PHOTOS: Neon and Light Museum immersive pop-up exhibition
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The new Neon and Light Museum pop-up invites guests to stand in, under, and around some 70 professional neon and light-based sculptures in a dazzling and dramatic immersive exhibition open in River North, at 325 West Huron Street, for a limited eight-week run now through Oct. 31.
The Neon and Light Museum is an expansion of the successful On Neon show presented in 2020 by the Ken Saunders Gallery, which, since 1995, has exhibited the most important and innovative artists working with glass in the world.
“Neon defined a retro era when the automobile was broadening Americans’ horizons and the highways and boulevards of America’s cities were filled with bright and often flashing illuminated messages: snappy, happy, hopeful, warm and fuzzy come-ons to a better future,” explained Neon and Light Museum Director & Curator Ken Saunders, in a statement. “Today, artists are bending glass into weird and wild shapes. This immersive exhibition features breathtaking sculptures and interactive light shows both kitschy and nostalgic, ironic and literal. Quite simply: It’s lit!”
The Neon and Light Museum, located at 325 West Huron, is open Thursdays and Fridays from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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