It initially inspired controversy, but soon started a cultural resurgence fueled by public and private investment in the arts. It was Chicago’s first major installation of the new styles of 20 th century modern art (see my post on this here ).
The roots of this can be traced to 1967, the year Pablo Picasso’s monumental sculpture was unveiled. It’s interesting that the history of America Windows is interwoven with the history of Chicago and its rich tradition of public art, which continues strongly today. Here we can see models and maquettes of some of the important large pieces in the story of Chicago’s modern public art. But, they returned in 2010 to a new location as the stunning centerpiece of a new presentation on Chicago’s other modern public art at the east end of the museum’s Arthur Rubloff building (as you go down to the café).
Conservation treatment and archival research.
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