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Chicago Magazine reviewed the Art Institute's Hairy Who: 1966–1969, a group show of the Chicago Imagist group the Hairy Who, featuring work by members Suellen Rocca (BFA 1964, HON 2016), Gladys Nilsson (BFA 1962, HON 2016), Art Green (BFA 1965, HON 2016), Karl Wirsum (BFA 1962, HON 2016), Jim Nutt (BFA 1967, HON 2016), James Falconer (BFA 1965, HON 2016).

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Our goal is not to merely amass results, but rather, with the aid of results to demonstrate how design research can adapt itself to new procedures. 

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The Critical Artifacts seminar-studio allows for serious play, experimentation and for the deliberate entanglement of theory and practice. We are not looking for solutions, but rather for sophisticated tools in the translation and communication of concerns. We encourage a pluralistic research method where empirical knowledge, deep research, biopic investigations and speculative explorations are all equally valued.