Chain Reaction Exhibit

Quirky cartoons of Rube Goldberg, drawn in the first half of the twentieth century, set the stage for the work of thirteen contemporary artists engaged with explorations of mechanical devices, engineering structures and rudimentary processes. Artists include Diana Cooper, Tim Hawkinson, Alan Rath, and Jeanne... See more 

Chain Reaction looked to the influential early twentieth-century cartoonist Rube Goldberg to set the stage for contemporary artists engaged with humorous explorations of mechanical devices and functions. Goldberg's critique of the industrial era at the turn of the century includes a cache of drawings describing... See more