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If the title of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s exhibition “Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967” puts a certain song in your head, it’s by design. A 40-year survey of art and rock, “Sympathy” is the drum solo of the MCA’s 40th anniversary. This is more than just a show about album cover art; it documents the intersection of these two forms of creative expression, along with a gallery floor paved with vinyl records by DJ-composer-artist Christian Marclay. Curator Dominic Molon tackles this high-concept exhibition by breaking it down geographically. Warhol’s well-documented New York factory antics includes films of rockers like Lou Reed and John Cale that Warhol titled “Screen Tests”. San Francisco’s psychedelic culture is represented here in work by Frank Zappa, and the Los Angeles punk scene by Raymond Pettibon. Among the artists from the U.K. is Douglas Gordon, whose installation of videos includes manipulated footage from a Smiths concert. But the interactive highlight will be Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s recording studio made of Plexiglas. Chicago musicians will be able to cut a free demo CD while performing in the gallery.—Ruth Lopez
“Sympathy for the Devil” runs September 29–January 6, 2008, at the MCA, 220 E Chicago Ave at Mies van der Rohe Way (312-280-2660, mcachicago.org).
