The late Kenzi Shiokava gets his first solo museum exhibition

At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), visitors are obliged to approach the assorted works of the late LA-based artist Kenzi Shiokava at an oblique angle. Low, curved pedestals carve a meandering path through the sculptures. A towering wooden branch stands splayed out on impossibly spindly legs; clusters of totemic pillars in various shapes are adorned with cowrie shells and telephone wire. People passing through the galleries slide in and out of view between the densely installed works, their bodies becoming a part of the exhibition’s pulse. For a show composed of static sculptures, its sense of movement is striking. Across a series of shadow-box assemblages, Shiokava renders his rhythmic sculptures in miniature. In Untitled (Let it Be Series), a reclaimed crate is remade as a scaled-down nightclub, populated by clusters of neon plastic figurines and salvaged scraps.

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