Gage Gallery's "Working Class Eye" named an extraordinary museum show of 2011 by Time Out Chicago

Gagey Gallery's exhibit of Milton Rogovin's photographs was named to a list of the top five extraordinary museum shows of 2011 by Time Out Chicago. The exhibition was curated by Gage Gallery Director, Professor Michael Ensdorf.

From the Gage Gallery exhibit notes:

What defines a working-class eye? For Milton Rogovin, an optometrist by profession and an artist of political necessity, this eye sought to view the working class as resilient, dignified, and worthy of admiration. Church parishioners, bar customers, factory workers, porch and stoop sitters—these are the “forgotten ones,” according to Rogovin. By focusing his lens on these diverse people and their environments of work and leisure, Rogovin strives to artistically represent, and thereby help us to more fully understand, the people who labor in neglected yet vibrant communities.

• More information about The Working-Class Eye of Milton Rogovin: http://www.roosevelt.edu/GageGallery/PreviousExhibitions/Working-Class_Eye.aspx
• Watch the opening night talk by Milton's son, Mark Rogovin.
• Gage Gallery information: http://www.roosevelt.edu/gagegallery

Press about the exhibition and the celebration of Milton Rogovin's life and work: