It is hard to believe this is the first solo Germane Barnes exhibition in a museum. The architect, designer and educator, who has widely exhibited and discussed his work to date – including temporary urban installations and a prominent presence at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 – has been a strong voice in the American architecture and design world – and beyond – in particular through his research on identity and archaeology (his thesis on the ‘non-white contribution to Roman and Italian architecture' won him the Wheelwright Prize 2021).
It is this thread that the architect is also pulling with this newly launched solo show at the Art Institute of Chicago – titled 'Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder'.
