tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720407654472072662023-11-16T07:02:03.425-06:00Chicago CriticalA thoughtful examination of visual art, in and around the cityPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-85342740767299227862013-02-24T22:22:00.000-06:002013-11-10T20:45:27.039-06:00The Chicago Problem: An Open Letter in Response to Pedro VelezPedro,
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The title of your Newcity article "Friends Curating Friends" contains the kernel of your most recent complaint.[1]
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And you'd have your readers believe that the aforementioned piece is, in metaphor, nothing but a mirror held to Chicago's art world.
That's fair enough, I suppose, because you're a critic.
In any case, the reaction to a looking-glass bespeaks the nature of the person who stands before it.[2]
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Having written that, rather than contest your action I'd like to turn your mirror just enough to allow you to reflect upon yourself and the profession that you practice.[3]
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In fact, let's look together.
For if it's the case that a curator has some ability to determine what is shown within an exhibition space, it's also true that critics have some ability to determine what appears in press.
It follows: If "friends curating friends" is a phenomenon which merits attention, "friends covering friends" must too be an issue of import.
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Well, how do you fare when your own work is subject to such scrutiny?
Do we find that you've tended to praise certain parties regularly? blame certain parties regularly?
About whom do we learn that you've been silent? Why?
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Were I to stop here I think that you'd get the gist of it.
Every complaint which you've made about the state of curatorial practice in Chicago applies equally well to the state of critical practice in Chicago.
For example: <i>"It’s not enough to have good intentions...one must do the legwork, conduct full-blown research and exploit untapped local resources. There is no excuse to not do so."</i>[4]
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Again, Pedro, what would we find if we employed your own heuristics and interviewed Chicago gallery owners in an effort to determine the amount of "legwork" which supports your criticism?
You named the galleries Julius Caesar and Peregrine Program in your recent Newcity article: How often would their proprietors report having seen you under their shared roof?
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It's no small point whether your local readership is upset with you for practicing art criticism--or criticizing art programs of which you have little practical experience.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/5545216555/" title="Pedro Velez in Crisis-Free Arts Criticism Salon @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5051/5545216555_785f7cef86_m.jpg" width="172" height="240" alt="Pedro Velez in Crisis-Free Arts Criticism Salon @ threewalls"></a>
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"Little practical experience" describes well most of the authors of Chicago's arts coverage over the last five years.
But, while you've railed against the "eternal puberty" which characterizes our alternative spaces, you've staunchly defended our critics--you know, your friends.[5]
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It's now ironic that you were an invited speaker when many of us gathered together in one of Chicago's alternative spaces for the expressed purpose of discussing "crisis-free criticism" two years ago.[6]
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What did we hear from you in that place? that there are no problems in art criticism in Chicago.
Even earlier, in 2010, you used artnet.com to inform an international audience that Chicago was "well served" by the criticism published in a local, student newspaper.[7]
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How is it possible to reconcile the standard which you've applied to critics with the standard which you've applied to curators?
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/8489762737/" title="THREEWALLS-2011 by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8489762737_b4a48a6db7_m.jpg" width="240" height="90" alt="THREEWALLS-2011"></a>
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I really like many of our young writers; I've no doubt that there are talents developing here.
Whether they stay is another matter altogether.
And to pretend that the loss of their predecessors is of no consequence is absurd.
We have precious little memory of past events left alive in this city.
In fact, twenty-five percent of the whole population of Chicago has been lost since 1970.[8]
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Our criticism and attendant dialogue face this threefold challenge in development:
(a) people need to travel miles in order to see spaces such as Julius Caesar and Peregrine Program;
(b) people need to make such pilgrimages regularly; and,
(c) people with such experience need to find a way to stay here, and participate in whatever conversations are ongoing.
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Most of us fall into a rut.
And if the reason that we see the same things again-and-again is that we're bound to do so by our ties of friendship, the consequence is that our opinions, our prejudices, are ever more firmly reinforced.
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We have no shortage of people with ideas about art; but if few people look at art then where do those ideas about art originate?
From where do your ideas come, Pedro?
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Over the course of the last several weeks I've met, informally, with artists, publishers, and staff from various organizations in the city.
My aim has been to better understand what it might be possible to do with my archive of Chicago art photography.
I'd like to bring the project to some tangible conclusion, whether in the form of a book or exhibition.
This series of meetings related to my own practice seems good to mention here because everyone involved has gotten the same spiel from me:
a show of such images, derived from locations across the city, over time, might provide an occasion both for new names to be learned and also for familiar names to be understood in a new way.
I think that's important.
Performance and other time-sensitive, audience-involved, site-specific works typically are lost to history after the opening night; and studio visits don't provide a substitute for the missing experience.
