatorial staff of the MCA focus on individiual works.« less