Two Histories of the World is an experimental exhibition in West Humboldt Park at a former factory — an immense structure in partial disrepair that is now home to a large resale business.
Over the summer, four artists conceived and produced new works for this site, using objects and materials culled from a vast stockpile inside the building itself.

With artworks installed throughout the space, this exhibition embodies four distinct responses to the context and the materials on hand. And yet it also marks out the beginning of a larger scenario that remains unresolved. After this show closes at the end of October, the works will be disbanded or left to their fate. A full year later, the artists will produce the exhibition all over again at the Hyde Park Art Center, in the fall of 2012, with revisions or evolutions we can hardly anticipate.

The images show only details of the work at William H. Cooper as the project is still in process. These details give a glimpse of the work as it was realized in the William H. Cooper warehouse. More information about the project can be found at http://twohistoriesoftheworld.