The documentary practice itself has made obvious that most visual art events are not well-attended.
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That's "The Chicago Problem" in a word: audience.
The competition for audience here is fierce.
Our art schools produce more artists, and our artists produce more works of art, than we have interested curators, gallerists, collectors, and critics to engage.
So efforts are made, ever more frequently, to combine artwork with food, and drink, and music, in order to appeal to a broader audience.
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Or it's begun to dawn upon people that the easiest way to make money in the art world is not by showing and selling art, but rather by selling things to artists, e.g., residencies, webinars, and certificates.
Because "striking it rich" is as rare in the field of culture as it was anywhere in the Gold Rush, it's safer to make money supplying other people as they risk the long odds.
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We've probably got six commercial galleries relevant to a serious career (Kavi, Shane, Monique, and you can name the other three as you like) and six MFA programs disgorging new graduates every year.[9]
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It's inevitable that non-traditional arrangements evolve to keep our annual raft of hopefuls afloat--if only long enough to drift away to one coast or another.
If there isn't money, or fame, or even much good lighting to sustain the effort here, maybe friendship isn't the worst thing?
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/8416843387/" title="IMG_8154A by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8416843387_398399f531_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_8154A"></a>
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I thought that we had some bond of friendship, or at least some collegial understanding, when I spoke to you and Robin in a tavern on January 25, 2013.[10]
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I'd just finished driving the two of you around town: we'd gone from opening to opening, and I'd made introductions, sharing names and history all along the way.
However grim my own persona, whatever additional difficulties followed from Robin's article on MDW, I wanted, I really wanted, to try to bridge the gaps between groups--rather than burn any remaining bridges.[11]
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You argued with me about Chicago. You told me that Chicago was no different than any other city in America.
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In response I gave to you what I gave to Shannon Stratton, Mike Nourse, Dana DeGiulio, Annie Heckman, and others in the prior weeks:
a sketch of "The Chicago Problem" in which spatial distribution of phenomena, role of institutional connectivity, bottom-heavy proportions, lack of record, and friendship figured prominently.[12]
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You took that, Pedro, and you ran with it--for the purpose of throwing it at our curators and our alternative spaces on February 5, 2013, in your "Friends Curating Friends" article at Newcity.
Why, for the love of God, why did you do it?
And why do you persist in repeating on-line that any subsequent upset has stemmed from your honesty and good work as a critic?
Where do you expect the discussion to go at this point?
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<b>[1]</b> <a href="http://art.newcity.com/2013/02/05/eye-exam-friends-curating-friends/">http://art.newcity.com/2013/02/05/eye-exam-friends-curating-friends/</a>
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<b>[2]</b> See: Myth of Narcissus and Oscar Wilde's use of Shakespeare's character Caliban from "The Tempest," in Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" appended preface.
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<b>[3]</b> Xenophon's Simonides.
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<b>[4]</b> Ibid.
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<b>[5]</b> <a href="http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/2010-chicago-review1-13-11_detail.asp?picnum=19">http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/2010-chicago-review1-13-11_detail.asp?picnum=19</a>
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<b>[6]</b> <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/03/editorial-winter-experiment-monique.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/03/editorial-winter-experiment-monique.html</a>
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Above: Group membership, love of the familiar, constellation of practices, etc., treated in addition to the "Crisis-Free Arts Criticism" discussion.
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<b>[7]</b> <a href="http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/2010-chicago-review1-13-11.asp">http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/2010-chicago-review1-13-11.asp</a>
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Above: "Academic art writing--criticism, theory and opinion--is well served in the city. Whitney Stoepel and Ania Szremski collaborate with F News Magazine..."
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<b>[8]<b></b></b> <a href="http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1970_fast_facts.html">http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1970_fast_facts.html</a>
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<b>[9]</b> <a href="http://blogs.artinfo.com/truestories/2012/11/11/self-ostracism-in-chicago-a-photo-essay/">http://blogs.artinfo.com/truestories/2012/11/11/self-ostracism-in-chicago-a-photo-essay/</a>
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Above: It's noteworthy that Michael Workman identified "student and post-graduate populations," as one of the city's strengths.
