Professor Emeritus Michiko Itatani’s Solo Exhibit on View at Wrightwood 659

A painting of a room filled with planets and musical instruments. Their is a winding staircase with black railing that seems to lead nowhere in particular, and the ceiling of the room is a deep blue galaxy filled with bright, white stars. Two chandeliers of bright, white-yellow lights hang from the ceiling. The room also has a bookcase and a fireplace.

Distant Earth & Moon, Michiko Itatani. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of Wrightwood 659.

Distant Earth & Moon, Michiko Itatani. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of Wrightwood 659.

Professor Emeritus Michiko Itatani’s (SAIC 1983–91) latest solo show, Michiko Itatani: Celestial Stage, is on view at the Wrightwood 659 gallery. The gallery will feature approximately 50 of Itatani’s paintings and drawings, all of which showcase Itatani’s use of “invented devices [that] acknowledge the human desire to reach beyond one’s capacity to know the unknown.” Itatani’s survey draws much of its imagery from space and space-related objects such as stars, quantum computers, molecules, tesseracts, planets, orbital rings, rockets, control panels, and black holes. Common themes throughout Itatani’s work include continuation, identity, and navigating the modern world. Michiko Itatani: Celestial Stage will remain on view at Wrightwood 659 until December 17.

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