HOLY FUCK! THE GALLERY CRAWL IS HERE!
Friday (6th) –
BRIDGEPORT:
Artists of East Bank Building - 1200 W 35th Street. Within the Body: An art opening and silent auction benefiting the Gender Just campaigns. 11/6/2009 Reception 6 pm
BUCKTOWN:
360SEE Gallery - 1924 N. Damen. Iron Pastoral: New mixed media paintings by Curtis Frillmann. 11/06/09-12/15/09 Reception 5-8 pm
EDGEWATER:
Experimental Sound Studio - 5925 N. Ravenswood. "Reactor" and "Countdown": two sound installations by MW Burns. 11/9-12/9. Reception 6pm.
ELMHURST:
Elmhurst Artists Guild - 150 Cottage Hill, Elmhurst. The Big Communication Talk: Work by the artists of the Little City Center for the Arts. 10/24/09-12/03/09. Reception 7-9 pm.
GOLDCOAST:
International Museum of Surgical Science - 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr. Hidden Agenda: ARTiculating the Unspeakable, Installation by Carol Chase Bjerke & The Way of the Flesh "Appendage sculptures" by Masako Onodera made of materials including fiber, latex, and lacquered animal skin. 11/06/09-02/19/10. Reception 5-8 pm
GRAYSLAKE:
College of Lake County, Wright Gallery - 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. CLC Art Faculty Exhibition: The College of Lake County's full-time and adjunct fine art faculty will present their works in this triennial exhibition. 11/06/09-12/13/09. Reception 7-9 pm
LAKEVIEW: Golden - 816 W. Newport #1. I Feel Better Already, or At Least I Think I Do: Paintings by Austin Eddy. 11/06/09-12/12/09. Reception 6-9 pm
MORGAN PARK:
Beverly Arts Center - 2417 W. 111th. Group Show: Work by finalists in the 33rd annual Beverly Art Competition and Exhibition. 11/06/09-12/28/09 Reception 7pm.
NOBLE SQUARE:
Roots & Culture - 1034 N. Milwaukee Ave. Ghosting: Works by Rob Doran and Ryan Fenchel. 11/06/09-12/06/09. Reception 6-9 pm
PILSEN:
University of Illinois at Chicago African-American Cultural Center - Addams Hall, 830 S. Halsted #207. Integrity of the Human Spirit: Paintings and "abstract assemblages" by Patrica A. Stewart. 11/01/09-11/30/09. Reception 5-8 pm
Vespine Gallery - 1907 S Halsted St. Respite: Melissa Jay Craig. 11/06/09-11/28/09. Reception 5-8 pm
RAVENSWOOD:
Fill in the Blank - 5038 N. Lincoln. Choose Your Own Adventure: Prints and paintings by Gretchen Huffman. 11/06/09-11/28/09. Reception 7-10 pm
RIVER EAST:
Coalition - 2010 W. Pierce. Parallel Realities: work by Kathleen Letts, Lucy Mueller, and others. 11/06/09-11/28/09. Reception 5:30-8:30 pm
RIVER NORTH:
Addington - 704 N. Wells. Roadworthy: New paintings by Kevin Sonmor. 11/06/09-12/24/09. Reception 5-8 pm
Andrew Bae Gallery - 300 W Superior St. Conflict and Reaction: Photography by Gapchul Lee. 11/06/09-12/05/09 . Reception 5-8 pm
Byron Roche Gallery - 750 N. Franklin, Ste. 201. Group Show: Contemporary paintings with an emphasis on process and materials. 11/06/09-12/31/09. Reception 5-8 pm
Catherine Edelman - 300 W. Superior. Outside the Frame: Photographs and paintings by Gregory Scott. 11/06/09-01/02/10. Reception 5-7 pm
David Weinberg - 300 W. Superior #203. Infuse: Work by Eric Blum and Hunt Rettig. 11/06/09-01/02/10. Reception 5-8 pm.
Habatat - 222 W. Superior. Argento: Glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly.11/06/09-12/31/09. Reception 5-8 pm
Jean Albano Gallery - 215 W. Superior. Happy 80th Birthday JULES FEIFFER: Contemporary paintings, drawings, and constructions. 11/06/09-12/19/09. Reception 5:30-8:30 pm.
Judy Saslow - 300 W. Superior. Cephalic Symbols: A silent auction of human skulls sculpted by Mark Mlodoch and "enhanced" by more than 25 artists. 11/6/2009. Reception 5-8 pm
Ken Saunders Gallery - 230 W Superior St. Janisz Walentynowicz. Reception 6-8pm.
Marwen - 833 N. Orleans. Art Fair 09 Show & Fundraiser: Artwork by Marwen teaching artists, students, alumni & staff on display & for sale - including Marwen's 2009 Holiday Cards. 11/6/2009. Reception 6:30-10 pm
Melanee Cooper - 740 N. Franklin. Just Around the Block: Work by Julie Karabenick. 11/06/09-12/30/09. Reception 5-8 pm
Russell Bowman - 311 W. Superior #115. David Smith - Works on paper. 11/06/09-01/02/10. Reception 5:30-8 pm
Schneider Gallery - 230 W. Superior. Magic Realism: Jamie Baldridge and Sergio Fasola. 11/06/09-01/02/10. Reception 5-7:30 pm.
Vale Craft Gallery - 230 W. Superior. Jewelry Trunk Show: Michele A. Friedman. 11/05/09-11/08/09 . Reception 5-8 pm
STREETERVILLE:
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 East Chicago Ave. First Fridays: "Reflection," Haptic and Lisa Slodki. 11/06/09-11/29/09. Reception 6-10 pm
UKRANIAN VILLAGE:
Ukrainian National Museum - 2249 W. Superior. Pastels by Tatijana Jacenkiw. 11/06/09-11/29/09. Reception 7pm.
UNITED CENTER PARK:
Spudnik Press - 1821 W. Hubbard, suite 308. Meat! Work by more than 20 artists exploring the theme "meat." 11/06/09-12/19/09. Reception 6-10 pm
WEST LOOP:
Black Walnut - 220 N. Aberdeen. Pensive Voyage: Work by five abstract artists. 11/01/09-11/30/09 Reception 6-9 pm
G.R. N'Namdi - 110 N. Peoria. A Series of Delightful Misadventures: Paintings by Deborah Dancy. 11/06/09-12/18/09. Reception 6-9 pm
Galerie du Maroc - 344 N. Ogden Ave. Moroccan Roll: In the spirit of the Sister Cities program, enjoy an evening of appreciation of Moroccan Art, Music, Cuisine & Culture supporting aspiring Moroccan female small business owners. 11/6/2009. Reception 6:30-11:30 pm
WICKERPARK:
Flatiron Arts Building - 1579 N Milwaukee Ave. Wicker Park/Bucktown First Friday: Over three dozen studios open to the public. Reception 6-10 pm.
Sapere Art - 1579 N. Milwaukee. Jon Neal Wallace: Paintings. 11/06/09-11/30/09. Reception 6-9 pm.
Saturday (7th) –
BUCKTOWN:
Monument 2 Gallery - 2007 N. Point. Deathparty: Inaugural art show with sculpture, drawings, video, photography, and installations by Zachary Dillon, Ryan Doherty, and others. 11/07/09-11/29/09. Reception 6-10 pm.