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<b>[10]</b> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/8416843387/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/8416843387/</a>
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<b>[11]</b> <a href="http://www.artfagcity.com/2012/11/14/smallness-and-sameness-at-chicagos-mdw-fair/">http://www.artfagcity.com/2012/11/14/smallness-and-sameness-at-chicagos-mdw-fair/</a>
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<b>[12]</b> <a href="http://neotericart.com/2011/12/05/art-criticism-in-chicago-dazed-and-confused-a-review-of-the-panel-discussion-at-the-school-of-the-art-institute-on-november-22-2011-by-diane-thodos/#comment-3122">http://neotericart.com/2011/12/05/art-criticism-in-chicago-dazed-and-confused-a-review-of-the-panel-discussion-at-the-school-of-the-art-institute-on-november-22-2011-by-diane-thodos/#comment-3122</a>
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Above: An outline of "The Chicago Problem" on-line in 2011.Paul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-81612256220472130662012-06-28T22:27:00.000-05:002012-12-13T19:57:40.914-06:00Preview: Weavemaker Pro @ The Plaines ProjectOpening at 7:00 PM on Friday, June 29, 2012, "Weavemaker Pro" showcases seven fiber artists: all students within, or recent graduates from, the <a href="http://www.saic.edu/degrees_resources/departments/fiber/index.html" target="_blank">School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Fiber and Material Studies</a>. Together they explore the conceptual possibilities of a craft (weaving) developed from sets of tensioned threads strung at right angles to one another.
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As encountered during the show's installation at The Plaines Project, 1822 S. Des Plaines St., Chicago, IL, the work of four participating artists--Bryana Bibbs, Krystal DiFronzo, Moira O’Neil, and Melissa Leandro--is depicted in 14 photographs below:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7462886756/" title="Krystal DiFronzo @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Krystal DiFronzo @ The Plaines Project" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/7462886756_1c96c730e3_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Krystal DiFronzo's "Sad Sack" hanging in basement
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464128266/" title="Weavemaker Pro installation @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Weavemaker Pro installation @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8005/7464128266_32e683e3f6_n.jpg" width="213" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Weavemaker Pro installation viewed from basement stair</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464196350/" title="Moira O'Neil @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Moira O'Neil @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/7464196350_cd738d1a6f_n.jpg" width="228" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Moira O'Neil's Johnny Depp
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464190402/" title="Moira O'Neil and Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Moira O'Neil and Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project" height="171" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7464190402_3900958744_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Moira O'Neil and Melissa Leandro</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464186566/" title="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/7464186566_bd975e9e8a_n.jpg" width="213" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Melissa Leandro
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464181520/" title="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project" height="159" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/7464181520_d559fcc369_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Melissa Leandro, detail
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464174318/" title="Bryana Bibbs @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Bryana Bibbs @ The Plaines Project" height="159" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7464174318_1e89009f03_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Bryana Bibbs, detail</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464165824/" title="Bryana Bibbs @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Bryana Bibbs @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7464165824_29154743b8_n.jpg" width="213" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Bryana Bibbs, detail
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464132952/" title="Bryana Bibbs and Krystal DiFronzo @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Bryana Bibbs and Krystal DiFronzo @ The Plaines Project" height="160" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/7464132952_46084a1367_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Bryana Bibbs and Krystal DiFronzo</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464160000/" title="Krystal DiFronzo @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Krystal DiFronzo @ The Plaines Project" height="159" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8151/7464160000_582154683b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Krystal DiFronzo</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7462882556/" title="Bryana Bibbs @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Bryana Bibbs @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7462882556_cd884f238a_n.jpg" width="213" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Bryana Bibbs and </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Melissa Leandro
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464154222/" title="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7464154222_c7215a93dc_n.jpg" width="213" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Melissa Leandro
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464140920/" title="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Melissa Leandro @ The Plaines Project" height="320" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7464140920_f94603a011_n.jpg" width="213" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Melissa Leandro
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7464146232/" title="Weavemaker Pro installation @ The Plaines Project by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Weavemaker Pro installation @ The Plaines Project" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7464146232_7d298ef822_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Installation in progress at The Plaines Project</span>
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"Weavemaker Pro"
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Featuring: Bryana Bibbs, Krystal DiFronzo, Susannah Dotson, Cheloie Laggis, Moira O'Neil, Melissa Leandro, and Etta Sandry
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June 29 – July 6, 2012
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The Plaines Project
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1822 S. Des Plaines St.
