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CURIOSITIES: Rick Valicenti & 21st Century Thirst

Schmidt Center Gallery
February 13 - April 3, 2010

Rick Valicenti is an art director, graphic designer, artist based in Chicago. His design firm, Thirst Design was established in 1989 and continues today with a philosophy that embraces art, function, contemporary technology, and young design collaborators. Thirst has accomplished a wide range of design in print, film, digital media and spacemaking. Thirst's client list includes among many others: Art Chicago; Fox / Gilbert Paper; Herman Miller, Inc.; ITT College of Architecture; Lyric Opera of Chicago; and Motorola. Commenting on Valicenti for his 2006 American Institute of Graphic Arts medal, the highest honor this association bestows, Marian Bantjes writes "I can think of no other body of work by any designer that has the amount of strength that Rick's does, while simultaneously plundering the depths of style and defying uniformity. "The exhibition will present highlights from Thirst as well as Valicenti's art.

For information about Thirst Design please refer to the following link:
http://www.3st.com/

For field trip guides, please refer to the following pages: 
Markmaking,  Logo, Political

Images (clockwise from top left): Installation view of the Schmidt Center Gallery; Valicenti talks to Museum Studies students in the exibition; installation details.

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