EVANSTON:
Evanston Art Center - 2603 Sheridan Rd. Informal Artist Demonstrations by Visual Artists from Beijing, China: A special delegation of Master Artists from China will demonstrate techniques such as ink washing, scroll painting, and paper folding. 11/7/2009. Reception 11 - 2 pm.
PILSEN:
Golden Age - 1744 West 18th St. The Incredible Journey that is Consciousness: Alex Fuller & Gabe Usadel. Reception 7-11pm.
RIVER NORTH:
Art Dealers Association of Chicago - Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago & Franklin. Saturday Gallery Tour: Judy A Saslow Gallery, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Melanee Cooper Gallery and Andrew Bae Gallery. 11am-12:30pm.
Nicole Gallery - 230 W Huron St. Routes to Roots - Members of Sapphire and Crystals speak about their group show. 10/17/09-12/5/09. Reception 2-4 pm
STREETERVILLE:
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E Chicago Ave. Coffee and Art: On Liam Gillick, Christine Atha speaks on Liam Gillick's work. 11/7/2009. Reception 10-11:30 am
Museum of Contemporary Art - 220 E Chicago Avenue. Anne Collod and Daria Martin in Conversation. 11/7/2009. Reception 2 pm
WEST LOOP:
McCormick Gallery - 835 West Washington Blvd. USA: Works from the 1960s: Melville Price. 11/07/09-01/10/10. Reception 5-8 pm
Rowland Contemporary - 1118 West Fulton Market. Edra Soto. 11/07/09-11/30/09. Reception 6-8 pm.
WICKERPARK:
Monique Meloche - 2154 W. Division. Sign of the Times: Photographs by Carrie Schneider. 11/07/09-01/09/10. Reception 4-7 pm.
Sunday (8th) –
HYDE PARK:
Hyde Park Art Center - 5020 S Cornell Ave. Release party for "Artists Run Chicago" catalog. 11/8/2009. Reception 2-5 pm.
Smart Museum of Art - 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue. Smart Voices: Katherine Desjardins. Lecture at 2pm
LINCOLN PARK:
Art on Armitage - 4125 W. Armitage. Cocoon: Work by Rose Camastro-Pritchett. 11/08/09-11/30/09. Reception 2-5 pm.
OAK PARK:
Suburban, The - 125 N. Harvey Avenue, Oak Park. DONELLE WOOLFORD: Performance and Exhibition. 11/8/09-1/17/10. Reception 2-4pm.
OLD TOWN:
Old Town Art Center - 1763 N. North Park. Land and Sea: Watercolors and pastels by Maureen Carr, Reven Fellars, Cynthia John, Geri Kaye, and Nancy Pinzke. 11/07/09-12/03/09. Reception 2-5 pm
RAVENSWOOD:
Bruce Thorn Studio - 4001 N Ravenswood Ave. Studio Exhibition: William Conger and Susan Michod. 11/8/2009. Reception 11-6 pm
UKRANIAN VILLAGE:
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art - 2320 W. Chicago. Andrij Kovalenko. 11/08/09-01/17/10. Reception 2-5 pm
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Snack Time Report: Friday, October 30, 2009
By the way, this week we're bats.
Steph and I went to the Chicago Photography Center to see the opening of our friend Shannon Benine's multi-media installation, "Means Without End." I was really impressed by the work; having heard about it for a while now as she was working on it, it was really great to see how it came together. Basically it's a big installation of tiled sheets of (analog, color) photo paper, which had been folded into paper Peace Cranes and then exposed to light, then unfolded. The result is that the paper remains black in much of its area but in some areas it's taken on a red or orange color. Individually they might look like kaleidoscope images or snowflakes or something; en masse they read as a sort of woven or tiled fabric. Their quantity represent the number of American servicemen killed in Afghanistan and Iraq since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 19, 2003.
The prints formed a cave-like structure in the corner of the gallery, which viewers could enter. Inside was a directional speaker playing an audio track of, if I understand correctly, soldiers or Marines experiencing a mortar attack. Standing inside the structure, listening to that audio, and looking out through the translucent photograms was a powerful experience, a reminder that decisions about war are decisions about human lives.
Heavy stuff...but let's talk about snacks. This event was catered, and catered well. There was an open bar with a bartender serving wine and a selection of quality beer. I had a 312 to start with, and a bit later a Goose Island Harvest Ale. I was offered a glass but preferred the bottle (at a well-attended event, involving much shuffling about and bumping elbows, the bottle is less likely to spill). The bar also had nice dishes of mixed nuts.
There was also a large snack table which sort of wrapped around a convex corner of the gallery, which was a good choice since it prevented the crowd from obstructing the snacks. (A table in a concave corner can be rendered inaccessible by only a few snackers, or more often just people standing there oblivious of the fact that people might want snacks, but a pair of tables arranged like an L around a convex corner allows much greater access.)
There were mini pulled-pork sandwiches on dinner rolls; the meat was good and the sauce was sweet. There was a fondue pot full of hot cheese fondue, and a large tray of various items for dipping: bread, and cold cooked potatoes and vegetables. The bread was the easiest to dip, the bamboo skewers tended to fragment the potatoes. Fortunately there were tongs to retrieved the inevitable dropped fragments. This was only my second time having fondue, and it was fun and tasty.
Then there were some sort of quesadilla things, and salsa to put on them. These were probably my favorite item, I'm sure I ate quite a few. They were filled with a yellow cheese and some kind of meat (unless it was mushrooms?), and the tortillas had a pleasant soft-yet-crispy exterior. The salsa was a mild salsa fresca, which is how I like it.
Lasty, there were some odd cold skewers, which featured the unusual combination of peaches and sausage. I'm not a big fruit-and-meat-combo guy, but I gave 'em a fair day in court. The peaches had a taste that suggested they'd been soaked in something, but I couldn't figure out what; the sausage was good and unless I was hallucinating it had the anise seed flavor of good Italian sausage. Overall they were good but personally, I preferred the quesadillas.
The caterers were vigilant about keeping the table well-stocked, and were courteous and professional. They had a stack of business cards on the table so I picked one up; the company is AEL + Associates, INC, run by chef and president Andrew E. Lawrence. If you want to hire them, you can email him at ael_go@ameritech.net. They aren't paying me to plug them or anything but in the interest of full disclosure, they did give me two beers and some awesome snacks.
I usually like the keep the snack report pretty light, but writing this, I can't help but notice that there is something perversely decadent, sort of Roman Empire, about eating and drinking lavishly at the opening reception for a work of art memorializing our war dead. I don't want to script the take-away from this, but I noticed it and couldn't help but point it out. Make of it what you will. Regardless, get out there, see some art, get your drink on, and get yourself some snacks! Happy Halloween!
By the way, this week we're bats.
Steph and I went to the Chicago Photography Center to see the opening of our friend Shannon Benine's multi-media installation, "Means Without End." I was really impressed by the work; having heard about it for a while now as she was working on it, it was really great to see how it came together. Basically it's a big installation of tiled sheets of (analog, color) photo paper, which had been folded into paper Peace Cranes and then exposed to light, then unfolded. The result is that the paper remains black in much of its area but in some areas it's taken on a red or orange color. Individually they might look like kaleidoscope images or snowflakes or something; en masse they read as a sort of woven or tiled fabric. Their quantity represent the number of American servicemen killed in Afghanistan and Iraq since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 19, 2003.