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<b>Artist's Websites:</b>
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<a href="http://melissaleandro.com/">http://melissaleandro.com/</a>
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<a href="http://krystaldifronzo.wordpress.com/">http://krystaldifronzo.wordpress.com/</a>
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<a href="http://ettasandry.wordpress.com/">http://ettasandry.wordpress.com/</a>
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<a href="http://www.moiraoneil.com/">http://www.moiraoneil.com/</a>
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<a href="http://fibermaterialstudies.com/advanced_studio/portfolio.php?st=191&p=1895">http://fibermaterialstudies.com/advanced_studio/portfolio.php?st=191&p=1895</a>
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<b>Related Fiber Art Posts:</b>
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-anne-wilson-judy-ledgerwood.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-anne-wilson-judy-ledgerwood.html</a>
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/09/pictorial-el-stitch-y-bitch-antena.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/09/pictorial-el-stitch-y-bitch-antena.html</a>
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-anne-elizabeth-moore-mca-12x12.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-anne-elizabeth-moore-mca-12x12.html</a>
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/04/pictorial-sheila-pepe-he-said-she-said.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/04/pictorial-sheila-pepe-he-said-she-said.html</a>
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-noelle-mason-thomas-robertello.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-noelle-mason-thomas-robertello.html</a>
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-8802622266566227992012-04-26T23:32:00.000-05:002012-08-04T23:01:20.377-05:00Pictorial: Evil Is Interesting @ antena<i>Featured here is a collection of eleven photographs, text, and additional links which in combination help to document the otherwise ephemeral, multimedia presentation of "Evil is Interesting" at antena gallery in Pilsen, Chicago, between March 23 and April 21, 2012.</i>
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Below: Four photographs taken during a live theatrical performance of Michael Workman's "A Conversion," an art play in five acts,
featuring Heather Marie Vernon, Sarah Weis, Katerina Papadatos, Snorre Sjønøst Henriksen and Heather Lynn,
8:30 PM, opening night, March 23, 2012.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7012892791/" title="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena" height="172" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/7012892791_ee3ce2efc5_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7018908743/" title="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6216/7018908743_4b6a445c2b_m.jpg" width="192" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7023168127/" title="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7023168127_0bb7dfe4ba_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6877070938/" title="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Evil Is Interesting @ Antena" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6877070938_e58ef65338_m.jpg" width="172" /></a>
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Below: Six photographs taken during a live sonic performance by Lady Rollins,
featuring Jess Speer, Peter Speer, Caroline Picard, and Devin King,
9:30 PM, closing night, April 20, 2012.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6954351680/" title="Lady Rollins @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Lady Rollins @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7223/6954351680_dfd4c3c8cb_m.jpg" width="159" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6954350514/" title="Lady Rollins @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Lady Rollins @ antena" height="172" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5111/6954350514_9fe6b96e90_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6954350152/" title="Lady Rollins @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Lady Rollins @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/6954350152_eec3997e06_m.jpg" width="172" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6954352598/" title="Lady Rollins @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Lady Rollins @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/6954352598_d263bde3d0_m.jpg" width="159" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6954354818/" title="Lady Rollins @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Lady Rollins @ antena" height="144" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/6954354818_353cc1923f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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Below: The "False Love" zine by AA Bronson, Michael Workman, Dan Gleason and others, available at the gallery in limited edition:
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7168058458/" title="False Love zine from Evil Is Interesting @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="False Love zine from Evil Is Interesting @ antena" height="320" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5468/7168058458_6bc015f239_n.jpg" width="216" /></a>
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"Evil Is Interesting"
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March 23 - April 21, 2012
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antena
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1765 S. Laflin St.
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Chicago, IL 60608
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Curated by Michael Workman/Antidote Projects
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Artists: Frank Pollard, Mike Lenkowski, Lorna Mills, Sarah Weis, Bill Talsma, Elizabeth Suter, Jody Oesterreicher, Micki Tschur, Sarah Legow, Industry of the Ordinary, Holly Streekstra, Samantha Ocasta, Jeffrey Grauel, Tony Kapel, Computers Cult, Maitejosune Urrechaga and others.
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See also: Jason Kreke in Newcity Art,
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<a href="http://art.newcity.com/2012/03/27/review-evil-is-interestingantena-gallery/">http://art.newcity.com/2012/03/27/review-evil-is-interestingantena-gallery/</a>
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See also: Jon Brozdowski in The Chicago Weekly,
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<a href="http://chicagoweekly.net/2012/04/04/a-vile-attraction/">http://chicagoweekly.net/2012/04/04/a-vile-attraction/</a>
