Charles Sheeler: Across Media (review)

The exhibit Charles Sheeler: Across Media, held at the Art Institute of Chicago between October and January, 2007, demonstrates how this important American modernist (1883–1965) rendered urban and industrial subjects in drawing, painting, photography and film. Originally mounted at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, it is the first show devoted equally to Sheeler's paintings and photography and to their interaction in his art making. Like the accompanying catalogue of the same name by Charles Brock (University of California Press), the exhibit is organized around the themes of cross-media dialogue, industry, and later works.