The prints formed a cave-like structure in the corner of the gallery, which viewers could enter. Inside was a directional speaker playing an audio track of, if I understand correctly, soldiers or Marines experiencing a mortar attack. Standing inside the structure, listening to that audio, and looking out through the translucent photograms was a powerful experience, a reminder that decisions about war are decisions about human lives.
Heavy stuff...but let's talk about snacks. This event was catered, and catered well. There was an open bar with a bartender serving wine and a selection of quality beer. I had a 312 to start with, and a bit later a Goose Island Harvest Ale. I was offered a glass but preferred the bottle (at a well-attended event, involving much shuffling about and bumping elbows, the bottle is less likely to spill). The bar also had nice dishes of mixed nuts.
There was also a large snack table which sort of wrapped around a convex corner of the gallery, which was a good choice since it prevented the crowd from obstructing the snacks. (A table in a concave corner can be rendered inaccessible by only a few snackers, or more often just people standing there oblivious of the fact that people might want snacks, but a pair of tables arranged like an L around a convex corner allows much greater access.)
There were mini pulled-pork sandwiches on dinner rolls; the meat was good and the sauce was sweet. There was a fondue pot full of hot cheese fondue, and a large tray of various items for dipping: bread, and cold cooked potatoes and vegetables. The bread was the easiest to dip, the bamboo skewers tended to fragment the potatoes. Fortunately there were tongs to retrieved the inevitable dropped fragments. This was only my second time having fondue, and it was fun and tasty.
Then there were some sort of quesadilla things, and salsa to put on them. These were probably my favorite item, I'm sure I ate quite a few. They were filled with a yellow cheese and some kind of meat (unless it was mushrooms?), and the tortillas had a pleasant soft-yet-crispy exterior. The salsa was a mild salsa fresca, which is how I like it.
Lasty, there were some odd cold skewers, which featured the unusual combination of peaches and sausage. I'm not a big fruit-and-meat-combo guy, but I gave 'em a fair day in court. The peaches had a taste that suggested they'd been soaked in something, but I couldn't figure out what; the sausage was good and unless I was hallucinating it had the anise seed flavor of good Italian sausage. Overall they were good but personally, I preferred the quesadillas.
The caterers were vigilant about keeping the table well-stocked, and were courteous and professional. They had a stack of business cards on the table so I picked one up; the company is AEL + Associates, INC, run by chef and president Andrew E. Lawrence. If you want to hire them, you can email him at ael_go@ameritech.net. They aren't paying me to plug them or anything but in the interest of full disclosure, they did give me two beers and some awesome snacks.
I usually like the keep the snack report pretty light, but writing this, I can't help but notice that there is something perversely decadent, sort of Roman Empire, about eating and drinking lavishly at the opening reception for a work of art memorializing our war dead. I don't want to script the take-away from this, but I noticed it and couldn't help but point it out. Make of it what you will. Regardless, get out there, see some art, get your drink on, and get yourself some snacks! Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Opening this Weekend (10/30-11/1)
HALLOWEEN! I fucking love Halloween. This year Jeriah and I are going out as bats with White-Nose Disease. But that is unimportant to ya'll. I'm rather busy, so that's as much jolly banter as you get this week.
Friday 30 –
HUMBOLDT PARK -
FR Works on Paper - 1513 N. Western Ave. Uncommon Times, Common Places. 10/30-12/1. Reception 5-8pm.
HYDE PARK -
Smart Museum of Art - 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Soul of the Heartland: Chicago Religion, Nature, and Food. Reception 12pm.
Temple Sholom of Chicago - 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr. Penny Feuerstein. Reception 5:30 pm.
LAKEVIEW -
Chicago Photography Center - 3301 N. Lincoln Ave. Means Without End. Reception 6:30pm.
Homey Gallery - 3656 N. Lincoln. Special reception for Lionel Treboit. Reception 6-9pm. RSVP required.
LOOP -
Sullivan Galleries - 33 S State St. 1) Keeping Still: Jolie Cota Flink, Kate Roger, & Anthony Creeden 2) Fall Undergraduate Exhibition. 10/30-11/14. Reception 7-9pm.
RIVER NORTH -
Gallery KH - 311 W. Superior St. Uncommon Times, Common Places, work by Scott Addis. Reception 5-8pm.
Roy Boyd - 739 N. Wells. Metamorphoses, work by Brigitte Riesebrodt. 10/30/09-1/5/10. Reception 5-8pm.
SOUTH LOOP -
Columbia College - 1104 South Wabash, 8th fl. Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas: Lecture and Book Signing. One time event, 6pm.
STREETERVILLE -
Ogilvie/Pertl - 435 E. Illinois #151. Common Layers: New Work by Shawn and John Slavik. Reception 5:30pm.
REpose Gallery - 435 East Illinois Street, Ste. 130 & 131. Derivatives, group exibition. 10/30-11/27. Reception 6-9pm.
WEST LOOP -
Avram Eisen - 5202 N. Damen. Colette Wright Adams and Janet Metzger. 10/30-11/24. Reception 5-10pm.
ebersmoore – 213 N Morgan, #3C. Rob Carter: Stone on Stone. 10/30-11/28. Reception: 6-9pm.
Spoke Gallery – 119 N. Peoria St. Pencils2Pixels: Design Show. 10/16-10/31. Closing reception 5-9pm.
WICKREPARK -
St. Paul's Cultural Center - 2215 W. North Ave. Exquisite: A Series of Corpses. One night event: 7-10pm.
Saturday 31 –
LINCOLN PARK -
Art On Armitage - 4125 W. Armitage Ave. Pate Conaway: Weave & Lucia Herrera: Day of the Dead Altar. Reception 3-7pm.
LOGAN SQUARE -
Gallery Provocateur - 2125 N. Rockwell. Hellraiser, work by Clive Barker, Richard Haugh, Gigi Gross, and others. 10/31/09-1/31/10.
RIVER NORTH -
Art Dealers Association of Chicago - 750 N Franklin St. Saturday Gallery Tour: Schneider Gallery, Andrew Bae Gallery, Stephen Daiter Gallery and Jean Albano Gallery. Corner of Chicago and Franklin. 11am-12:30pm.
WEST LOOP -
Andrew Rafacz Gallery - 835 W. Washington Blvd.
WICKER PARK -
Parking Space - 1448 N Leavitt St. Helter Sculpture, group exhibition. Reception 4pm.
Sunday 1 –
DEERFIELD -
Brushwood Gallery Ryerson Woods - 21850 N. Riverwoods Rd., Deerfield. William Marvin: Wild Grace. 11/1 – 12/22.
LOOP -
Spertus Museum - 610 S. Michigan Ave. Artist Talk: Jason Lazarus. One time event, lecture begins at 1pm.
WEST LOOP -
ThreeWalls – 119 N. Peoria. Lecture by Anthony Elms, part of “In Search of the Mundane.”
Friday 30 –
HUMBOLDT PARK -
FR Works on Paper - 1513 N. Western Ave. Uncommon Times, Common Places. 10/30-12/1. Reception 5-8pm.
HYDE PARK -
Smart Museum of Art - 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Soul of the Heartland: Chicago Religion, Nature, and Food. Reception 12pm.
Temple Sholom of Chicago - 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr. Penny Feuerstein. Reception 5:30 pm.
