A dynamic exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium invites audiences into a layered encounter with form, language, and perception.
27 March 2026
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society presents ‘Story Structure, Pt. 2’, a compelling exhibition that brings together the distinct yet intersecting practices of Mike Cloud and Nyeema Morgan. Framed as a continuation of an ongoing inquiry into narrative and abstraction, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience two influential voices in contemporary art within a single, carefully orchestrated environment.
Cloud’s expansive paintings and Morgan’s conceptually driven installations unfold in a charged spatial dialogue that challenges conventional expectations of medium and meaning. While Cloud’s works are visually dense and materially layered, drawing on a wide range of cultural and symbolic references, Morgan’s approach is marked by precision and restraint. Her installations foreground absence, framing, and the subtle architectures through which meaning is produced.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete, ‘Story Structure, Pt. 2’ transforms the gallery into an immersive site of encounter. Visitors are invited to move through and around the works, engaging with painting as object and installation as a narrative device. Morgan’s Studies for Traps continue her exploration of how perception is guided and disrupted, while Cloud’s multi-panel compositions assert a physical presence that reconfigures the viewing experience.
A collaborative sound component further enriches the exhibition, extending its investigation into the relationship between image, text, and memory. This sonic layer underscores the exhibition’s central proposition that meaning is never fixed, but instead emerges through interaction, overlap, and interpretation.
Rather than presenting a unified perspective, ‘Story Structure, Pt. 2’ embraces tension and contrast as generative forces. The exhibition encourages audiences to consider how stories are structured, fragmented, and reassembled within contemporary visual culture. In doing so, it offers a timely reflection on the complexities of communication in an era shaped by information excess and shifting frameworks of understanding.
This exhibition will be on view at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society in Chicago from 7 April to 28 June 2026.