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See also: antena gallery's own information,
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<a href="http://antenapilsen.blogspot.com/2012/04/vile-attraction.html">http://antenapilsen.blogspot.com/2012/04/vile-attraction.html</a>
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-23211257229702342612012-04-26T00:40:00.000-05:002012-04-30T18:28:02.763-05:00Pictorial: Second Annual Lyp Sinc Show @ Defibrillator<i>An exposition of local performance art in thirteen acts, and a fund-raising event for "Rapid Pulse," an international performance festival scheduled to run at the gallery during the upcoming Summer of 2012.</i>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7114709367/" title="Mikey McParlane @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Mikey McParlane @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/7114709367_0436965b25_m.jpg" width="172" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6894706202/" title="Mikey McParlane @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Mikey McParlane @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/6894706202_2aace0edf7_m.jpg" width="161" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7040801311/" title="Mikey McParlane @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Mikey McParlane @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7040801311_61987ff366_m.jpg" width="160" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Mikey McParlane</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6968624458/" title="Jillian Soto @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Jillian Soto @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/6968624458_f30d2ac280_m.jpg" width="192" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7043332385/" title="Jillian Soto @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Jillian Soto @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/7043332385_e538715212_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6894631458/" title="Jillian Soto @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Jillian Soto @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7225/6894631458_21d7b24942_m.jpg" width="172" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Jillian Soto
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7040659033/" title="Happy Collaborationists @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Happy Collaborationists @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/7040659033_3c71394b73_m.jpg" width="161" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Happy Collaborationists</span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6968625300/" title="Sofia Moreno @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Sofia Moreno @ Defibrillator" height="172" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/6968625300_3708eb0c44_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Sofia Moreno
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7040561477/" title="Joseph Ravens @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Joseph Ravens @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/7040561477_8a0100b4b6_m.jpg" width="161" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Joseph Ravens
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6968626292/" title="Taisha Paggett @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Taisha Paggett @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5349/6968626292_b8f252d709_m.jpg" width="161" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Taisha Paggett
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/7043331283/" title="Jake Myers @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Jake Myers @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5031/7043331283_b07cd586c9_m.jpg" width="161" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Jake Myers
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6968627294/" title="Robin Deacon @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Robin Deacon @ Defibrillator" height="144" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7101/6968627294_02ff4c3bf5_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Robin Deacon
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6897233916/" title="Ben Foch @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Ben Foch @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/6897233916_e513b8df24_m.jpg" width="161" /></a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Ben Foch
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Full roster of performers: Happy Collaborationists, Ben Foch, Sasha Hodges, Mikey McParlane, Sofia Moreno, Jillian Soto, Courtney Macandanz, Rosé Hernandez, Robin Deacon, Taisha Paggett, Jake Myers, Sharon Lanza, Monica Panzarino
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"Second Annual Lyp Sinc Show"
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April 1, 2012 @ 7:00 PM
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Defibrillator
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1136 N. Milwaukee Ave.
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Chicago, IL 60642
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<a href="http://www.dfbrl8r.com/">http://www.dfbrl8r.com/</a>
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<i>"Defibrillator (a.k.a dfbrL8r or dfb) is a non-profit arts organization under the fiscal sponsorship of Fractured Atlas. Part studio and part gallery, dfb provides a gathering place to conceive, present, and promote performance art and other ephemeral forms of expression."</i>
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See also: Zachary Whittenburg and Chandler West's coverage of the event in Time Out Chicago,
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<a href="http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15225161/the-lyp-sinc-show-at-defibrillator-review-photos">http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15225161/the-lyp-sinc-show-at-defibrillator-review-photos</a>
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-85798507418403505672012-03-15T19:43:00.035-05:002012-11-12T23:17:38.931-06:00Digest: Chicago Art Scene, March 2 - 11, 2012<i>An informal, first-person, chronological account of eleven gallery and museum visits made in Chicago, IL, during the ten-day period from March 2 - 11, 2012</i><br />
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<b>(1) Cobalt: Prima Sakuntabhai</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6839088790/" title="Prima Sakuntabhai @ Cobalt Studio by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Prima Sakuntabhai @ Cobalt Studio " height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6839088790_aaee00eebc_m.jpg" width="172" /></a><br />
