Impressions of a City Drawings by Marvin Young

Name: Impressions of a City Drawings by Marvin Young
Start: 2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-24T04:59:00+00:00
Location: Intuit

April 9, 2026 – August 23, 2026

Intuit, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

Impressions of a City explores the complexities of daily life as experienced and remembered by artist Marvin Young (b. 1961), a lifelong Chicago South Side resident. He honors the memories of his childhood by portraying vibrant cityscapes filled with people and vehicles in motion using graphite, colored pencils, crayons, pens and markers. Subjects include vintage Chicago walk-ups, high-rises, city streets, taxis, classic cars, school buses and the city’s people. Many of the buildings in his childhood neighborhood were torn down as part of the Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation (c. 2000). This was a city-wide initiative that aimed to replace and revitalize public housing to include more mixed income housing yet remains ongoing and ultimately left the city with significantly fewer public housing units.

Intuit