‘Groundwork’ measures the lifeblood of the city

“Groundwork” is a welcome chance to embrace the artists’ understanding of the city, which is just as important in measuring the lifeblood of a community as any data on tax productivity or median household income. The show is the sixth iteration of Æcumen, a site-specific exhibition series curated by Zolt Brown-Dunn. Its location, the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, is well-suited to its purpose of investigating our urban foundation; the church recently partnered with the Chicago Architecture Center for an arts initiative and is a long-standing hub for creatives on the south side. One work by Kareem Davis proves how simple mark-making is an invaluable record. Davis’s Robert Taylor Homes, is a clean pencil elevation drawing of the former Chicago Housing Authority project—at one point the largest public housing development in the U.S.

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