<i>7:56 PM, Friday, March 2, 2012:</i> SAIC student Prima Sakuntabhai offers an installation, the main sculptural component of which is available to be seen not only in the gallery but also (by means of wall-mounted documentary photography) as it has been situated outdoors in various locations around Chicago. Said "main sculptural component" is built from construction-grade lumber and found (tires) objects.<br />
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OK. It is, not surprisingly, a young crowd. Attire is, surprisingly, formal. Several people appear to have brought "personal" bottles of champagne. Prima, however, is not pretentious; and she readily agrees to be photographed. But, as we begin to shoot, a fellow in his 20s (?) walks over, identifies himself as a professional photographer, and proceeds to provide Prima with modelling instructions.<br />
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The proprietors of Cobalt, Adriana Baltazar and Antonio Martinez, are present at the opening and take time to engage me in conversation. Adriana lets me know that I speak with an accent; lacking a better response, I share a brief family history. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/4741680838/">Saul Aguirre, who's work I've seen at both Antena Gallery and also at the (late) NEXT art fair, enters the space shortly before I make my own exit from it.</a> The parking on 21st Street is easy. Heineken in a can is served to everyone. And Prima makes an effort to say, "Thank you," as I depart.<br />
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Prima Sakuntabhai<br />
March 2, 2012<br />
Cobalt Studio <br />
1950 W. 21st St. <br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
<a href="http://cobaltartstudio.blogspot.com/">http://cobaltartstudio.blogspot.com</a><br />
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<b>(2) Mission: Mariana Sissia</b><br />
<i>8:45 PM, Friday, March 2, 2012:</i> Here, Mariana Sissia presents a collection of graphite on paper drawings. With exceptions, the pieces tend to be small in scale; and, within each frame, the worked area of the paper constitutes only a fraction of the available whole. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/3919220445/"> It reminds me, a bit, of Robyn O'Neil's treatment of the material at Tony Wight's place in 2009.</a> But, contra O'Neil, the human figure is absent in Sissia's renderings. I bump into Sibylle Friche and Daniel Quiles at the gallery's entrance. Inside, in Spanish, Quiles explains to a very attractive stranger that I'm an "event photographer." Gallery owner Sebastian Campos is most gentlemanly, in spite of the fact that I've arrived ten minutes before the closing time. No booze; no pics; it's a fairly quick look around the room.<br />
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Mariana Sissia<br />
Mar 2 – Apr 13, 2012<br />
The Mission<br />
1431 W. Chicago Avenue<br />
Chicago, IL 60642<br />
<a href="http://themissionprojects.com/">http://themissionprojects.com</a><br />
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<b>(3) Lloyd Dobler: Carl Baratta</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985207781/" title="Carl Baratta @ Lloyd Dobler by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Carl Baratta @ Lloyd Dobler" height="159" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6985207781_3cea74124d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6948337781/" title="Carl Baratta @ Lloyd Dobler by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Carl Baratta @ Lloyd Dobler" height="171" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6948337781_0c6f68673b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<i>9:21 PM, Friday, March 2, 2012:</i> I catch painter Carl Baratta on the sidewalk: he's rolling cigarettes, standing near to the staircase leading up to the second-floor gallery. While Baratta is occupied with other people (as many people begging tobacco as complementing his show) I set-up the camera, flash and diffuser. Ready, I approach and find him to be a willing subject. In spite of the falling temperature, increasing wind, and steady crowd of friends and fans, his patience allows for twenty good shots. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/3919283321/"> James Kao chats with us for a few minutes, outside</a>; Samantha Bittman chats for a few minutes, inside. Bittman lets me know that I sound like I'm from Brooklyn, New York. No worries.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/4573324973/">In the apartment gallery's kitchen, at the end of regular hours, apropos of nothing, I broach the subject of Chicago art fairs with Lloyd Dobler proprietors Patricia Courson and Jason Jozwiak.</a> Maybe: (a) I remember seeing them (Patricia and Jason) at NEXT in 2010, near Saul Aguirre; and, (b) NEXT was recently cancelled? No beer; a few quick pics inside; I'm out.<br />
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Carl Baratta<br />
March 2 - April 28, 2012<br />
Lloyd Dobler Gallery<br />
1545 W. Division, Second Floor <br />
Chicago, IL 60642<br />
<a href="http://www.lloyddoblergallery.com/">http://www.lloyddoblergallery.com</a><br />
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<b>(4) Johalla Projects: Wow-house</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985258953/" title="Chiara No in Wow-house @ Johalla Projects by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Chiara No in Wow-house @ Johalla Projects" height="161" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/6985258953_51ea766321_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985256689/" title="Wow-house @ Johalla Projects by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Wow-house @ Johalla Projects" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6985256689_427ceac2f8_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<i>10:30 PM, Friday, March 2, 2012:</i> "Wow-house" is a group show. Again, I'm late. Johalla's Anna Cerniglia graciously tolerates my behavior (lying on floor, drawing too near the artwork, etc.) as I work my way around the room with the camera. <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/08/pictorial-dominion-eel-space.html">In the exhibition, Jessica Taylor Caponigro's name is familiar to me. And I remember seeing a sculptural installation which she executed at Eel Space in Pilsen.</a> Actually, several names, e.g., Chad Kouri, are familiar to me. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6865273331/">The last show which I saw within this space belonged to Heidi Norton.</a><br />
