Matt Siber: Idol Structures

September 10 – December 20, 2015

Matt Siber, Red, 2013. Inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist.

Matt Siber, Lighted Shelter, 2015. Aluminum, plexiglas, and fluorescent lights. Courtesy of the artist.

Matt Siber, Trapezoid, 2015. Wood, plexiglas, and fluorescent lights. Courtesy of the artist.

Matt Siber, Shapes, 2015. Birch, steel, and fluorescent lights. Courtesy of the artist.

Matt Siber, Yellow, 2013. Inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist.

Idol Structures, an exhibition of recent photographs and sculptures by Chicago-based artist Matt Siber, probes the systems of corporate and mass-media communication that permeate the urban landscape. Rather than focusing on the message itself, Siber emphasizes the physical infrastructure that delivers visual messaging, thereby revealing a component meant to stay invisible and subservient to image, text, and graphics. By aestheticizing the conceptually mute elements of this system in meticulous photographs and finely crafted sculptures, Siber interrogates the power of the intended message, undermining its ability to persuade and influence.

Matt Siber: Idol Structures is organized by DePaul Art Museum and curated by Gregory Harris. Support for this exhibition is provided by a generous grant from the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation.

Click here to purchase the catalogue featuring essays by exhibition curator Gregory Harris and David Raskin, Mohn Family Professor of Contemporary Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.