LAKEVIEW -
Chicago Photography Center - 3301 N. Lincoln Ave. Means Without End. Reception 6:30pm.
Homey Gallery - 3656 N. Lincoln. Special reception for Lionel Treboit. Reception 6-9pm. RSVP required.
LOOP -
Sullivan Galleries - 33 S State St. 1) Keeping Still: Jolie Cota Flink, Kate Roger, & Anthony Creeden 2) Fall Undergraduate Exhibition. 10/30-11/14. Reception 7-9pm.
RIVER NORTH -
Gallery KH - 311 W. Superior St. Uncommon Times, Common Places, work by Scott Addis. Reception 5-8pm.
Roy Boyd - 739 N. Wells. Metamorphoses, work by Brigitte Riesebrodt. 10/30/09-1/5/10. Reception 5-8pm.
SOUTH LOOP -
Columbia College - 1104 South Wabash, 8th fl. Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas: Lecture and Book Signing. One time event, 6pm.
STREETERVILLE -
Ogilvie/Pertl - 435 E. Illinois #151. Common Layers: New Work by Shawn and John Slavik. Reception 5:30pm.
REpose Gallery - 435 East Illinois Street, Ste. 130 & 131. Derivatives, group exibition. 10/30-11/27. Reception 6-9pm.
WEST LOOP -
Avram Eisen - 5202 N. Damen. Colette Wright Adams and Janet Metzger. 10/30-11/24. Reception 5-10pm.
ebersmoore – 213 N Morgan, #3C. Rob Carter: Stone on Stone. 10/30-11/28. Reception: 6-9pm.
Spoke Gallery – 119 N. Peoria St. Pencils2Pixels: Design Show. 10/16-10/31. Closing reception 5-9pm.
WICKREPARK -
St. Paul's Cultural Center - 2215 W. North Ave. Exquisite: A Series of Corpses. One night event: 7-10pm.
Saturday 31 –
LINCOLN PARK -
Art On Armitage - 4125 W. Armitage Ave. Pate Conaway: Weave & Lucia Herrera: Day of the Dead Altar. Reception 3-7pm.
LOGAN SQUARE -
Gallery Provocateur - 2125 N. Rockwell. Hellraiser, work by Clive Barker, Richard Haugh, Gigi Gross, and others. 10/31/09-1/31/10.
RIVER NORTH -
Art Dealers Association of Chicago - 750 N Franklin St. Saturday Gallery Tour: Schneider Gallery, Andrew Bae Gallery, Stephen Daiter Gallery and Jean Albano Gallery. Corner of Chicago and Franklin. 11am-12:30pm.
WEST LOOP -
Andrew Rafacz Gallery - 835 W. Washington Blvd.
WICKER PARK -
Parking Space - 1448 N Leavitt St. Helter Sculpture, group exhibition. Reception 4pm.
Sunday 1 –
DEERFIELD -
Brushwood Gallery Ryerson Woods - 21850 N. Riverwoods Rd., Deerfield. William Marvin: Wild Grace. 11/1 – 12/22.
LOOP -
Spertus Museum - 610 S. Michigan Ave. Artist Talk: Jason Lazarus. One time event, lecture begins at 1pm.
WEST LOOP -
ThreeWalls – 119 N. Peoria. Lecture by Anthony Elms, part of “In Search of the Mundane.”
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Snack Time!
Saturday, 10/24
Home: Home is perhaps the most aptly-named apartment gallery in Chicago; every time I visit (okay, this was my second time) I have felt like I was being welcomed into the abode of a dear friend, albeit one I just met. The snacks here truly transcend the best-case expectation of gallery nibbles, and are a real cornucopia. I can't possibly hope to remember everything, there was so much, but Steph took a picture!
Reviewing the picture, I remember now: they had freakin' EDAMAME! Who has edamame at an art opening? Home Gallery, that's who! Best gallery snack EVER! (Except for that one time Aron Packer ordered pizza, which was a crazy one-time fluke that I still don't understand. And this time I had steak tartar at an opening in Baltimore, which is even less explicable.) Three types of cheese, and crackers to carry the cheese! All of them good! Two awesome hard cheeses, maybe Parmesan and/or Romano and/or something else, plus crazy freakin' soft cheese...was it chevre? Bri bri, you want chevre? Lover?
Olives, grapes, and apples! I was like a Roman Emperor! Hey wait, I see a fourth cheese in the picture! I think that's brie. I don't remember that one. And in the distance I think those are blue corn chips and salsa. I think I ate some but I honestly don't remember, there was so much. (Steph enjoyed the blue corn chips, they are all she ate here.)
Home Gallery, for the second time now, you have truly blown me away with your delicious snacks. I wish I had more time to stay and enjoy your snacks, and just hang out. I also wish I hadn't just eaten an Italian sandwich from Potbelly; I would have skipped dinner if I'd known your snacks were going to be so awesome. As it was I had a bunch anyway and got my bloat on.
secondBEDROOM and Medicine Cabinet: The kitchen table had a paper sign on it, reading "BEER," with an arrow pointed at the fridge. The clear invitation to take beer from the fridge was greatly appreciated. There were several choices; we opted for the Miller High Life because the case was already open and it came in a camo can, though not the Realtree-type we enjoyed on our Busch at Knob Creek. Thanks for the beer!
Barbara and Barbara: AWESOME SNACKS! There were two basic zones of snack distribution here. We hit the back room first, where wine was served (sadly I abstained as I was driving, but Steph enjoyed a glass of red; they put her name on her cup so as to avoid waste and confustion). The back room also featured chips, guacamole, salsa, crackers and if I remember correctly, hummus. There was definitely hummus in the front room, both roasted red pepper and plain I think, as well as FREAKIN MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES!!! HOLY CRAP!!! These were awesome, and Steph was an even bigger fan of them than I was! Thanks for all the snacks, B&B! You do really love us!
MVSEVM: I saw people drinking beers, but it was pretty packed back towards the kitchen from where they might have been getting them (and where there might have been snacks), so although I attended this gallery, I have to rate its snack time performance as a total mystery.
Sunday, 10/25
Sunday, Stephanie and I went to the West Carrol Studio Building, where our good friend Annie Heckman had invited us to show our work in the hallway outside her studio. There were lots of snacks! Also, I showed this painting.
Annie had a veggie tray with dip, Halloween Oreos that were "immediately consumed" (Steph's phrase, I didn't even see 'em), chips, the "big two" types of hummus (again, roasted red pepper and regular), wasabi peas, honey roasted peanuts, and probably a bunch of other stuff I don't remember. Later, Dan Godston showed up with dried apricots and pineapple, chocolate, and maybe some other stuff. The other studios had lots of great snacks, too! There were Sun Chips and other chips and guac and so on.
Katrina Chamberlin had a pretty amazing spread, including cheesecake! Man, I love cheesecake so much! Somehow I resisted the temptation to plow face-first into the dish and eat the whole thing right in front of everyone without even using my hands. In fact, I somehow avoided having any of it at all, which let me tell you, I'm not sure why that happened. Was it the big, heavy glass lid over the dish? Was it the blessing I saw her performing while serving that, that made me reluctant to just dig in? I'm not sure. Katrina, why didn't I eat your cheesecake?