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Maybe, Johalla reminds me of Julius Caesar? but larger? If Lloyd Dobler or The Suburban often show a similar style of work, they do so in a very much more compact, and quasi-domestic, context. The building complex at 1821 W. Hubbard in its own way affects the viewing experience within the galleries which it houses: the (fragmented? sprawling?) physical parameters of its architecture are such that individual artworks often struggle to connect to one another. It's easy for things to feel "lost" or (nasty little word) "de-contextualized" here.<br />
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"Wow-house"<br />
March 2, 2012- March 25, 2012<br />
Johalla Projects<br />
1821 W. Hubbard, Suite 110<br />
Chicago, IL 60622<br />
<a href="http://www.johallaprojects.com/">http://www.johallaprojects.com</a><br />
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<b>(5) Depaul Art Museum: Re: Chicago</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6956942215/" title="Davis/Langlois in Re:Chicago @ DePaul Art Museum by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Davis/Langlois in Re:Chicago @ DePaul Art Museum" height="172" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6956942215_f8b7d6c26e_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6810836350/" title="Davis/Langlois in Re:Chicago @ DePaul Art Museum by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Davis/Langlois in Re:Chicago @ DePaul Art Museum" height="159" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7063/6810836350_76802fa5e5_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<i>4:45 PM, Sunday, March 4, 2012:</i> It's the last hour of the last day of "Re: Chicago" at the Depaul Art Museum. All pretense aside, I'm here for a last look at “Living the Dream” by Davis/Langlois. Built, largely, from abstracted Pop iconography, the D/L installation incorporates both a relatively (rollerly?) painterly, direct application of vivid pigment to the museum walls, and a graphic, monochromatic treatment of geometric figures on traditional supports. Too, a freestanding, three-dimensional "screen" functions as a framing device: itself being filled with asymmetrical, linear elements "interrupting" a clear view. After this piece comes down, it won't be possible to appreciate the variable relationship between its parts by means of the surviving photographic documentation. The museum's attendants are great. And my exit is physically blocked till I've accepted a card advertising the next show: Studio Malick, opening March 29, 2012.<br />
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Davis/Langlois in "Re:Chicago"<br />
September 16 – March 4, 2012<br />
DePaul Art Museum<br />
935 W. Fullerton<br />
Chicago, IL 60614<br />
<a href="http://museums.depaul.edu/">http://museums.depaul.edu</a><br />
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<b>(6) Defibrillator: Force Majeure</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6958294319/" title="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6958294319_a9d8face0f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812182364/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6812182364_5426057989_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<i>5:20 PM, Sunday, March 4, 2012:</i> The amount of time and energy invested in "Force Majeure," the two-part performance hosted by Defibrillator and New Capital, is amazing. <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2012/03/pictorial-force-majeure-defibrillator.html">I'm dumbfounded that these people haven't received more and better press.</a><br />
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Marek Choloniewski, et al,<br />
Defibrillator Gallery<br />
1136 N. Milwaukee Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL 60642<br />
<a href="http://www.dfbrl8r.com/">http://www.dfbrl8r.com</a><br />
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NON GRATA<br />
New Capital Gallery<br />
3114 W. Carroll<br />
Chicago, IL 60612<br />
<a href="http://newcapitalprojects.com/">http://newcapitalprojects.com</a><br />
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<b>(7) threewalls: Alan & Michael Fleming</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6839000560/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls" height="161" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6839000560_bb26c600da_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6839085234/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls " height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6839085234_9a99d42490_m.jpg" width="171" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985251675/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls " height="144" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6985251675_9fcf71770b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985344741/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls " height="172" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6985344741_5def1c20d5_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985346969/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls " height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6985346969_e8052d925c_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6839226650/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls " height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6839226650_0253f201d9_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6839133456/" title="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Alan & Michael Fleming @ threewalls " height="172" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7046/6839133456_f68fa60420_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<i>7:56 PM, Friday, March 9, 2012:</i> Dance moves, aluminum cans, patterns of organization, etc., are all being recycled here. It strikes me as artwork drawn materially and theoretically from whatever was found to be convenient, pre-existing in the environment around SAIC. That's not to say that there's no effort evident; but whether there's any innovation is another matter altogether. Everything looks vaguely familiar. An obvious art historical reference, e.g., Carl Andre, can be a double-edged sword. It's a calculated presentation which manages also to feel at turns disposable; much of this genre is not intended to be precious. There's some staring and some snickering at me. I've worn the wrong sort of clothing; I've cut my hair; I have two cameras hanging from my neck; I'm looking too closely at the artwork. I'm not a part of the "community," and it's obvious. <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/04/pictorial-no-joke-lvl3.html">Marissa Perel is good to wave; she showed at LVL3 with the Flemings in "No Joke."</a> I try to be fair, take the best possible photographs, understand what's happening, and leave.<br />
