Carole A. Feuerman, Justice

By CGN Staff

Chicago's Magnificent Mile is once again serving as an outdoor gallery, this time with 10 monumental sculptures by artist Carole A. Feuerman installed along Michigan Avenue from the Wrigley Building north toward Oak Street. The exhibition, Monuments of Stillness, opened June 2 and will remain on view through November.

The installation was officially unveiled during a public opening at the Wrigley Building plaza attended by Feuerman and Chicago art dealer Arica Hilton of Hilton Contemporary, which organized the exhibition.

Visitors strolling the avenue this summer will love the accessibility of Feuerman's hyper-realistic works and they should keep an eye out for the sculptures, which appear at several locations between the Chicago River and Oak Street Beach. The works vary in size, material and presentation, from painted figures of swimmers and sunbathers to polished bronze pieces. One of the most eye-catching sculptures features a swimmer perched atop a highly polished sphere, an image that inevitably brings to mind Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, the globally recognized Chicago landmark better known as "the Bean."

Carole A. Feuerman, The Diver

Recognized as one of the pioneers of superrealism, Feuerman has exhibited internationally for more than five decades. Her sculptures have appeared at the Eiffel Tower during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, on Park Avenue and in Central Park in New York, at the Venice Biennale, the Beijing Biennale (where she received First Prize) and in major museums and public spaces throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States.

The display is the latest public art installation to line Michigan Avenue, following a series of outdoor exhibitions that have become familiar attractions for Chicagoans and visitors alike. The free exhibition recalls public exhibitions of Chicago's past just in time for renewed tourism downtown this year, offering a reason for residents and visitors to explore one of Chicago's most travelled corridors through the fall.

Carole A. Feuerman, Brooke with Beach Ball

Details at Hilton Contemporary