According to our host, Annie Heckman, the landlord had requested that no alcohol be served to visitors. Let me state, for the record, that Annie conscientiously obeyed this edict. The response to this policy by others present, however, reminded me of the following passage from Special Warfare, Special Weapons, by Kevin Dockery:
"As we were getting down into the firing position, the [Marine] Lieutenant sounded off. 'There will be no automatic fire on this range,' he said. 'Everything will be semiautomatic fire only.' That was a big of a mistake on his part.
'Lock and load one magazine. Ready on the left? Ready on the right? Ready on the firing line! Shooters, you may commence fire!' We all just raised our heads a little bit and looked up and down at each other. At the command 'Commence fire' all of us switched over to automatic and let that magazine rip. The Lieutenant immediately confiscated all of the weapons and threw us off the base."
When the West Carroll Studio Building open studios closed at 7:00, Steph and I followed Dan Godston over to his place at the Switching Station Artist's Lofts, so I could pick up a piece I'd left with him for the Synesthetic Plan of Chicago. We got there and some guy yelled, "Hey Dan, come get something to eat!" Dan invited us to join him, and so after I picked up my piece, we heaped up paper plates with chicken stir-fry, spaghetti and meatballs, salad, chips, and dip. (There was also something like peach pie with whipped topping, but man, I made the classic mistake of gorging myself and not leaving room for dessert!) So that's how the night ended, with me stuffing my face full of meatballs etc. while Dan gave us a tour of the building. Thanks, Dan!
Man, there are a lot of great snacks out there. And there's a lot of great art, too. So get out there, get your drunk on (but please, not if you're driving!), and get yourself some snacks. And see some art! It's good for you!
This is Jeriah, last surviving officer of the Nostromo, signing off.
Saturday, 10/24
Home: Home is perhaps the most aptly-named apartment gallery in Chicago; every time I visit (okay, this was my second time) I have felt like I was being welcomed into the abode of a dear friend, albeit one I just met. The snacks here truly transcend the best-case expectation of gallery nibbles, and are a real cornucopia. I can't possibly hope to remember everything, there was so much, but Steph took a picture!
Reviewing the picture, I remember now: they had freakin' EDAMAME! Who has edamame at an art opening? Home Gallery, that's who! Best gallery snack EVER! (Except for that one time Aron Packer ordered pizza, which was a crazy one-time fluke that I still don't understand. And this time I had steak tartar at an opening in Baltimore, which is even less explicable.) Three types of cheese, and crackers to carry the cheese! All of them good! Two awesome hard cheeses, maybe Parmesan and/or Romano and/or something else, plus crazy freakin' soft cheese...was it chevre? Bri bri, you want chevre? Lover?
Olives, grapes, and apples! I was like a Roman Emperor! Hey wait, I see a fourth cheese in the picture! I think that's brie. I don't remember that one. And in the distance I think those are blue corn chips and salsa. I think I ate some but I honestly don't remember, there was so much. (Steph enjoyed the blue corn chips, they are all she ate here.)
Home Gallery, for the second time now, you have truly blown me away with your delicious snacks. I wish I had more time to stay and enjoy your snacks, and just hang out. I also wish I hadn't just eaten an Italian sandwich from Potbelly; I would have skipped dinner if I'd known your snacks were going to be so awesome. As it was I had a bunch anyway and got my bloat on.
secondBEDROOM and Medicine Cabinet: The kitchen table had a paper sign on it, reading "BEER," with an arrow pointed at the fridge. The clear invitation to take beer from the fridge was greatly appreciated. There were several choices; we opted for the Miller High Life because the case was already open and it came in a camo can, though not the Realtree-type we enjoyed on our Busch at Knob Creek. Thanks for the beer!
Barbara and Barbara: AWESOME SNACKS! There were two basic zones of snack distribution here. We hit the back room first, where wine was served (sadly I abstained as I was driving, but Steph enjoyed a glass of red; they put her name on her cup so as to avoid waste and confustion). The back room also featured chips, guacamole, salsa, crackers and if I remember correctly, hummus. There was definitely hummus in the front room, both roasted red pepper and plain I think, as well as FREAKIN MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES!!! HOLY CRAP!!! These were awesome, and Steph was an even bigger fan of them than I was! Thanks for all the snacks, B&B! You do really love us!
MVSEVM: I saw people drinking beers, but it was pretty packed back towards the kitchen from where they might have been getting them (and where there might have been snacks), so although I attended this gallery, I have to rate its snack time performance as a total mystery.
Sunday, 10/25
Sunday, Stephanie and I went to the West Carrol Studio Building, where our good friend Annie Heckman had invited us to show our work in the hallway outside her studio. There were lots of snacks! Also, I showed this painting.
Annie had a veggie tray with dip, Halloween Oreos that were "immediately consumed" (Steph's phrase, I didn't even see 'em), chips, the "big two" types of hummus (again, roasted red pepper and regular), wasabi peas, honey roasted peanuts, and probably a bunch of other stuff I don't remember. Later, Dan Godston showed up with dried apricots and pineapple, chocolate, and maybe some other stuff. The other studios had lots of great snacks, too! There were Sun Chips and other chips and guac and so on.
Katrina Chamberlin had a pretty amazing spread, including cheesecake! Man, I love cheesecake so much! Somehow I resisted the temptation to plow face-first into the dish and eat the whole thing right in front of everyone without even using my hands. In fact, I somehow avoided having any of it at all, which let me tell you, I'm not sure why that happened. Was it the big, heavy glass lid over the dish? Was it the blessing I saw her performing while serving that, that made me reluctant to just dig in? I'm not sure. Katrina, why didn't I eat your cheesecake?
According to our host, Annie Heckman, the landlord had requested that no alcohol be served to visitors. Let me state, for the record, that Annie conscientiously obeyed this edict. The response to this policy by others present, however, reminded me of the following passage from Special Warfare, Special Weapons, by Kevin Dockery:
"As we were getting down into the firing position, the [Marine] Lieutenant sounded off. 'There will be no automatic fire on this range,' he said. 'Everything will be semiautomatic fire only.' That was a big of a mistake on his part.
'Lock and load one magazine. Ready on the left? Ready on the right? Ready on the firing line! Shooters, you may commence fire!' We all just raised our heads a little bit and looked up and down at each other. At the command 'Commence fire' all of us switched over to automatic and let that magazine rip. The Lieutenant immediately confiscated all of the weapons and threw us off the base."
When the West Carroll Studio Building open studios closed at 7:00, Steph and I followed Dan Godston over to his place at the Switching Station Artist's Lofts, so I could pick up a piece I'd left with him for the Synesthetic Plan of Chicago. We got there and some guy yelled, "Hey Dan, come get something to eat!" Dan invited us to join him, and so after I picked up my piece, we heaped up paper plates with chicken stir-fry, spaghetti and meatballs, salad, chips, and dip. (There was also something like peach pie with whipped topping, but man, I made the classic mistake of gorging myself and not leaving room for dessert!) So that's how the night ended, with me stuffing my face full of meatballs etc. while Dan gave us a tour of the building. Thanks, Dan!
Man, there are a lot of great snacks out there. And there's a lot of great art, too. So get out there, get your drunk on (but please, not if you're driving!), and get yourself some snacks. And see some art! It's good for you!
This is Jeriah, last surviving officer of the Nostromo, signing off.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Criticism Is Needed In Chicago, Perhaps?
