{"id":13822,"date":"2022-01-03T12:23:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/sitegalleries\/?p=13822"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:30:12","slug":"sunset-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/sitegalleries\/2022\/01\/03\/sunset-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunset Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”News” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ width=”43.5%” module_alignment=”center” min_height=”333.5px” custom_margin=”|||686px||” custom_padding=”18px||1px||false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset7″ box_shadow_color=”gcid-primary-color” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22box_shadow_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” min_height=”352.5px” custom_margin=”|auto|-27px|auto||” custom_padding=”82px||41px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Amiko||||||||” header_font_size=”60px” header_2_font=”Amiko||||||||” header_2_font_size=”30px” header_3_font=”Amiko||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#6b6b6b” header_3_font_size=”40px” header_4_font=”Amiko||on||||||” header_4_text_color=”#6b6b6b” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_5_font=”Amiko||on||||||” header_5_text_color=”#e09900″ header_5_font_size=”18px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1050ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Sunset Museum<\/h1>\n

Tiago Mena Abrantes<\/h3>\n

April 6 – April 17, 2022<\/h4>\n

SITE 280 Gallery<\/h5>\n

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Contributing Artists<\/h3>\n

Tiago Mena Abrantes<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text quote_border_weight=”10px” quote_border_color=”gcid-primary-color” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” quote_font=”||on||||||” quote_text_align=”left” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”15px||15px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-primary-color%22:%91%22quote_border_color%22%93}”]

Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS\/SITE Archives:<\/h3>\n
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this project came from observing the dozens of oil platforms on the coast of Cabinda, an exclave of Angola that is my mother\u2019s hometown. realizing how long those oil platforms have been there for, and how engraved they already are onto this horizon and in people\u2019s imaginations, including my own, was a shock. it is incredible and tragic to see dozens of oil platforms polluting and burning gas in giant flares in the horizon day and night, creating their own ceaseless sunsets. this moved me to capture the strangeness and absurdity of these destructively imposing \u2018\u2019invasive objects\u2019\u2019 by serializing exaggerated landscapes to harness their mythic potential, suggesting that the oil platforms might be part of a decades-long alien invasion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”72.9%” custom_margin=”-78px|||||” custom_padding=”3px|12px|0px|717px||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”15px||15px||false|false” custom_padding=”9px|||||” animation_style=”fade” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” custom_margin=”33px||15px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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April 6, 4:00-6:00 PM
280 Gallery\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See the gallery documentation on our Youtube channel.<\/p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Performance” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Sunset in Museum Performance<\/span><\/p>\n

April 22, 4:00-5:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact<\/h3>\n

Email SITE Directors: sitegalleries@saic.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Address<\/h3>\n

SITE Sharp Gallery
37 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL, 60603<\/p>\n

SITE 280 Gallery
280 S. Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL, 60603<\/p>\n

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Hours<\/h3>\n

Gallery Hours (during exhibitions)
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