From the late 1960s until the very end of the ’80s, the artist Lee Godie staked her claim on the Art Institute’s steps. She hawked her paintings, drawings, and photographs to museum patrons, students, and passersby on Michigan Avenue. Living on the street by choice, Godie, who passed away in 1994, kept her wardrobe and art supplies in department-store lockers and frequented bus-station photo booths to take self-portraits—an idiosyncratic aspect of her diverse and public practice. “Lee Godie: Self-Portraits,” at at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art , is an exhibition exclusively focused on more than 50 of these automated self-portraits.
“Lee Godie: Portraits” reinforces Godie’s significant role in the Chicago art world. But it also highlights the intimate moments she experienced when she was face to face with herself, momentarily secluded from her public life on the city’s streets. v
Through 7/5, opening reception Fri 4/8, 5:30-8:30 PM Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art 756 N. Milwaukee 312-243-9088art.org $5 suggested donation, free for members