Ok, all you out there in TV land, here is your chance to have your voice heard. I know this sounds pretentious, but shut the fuck up, I'm actually trying to help. So...I've talked to a lot of the up and coming, emerging, young, what-ever-you-want-to-call-us, people, and it seems like what people are wanting is criticism. Not fluff, not "here is the show I went to, and here is a soft opinion", and not "this is fucking stupid hipster art, avoid this place at all costs" slander, but actually some thoughtful, critical, and necessarily harsh/objective criticism. Is this what you people actually want? Huh? Is it? Well FUCKING SAY SO!
When I say "criticism," I mean the type of criticism which meets the following criteria:
1. Balanced, in that it gives each work of art a fair shake, rather than plain fluff or mean-spirited dismissal,
2. Grounded in at least a passing knowledge of art history, catching significant references and noting notable precedents,
3. Intelligent, logical, reasoned, and researched, advancing propositions and supporting them with evidence or arguments, rather than simply stating one's taste or opinion,
4. Contextualized within the local art scene, and informed by an awareness thereof, for example Chicago's rich assortment of apartment galleries and alternative spaces, the differences in character between neighborhoods, etc.
For examples of the type of criticism I am talking about, see the writings of Jerry Saltz, Donald Kuspit, Lori Waxman, Dominique Nahas, Clement Greenberg, Dave Hickey, etc. Since I imagine I would have a hard time getting these people to come out to every opening I list, on account of their being too busy, too geographically distant, or too dead, the criticism would be written not by these famous names, but by our peers: local Chicago artists, emergent critics and curators, and intelligent and eloquent folk who are just plain interested in art.
There is a major lack of art criticism in this city, I understand that, and it sucks. We have very few actual professional critics, and those we do have on the books don't have the time or the interest in looking at and talking about the vast majority of the art out there. Do you want that to change? Well, say so. As some of you may know, I run not only this blog, but I also write for Bad at Sports, as well as managing the Friday Night Army, a group of people who write about art for Art Talk Chicago and Chicago Art Map. If there is a call for more criticism, ACTUAL CRITICISM, that isn't going to result in juvenile retribution (it has happened), I can make that happen. I just want to know, do you want it? This is as blog, comment, let me know. I want to help the Chicago art scene, that's why I started this shit. So....?
When I say "criticism," I mean the type of criticism which meets the following criteria:
1. Balanced, in that it gives each work of art a fair shake, rather than plain fluff or mean-spirited dismissal,
2. Grounded in at least a passing knowledge of art history, catching significant references and noting notable precedents,
3. Intelligent, logical, reasoned, and researched, advancing propositions and supporting them with evidence or arguments, rather than simply stating one's taste or opinion,
4. Contextualized within the local art scene, and informed by an awareness thereof, for example Chicago's rich assortment of apartment galleries and alternative spaces, the differences in character between neighborhoods, etc.
For examples of the type of criticism I am talking about, see the writings of Jerry Saltz, Donald Kuspit, Lori Waxman, Dominique Nahas, Clement Greenberg, Dave Hickey, etc. Since I imagine I would have a hard time getting these people to come out to every opening I list, on account of their being too busy, too geographically distant, or too dead, the criticism would be written not by these famous names, but by our peers: local Chicago artists, emergent critics and curators, and intelligent and eloquent folk who are just plain interested in art.
There is a major lack of art criticism in this city, I understand that, and it sucks. We have very few actual professional critics, and those we do have on the books don't have the time or the interest in looking at and talking about the vast majority of the art out there. Do you want that to change? Well, say so. As some of you may know, I run not only this blog, but I also write for Bad at Sports, as well as managing the Friday Night Army, a group of people who write about art for Art Talk Chicago and Chicago Art Map. If there is a call for more criticism, ACTUAL CRITICISM, that isn't going to result in juvenile retribution (it has happened), I can make that happen. I just want to know, do you want it? This is as blog, comment, let me know. I want to help the Chicago art scene, that's why I started this shit. So....?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Snack Time!
By Jeriah Hildwine, Snack Enthusiast
Art does not follow the supply-and-demand model of other economies; rather, individual artists and galleries compete with one another in a sort of reverse economy, where they vie for the attention of the viewing public, whose attention creates the value that allows some artists to command incredible prices for their artworks, while others would be hard pressed to give their work away. Therefore, galleries often host opening receptions, intended to generate interest in the work on exhibit. While commercial galleries are primarily seeking to attract the attention of collectors, the attention-based model of the art market requires that they chum the waters, encouraging visitors and viewers far larger in number than the relatively few collectors who might actually purchase a work of art.
An opening (or in some cases closing) reception is generally hosted on a Friday evening, and certain conventions are commonplace: there is no pressure to buy, no sales pitch, just an open invitation to come in and look at the work. It's usually crowded, often with people you know, if only from other art openings. And sometimes, there's snacks.
The refreshments served at an art opening may or may not tell you anything about the gallery and the art. Booze is commonplace. The traditional offering of a choice of red or white wine is standard in River North, and is common in the West Loop and elsewhere. Beer is more common in the West Loop, in other neighborhoods, and in alternative spaces, apartment galleries, non-profits, etc. Grolsch sponsors some art spaces, providing them with beer to serve, particularly in the galleries on Peoria in the West Loop.
Aside from the booze, some galleries offer non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks. While beverages are standard, the offering of snacks is more hit-or-miss. Many galleries offer no snacks at all; when offered, they can range from a bowl of peanuts to an elaborate buffet; Nicole Gallery practically fed everyone dinner on the season opening night.
Last night saw a number of apartment galleries and project spaces, which are sort of a separate animal when it comes to refreshments. I've come to expect (and much appreciate) a can of macrobrew lager as the standard beverage offering at an apartment gallery. The four spaces we visited last night ran the who gamut of snack offerings, from the simple can of beer to some pleasant surprises.
Antena had a large and chaotic setup; numerous assorted bottles of wine featured prominently. It appeared that there was also Old Style and some sort of cookie-like snack items. Stephanie and I each had a different type of red wine, both of which were fine, but neither of which I remember. The cups were large but we didn't have much as we had to drive.
Ebersmoore, formerly ebersb9 but now renamed and relocated to a beautiful (and much larger) space in the West Loop, served Old Style, the local favorite. This is what I've come to think of as the standard apartment gallery offering. I appreciate it: it's democratic, populist, it says, "We're not trying to be a blue-chip gallery, we want to be a more approachable space for the common viewer." It's unpretentious, down-to-earth, and in touch with its audience.
Concertina Gallery, a curator-run exhibition space in Logan Square, served Pabst Blue Ribbon. I associate PBR with the West Coast; when I was in college in California, PBR and Olympia were the cheap party beers of choice. (Natural Ice was generally regarded as inferior; we called it "Snatchral.") In graduate school at MICA in Baltimore, it was National Bohemian ("Natty Boh"), and here in Chicago Old Style seems to reign supreme. Concertina's offering of PBR was a pleasant blast from my past. And Frank would approve:
FRANK
Come on. I wancha to meet a frienda mine.
Raymond, get enough beer for Ben too.
RAYMOND
Okay Frank.
FRANK
(to Jeffrey)
What kinda beer do you like?
JEFFREY
(just says it)
Heineken.
FRANK
FUCK THAT SHIT. PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!
