Not Normal: Challenging Societal Norms Exhibit Opening Reception
Fri, May 01
|Forum 301 Gallery
Chicago Sculpture International Group Juried Show for CSI Artists Friday, May 1st from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Time & Location
May 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Forum 301 Gallery, 301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA
About the event
Not Normal: Challenging Societal Norms Exhibit
Chicago Sculpture International Group Juried Show for CSI Artists
Friday, May 1, 2026 to Friday, June 5, 2026
About The Exhibition: The theme for this exhibition is open-ended in scope and allows for many possibilities. Many kinds of art may fit into this broad category.
"Not normal" refers to anything that goes against established norms, represents an unexpected change, or deviates from accepted collective reality. For the purposes of the exhibition, depictions of ‘not normal’ are those that depart from standard norms. For example, Dada and Surrealism depict fantastical, odd, or distorted realities that differ from our collective everyday experience. "Not normal" can also refer to atypical or unusual occurrences—a flamboyantly dressed person or someone dressed as a superhero on a commuter train full of people in business attire, or events that interrupt daily life, such as a train derailment or hacked cellphone service. In…