If you happened to follow the trail of well-dressed people out onto Navy Pier last night, they would have led you to Vernissage, the opening event of Expo Chicago, the biggest art fair of the year. Galleries from all over the world send their representatives here with some of their finest, or at least most salable, art, and members of the Chicago art world put on their finest clothes and go out to meet them.
The portrait of Kawthar’s rage is a sharp contrast to a piece by Adrian Piper, an artist and philosopher who was educating her audiences about microagressions back in the 80s. This piece is of a young black girl, and it’s covered by all the words she will grow up hearing over and over again whenever she dares to speak up: “It’s fine. I don’t know what you mean. I don’t understand the problem. Stop getting emotional.” And on and on and on.