Last but far from least, Noble and Superior Projects, a new apartment gallery opening its inaugural exhibition, apparently knows the importance both of making a good first impression, and of snacks. In addition to the de rigeur selection of red and white wine, they served Frugal Joe's Ordinary Beer, quite a good beer despite its self-deprecating name. It's gotten mixed reviews but I thought it was certainly a refreshing change of pace from the usual canned lagers and fliptop Grolsch I associate with "gallery beers." For non-alcoholic selections they had two-liter bottles of seltzer and what might have been ginger ale.
Not only did Noble and Superior offer a better-than-average beverage selection, they also served an array of snacks, both sweet and savory. For sweets there were cookies (possibly sugar cookies), and savory snacks included peanuts (both dry roasted and honey glazed), baby carrots, three types of crackers (Triscuits, Cheez-Its, and water bicuits), and three types of cheese (a flavorful medium cheddar, a pepper jack, and another mild white cheese). I tried everything and found the Triscuit-and-cheddar combination most compelling. Aspiring apartment galleries could do far worse than to follow Noble and Superior's example.
Of course, it's ultimately about the art, but snacks and booze don't hurt. They're the consolation prize when the work on show is sub-par, and they facilitate our enjoyment when the work is top-notch. While galleries, whether commercial, apartment, or otherwise, rightly place their primary focus on displaying work in line with their curatorial vision, their offerings of snacks and booze are an important secondary consideration. I hope to continue to review the snacks offered by the art spaces I visit in the future, on a more-or-less weekly basis. Get out there, see some art, get your drunk on, and eat some snacks!
Art does not follow the supply-and-demand model of other economies; rather, individual artists and galleries compete with one another in a sort of reverse economy, where they vie for the attention of the viewing public, whose attention creates the value that allows some artists to command incredible prices for their artworks, while others would be hard pressed to give their work away. Therefore, galleries often host opening receptions, intended to generate interest in the work on exhibit. While commercial galleries are primarily seeking to attract the attention of collectors, the attention-based model of the art market requires that they chum the waters, encouraging visitors and viewers far larger in number than the relatively few collectors who might actually purchase a work of art.
An opening (or in some cases closing) reception is generally hosted on a Friday evening, and certain conventions are commonplace: there is no pressure to buy, no sales pitch, just an open invitation to come in and look at the work. It's usually crowded, often with people you know, if only from other art openings. And sometimes, there's snacks.
The refreshments served at an art opening may or may not tell you anything about the gallery and the art. Booze is commonplace. The traditional offering of a choice of red or white wine is standard in River North, and is common in the West Loop and elsewhere. Beer is more common in the West Loop, in other neighborhoods, and in alternative spaces, apartment galleries, non-profits, etc. Grolsch sponsors some art spaces, providing them with beer to serve, particularly in the galleries on Peoria in the West Loop.
Aside from the booze, some galleries offer non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks. While beverages are standard, the offering of snacks is more hit-or-miss. Many galleries offer no snacks at all; when offered, they can range from a bowl of peanuts to an elaborate buffet; Nicole Gallery practically fed everyone dinner on the season opening night.
Last night saw a number of apartment galleries and project spaces, which are sort of a separate animal when it comes to refreshments. I've come to expect (and much appreciate) a can of macrobrew lager as the standard beverage offering at an apartment gallery. The four spaces we visited last night ran the who gamut of snack offerings, from the simple can of beer to some pleasant surprises.
Antena had a large and chaotic setup; numerous assorted bottles of wine featured prominently. It appeared that there was also Old Style and some sort of cookie-like snack items. Stephanie and I each had a different type of red wine, both of which were fine, but neither of which I remember. The cups were large but we didn't have much as we had to drive.
Ebersmoore, formerly ebersb9 but now renamed and relocated to a beautiful (and much larger) space in the West Loop, served Old Style, the local favorite. This is what I've come to think of as the standard apartment gallery offering. I appreciate it: it's democratic, populist, it says, "We're not trying to be a blue-chip gallery, we want to be a more approachable space for the common viewer." It's unpretentious, down-to-earth, and in touch with its audience.
Concertina Gallery, a curator-run exhibition space in Logan Square, served Pabst Blue Ribbon. I associate PBR with the West Coast; when I was in college in California, PBR and Olympia were the cheap party beers of choice. (Natural Ice was generally regarded as inferior; we called it "Snatchral.") In graduate school at MICA in Baltimore, it was National Bohemian ("Natty Boh"), and here in Chicago Old Style seems to reign supreme. Concertina's offering of PBR was a pleasant blast from my past. And Frank would approve:
FRANK
Come on. I wancha to meet a frienda mine.
Raymond, get enough beer for Ben too.
RAYMOND
Okay Frank.
FRANK
(to Jeffrey)
What kinda beer do you like?
JEFFREY
(just says it)
Heineken.
FRANK
FUCK THAT SHIT. PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!
Last but far from least, Noble and Superior Projects, a new apartment gallery opening its inaugural exhibition, apparently knows the importance both of making a good first impression, and of snacks. In addition to the de rigeur selection of red and white wine, they served Frugal Joe's Ordinary Beer, quite a good beer despite its self-deprecating name. It's gotten mixed reviews but I thought it was certainly a refreshing change of pace from the usual canned lagers and fliptop Grolsch I associate with "gallery beers." For non-alcoholic selections they had two-liter bottles of seltzer and what might have been ginger ale.
Not only did Noble and Superior offer a better-than-average beverage selection, they also served an array of snacks, both sweet and savory. For sweets there were cookies (possibly sugar cookies), and savory snacks included peanuts (both dry roasted and honey glazed), baby carrots, three types of crackers (Triscuits, Cheez-Its, and water bicuits), and three types of cheese (a flavorful medium cheddar, a pepper jack, and another mild white cheese). I tried everything and found the Triscuit-and-cheddar combination most compelling. Aspiring apartment galleries could do far worse than to follow Noble and Superior's example.
Of course, it's ultimately about the art, but snacks and booze don't hurt. They're the consolation prize when the work on show is sub-par, and they facilitate our enjoyment when the work is top-notch. While galleries, whether commercial, apartment, or otherwise, rightly place their primary focus on displaying work in line with their curatorial vision, their offerings of snacks and booze are an important secondary consideration. I hope to continue to review the snacks offered by the art spaces I visit in the future, on a more-or-less weekly basis. Get out there, see some art, get your drunk on, and eat some snacks!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Opening this friggin weekend: 10/23-10/25
So apparently the stars have aligned for apartment galleries, because, I shit you not, there are 7 of the opening (and closing) this weekend. My goal, as an amusement and 'cus I haven't been to some of 'em. Now, perhaps there is some apartment gallery consortium in Chicago that I don't know about that plans these things and all of you out there in TV land muffling laughter at my unawareness of this "weekend of the apartment" but whatever. Here's ya'lls crawl. Keep the change, ya filthy animal.
Friday 23rd
EAST ROGERS PARK -
Greenleaf Art Center - 1806 W. Greenleaf Ave. control Z, work by Karen Perl. Reception 6pm.
LINCOLN PARK -
Floating World - 1925 N. Halsted. Luminous Form, work by Yozo Hamaguchi. 10/23-11/30. Reception 6-10pm.
LOGAN SQUARE -
Concertina Gallery - 2351 N. Milwaukee Ave. Australia, work by Anthea Behm & Aron Gent. 10/23-11/15. Reception 7-10pm.
MAYFAIR -
Irish American Heritage Center - 4626 N Knox Ave. Samhain/Day of the Dead: Artists' Ofrendas. 10/23-11/15. Reception 6-9pm.
MEDICAL DISTRICT -
UIC Medical Campus - 835 S. Wolcott. Gestures, work by Rine Boyer. Reception 6-9pm.
PILSEN -
Antenna - 1765 S. Laflin Street 1R. Zombie: A Mindless Affair, created by Edra Soto & Irene Perez on the Project Wall Space. 10/23-11/21. Reception 6-10pm.
WEST LOOP -
Anne Loucks Gallery - 1046 W Fulton Market. Images, work by Dennis Campay. 10/23-12/8. Reception 5-8pm.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery - 118 N Peoria St. Fred Sandback. 10/23-12/19. Reception 5-7:30pm.
Thomas Robertello - 939 W Randolph St. Stream, work by John Delk. 10/23-12/5. Reception 5-8pm.
WEST TOWN -
Noble & Superior Projects - 1418 W Superior St. Double Fantasy, work by Ivan Lozano and Kate Brock. 10/23-11/18. Reception 6-10pm.
WICKER PARK -
Heaven Gallery - 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl. The Yield: 2009 Resident Exhibition. Reception 7pm.
Saturday 24th
ALBANY PARK –
Swimming Pool Project Space - 2858 W. Montrose. John Chiara and Sean McFarland. 10/24-11/29. Reception 6-10pm.
BRIDGEPORT -
secondBEDROOM + medicine cabinet - 3216 S. Morgan St. Apt 4R. After Effects, work by Thad Kellstadt in the secondBEDROOM & Side Effects, work by Jesse Mclean in the medicine cabinet. Reception 7-11pm.
HUMBOLDT PARK -
April 7s Custom Frame Shop - 2636 W Chicago Ave. Fragments From The Future, work by Jason Brammer. 10/24/09-1/7/10. Reception 7-11pm.
Barbara & Barbara - 1021 N. Western. The Trunk Show, group show. Reception 7-10pm.
MVSEVM – 1626 N. California #2. 2.10242009, group show. 10/24-11/14. Reception 6-10pm.
HYDE PARK -
Home Gallery - 1407 E. 54th. Deedee Davis and Casey Roberts. 10/24-11/15. Reception 6-9pm.
LAWNDALE -
Murphy Hill Gallery - 3333 W Arthington St. Frederick Ross Owens & Everett C. Williams. Closing reception 5-10pm.
RIVER NORTH -
Art Dealers Association of Chicago - 750 N Franklin St. Gallery Tour: Perimeter Gallery, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Russell Bowman Art Advisory and Habatat Galleries. Meet at Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin. 11am-12:30pm.
Zygman Voss - 222 W. Superior. Aliza Nahor. 10/24-11/30.
Sunday 25th
GARFIELD PARK -
East Garfield Park Art Walk and Open Studios – Garfield Park. Open studios at Switching Station Artist Lofts: 15 S. Homan (at Madison), Albany Carroll Artist Studios: 319 N. Albany, West Carroll Artist Studios: 3200 W. Carroll, 3311 Carroll Artist Building: 3322 W. Carroll & Arthur Swirgon, Ltd: 320 S. California. One day event 12-7pm.
LAKEVIEW -
Golden Gallery - 816 W Newport Ave. Marginal Waters, work by Doug Ischar. Closing reception 3pm.
Friday 23rd
EAST ROGERS PARK -
Greenleaf Art Center - 1806 W. Greenleaf Ave. control Z, work by Karen Perl. Reception 6pm.
LINCOLN PARK -
Floating World - 1925 N. Halsted. Luminous Form, work by Yozo Hamaguchi. 10/23-11/30. Reception 6-10pm.
LOGAN SQUARE -
Concertina Gallery - 2351 N. Milwaukee Ave. Australia, work by Anthea Behm & Aron Gent. 10/23-11/15. Reception 7-10pm.
MAYFAIR -
Irish American Heritage Center - 4626 N Knox Ave. Samhain/Day of the Dead: Artists' Ofrendas. 10/23-11/15. Reception 6-9pm.
MEDICAL DISTRICT -
UIC Medical Campus - 835 S. Wolcott. Gestures, work by Rine Boyer. Reception 6-9pm.
PILSEN -
Antenna - 1765 S. Laflin Street 1R. Zombie: A Mindless Affair, created by Edra Soto & Irene Perez on the Project Wall Space. 10/23-11/21. Reception 6-10pm.
WEST LOOP -
Anne Loucks Gallery - 1046 W Fulton Market. Images, work by Dennis Campay. 10/23-12/8. Reception 5-8pm.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery - 118 N Peoria St. Fred Sandback. 10/23-12/19. Reception 5-7:30pm.
Thomas Robertello - 939 W Randolph St. Stream, work by John Delk. 10/23-12/5. Reception 5-8pm.
WEST TOWN -
Noble & Superior Projects - 1418 W Superior St. Double Fantasy, work by Ivan Lozano and Kate Brock. 10/23-11/18. Reception 6-10pm.
WICKER PARK -
Heaven Gallery - 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl. The Yield: 2009 Resident Exhibition. Reception 7pm.
Saturday 24th
ALBANY PARK –
Swimming Pool Project Space - 2858 W. Montrose. John Chiara and Sean McFarland. 10/24-11/29. Reception 6-10pm.
BRIDGEPORT -
secondBEDROOM + medicine cabinet - 3216 S. Morgan St. Apt 4R. After Effects, work by Thad Kellstadt in the secondBEDROOM & Side Effects, work by Jesse Mclean in the medicine cabinet. Reception 7-11pm.
HUMBOLDT PARK -
April 7s Custom Frame Shop - 2636 W Chicago Ave. Fragments From The Future, work by Jason Brammer. 10/24/09-1/7/10. Reception 7-11pm.
Barbara & Barbara - 1021 N. Western. The Trunk Show, group show. Reception 7-10pm.
MVSEVM – 1626 N. California #2. 2.10242009, group show. 10/24-11/14. Reception 6-10pm.
HYDE PARK -
Home Gallery - 1407 E. 54th. Deedee Davis and Casey Roberts. 10/24-11/15. Reception 6-9pm.
LAWNDALE -
Murphy Hill Gallery - 3333 W Arthington St. Frederick Ross Owens & Everett C. Williams. Closing reception 5-10pm.
RIVER NORTH -
Art Dealers Association of Chicago - 750 N Franklin St. Gallery Tour: Perimeter Gallery, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Russell Bowman Art Advisory and Habatat Galleries. Meet at Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin. 11am-12:30pm.
Zygman Voss - 222 W. Superior. Aliza Nahor. 10/24-11/30.
Sunday 25th
GARFIELD PARK -
East Garfield Park Art Walk and Open Studios – Garfield Park. Open studios at Switching Station Artist Lofts: 15 S. Homan (at Madison), Albany Carroll Artist Studios: 319 N. Albany, West Carroll Artist Studios: 3200 W. Carroll, 3311 Carroll Artist Building: 3322 W. Carroll & Arthur Swirgon, Ltd: 320 S. California. One day event 12-7pm.
LAKEVIEW -
Golden Gallery - 816 W Newport Ave. Marginal Waters, work by Doug Ischar. Closing reception 3pm.
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