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Alan & Michael Fleming<br />
March 9 - April 21, 2012<br />
threewalls <br />
119 N. Peoria St. <br />
Chicago, IL 60607<br />
<a href="http://www.three-walls.org/">http://www.three-walls.org</a><br />
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<b>(8) Pilsen: Chicago Arts District</b><br />
<i>9:00 PM, Friday, March 9, 2012:</i> I park. I wander along Halsted. Gavin Rehfeldt is good to say hello. I know not for whom this place is meant, but it is not meant for me. And that's OK. I take no pictures; I drink nothing; I leave.<br />
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<b>(9) Eel Space: Kristina Paabus & Charles Mahaffee</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985352357/" title="Charles Mahaffee @ Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Charles Mahaffee @ Eel Space" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/6985352357_d095dbcf2d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985350091/" title="Kristina Paabus @ Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Kristina Paabus @ Eel Space" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6985350091_a4a3dbf481_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<i>10:24 PM, Friday, March 9, 2012:</i> I'm late to arrive at Eel Space: the opening is scheduled to end at 10:00 PM, about which time it is when I grab the door's handle. An odd sort of "hummm" is audible in the stairwell leading up to the exhibition (apartment) space. Inside, proprietor Patrick Holbrooke appears to be gritting his teeth and holding his breath as he waits for the crowd to exit his gallery/residence.<br />
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Luckily, Kristina (Kristina Paabus, one of the artists who has work on display) is chatty. She's stacked progressively diminishing sheets of builder's insulating foam board to create a peaked form, subsequently covering the whole with gesso. And the story she's telling links Estonia to Azerbaijan to the sculptures which she's made. I reach into Patrick's fridge and grab a "Hamm's" beer.<br />
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Charles Mahaffee's installation occupies the room opposite Kristina. Amplifiers which he's placed at either end of the tight space are the source of the "hummm" heard earlier. The walls are papered with repetitive, circular doodles centered on (100?) individual sheets.<br />
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Packing-up to go, two guys introduce themselves as visitors from Cuba. They're interested in my camera, and want to learn about the video capabilities of Canon's 5DMKII. I'm not using a 5DMKII, but that does nothing to stop the conversation. Patrick's really not looking happy. Some blonde-haired woman (named Miriam? or Gillian? and working as a guide for the Cubans?) yells, "Vamanos!" and we all leave.<br />
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Kristina Paabus & Charles Mahaffee<br />
Eel Space<br />
1906 S. Throop St., 2F<br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
<a href="http://eelspace.wordpress.com/">http://eelspace.wordpress.com</a><br />
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<b>(10) Alderman: Brendan Meara & Robert Chase Heishman</b> <br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985338099/" title="Brendan Meara & Robert Chase Heishman @ Alderman Exhibitions by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Brendan Meara & Robert Chase Heishman @ Alderman Exhibitions" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7051/6985338099_d2a1f9c139_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6985340013/" title="BMW Outside Alderman Exhibitions by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="BMW Outside Alderman Exhibitions" height="172" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6985340013_d333aeb4e4_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<i>5:00 PM, Sunday, March 11, 2012:</i> Whichever of Chicago's art opening lists I've consulted, I've not been made aware that the central event at Alderman is a screening. I'm (mistakenly) in no hurry, and so I don't think twice about talking with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/4698165954/">Bill Gross</a> and (Congratulations!) Dahlia for 15 minutes outside. Yet again, I'm late. Climbing up the staircase to the venue, I find at the top a film in progress: audience facing me. On the screen a fuse is burning. I give the fuse ten minutes. It's still burning when I exit the space. Visual content is being delivered too slowly, on this day, for me. I'm sorry.<br />
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Brendan Meara & Robert Chase Heishman<br />
March 11, 2012<br />
Alderman Exhibitions<br />
1138 W. Randolph St. <br />
Chicago, IL 60607<br />
<a href="http://www.aldermanexhibitions.com/">http://www.aldermanexhibitions.com</a><br />
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<b>(11) ACRE: Joseph Rynkiewicz</b><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6839221662/" title="Joseph Rynkiewicz @ ACRE Projects by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Joseph Rynkiewicz @ ACRE Projects" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6839221662_7f7e917f09_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<i>5:52 PM, Sunday, March 11, 2012:</i> There seems to be substantial overlap between this crowd and the crowd which was at threewalls on March 9, 2012. At the center of the space there is a dirty fragment of particle board depending from a string.<br />
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Joseph Rynkiewicz<br />
March 11 - 12, 2012<br />
ACRE Projects <br />
1913 W 17th St. <br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
<a href="http://www.acreresidency.org/">http://www.acreresidency.org</a>Paul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-8725815448545738312012-03-06T02:23:00.004-06:002012-03-06T12:52:31.621-06:00Pictorial: Force Majeure @ Defibrillator & New CapitalA two-part performance on March 4, 2012:<br />
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(1) At 6:00 PM, Marek Choloniewski presents a large-scale, interactive, four-channel video installation which incorporates GPS technology and digital imagery created from a Chicago automobile driver's POV. Dan Dehaan, Katie Young, and Ryan Ingebritsen provide improvised, electrified sound in accompaniment.<br />
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Marek Choloniewski: <a href="http://www.studiomch.art.pl/">http://www.studiomch.art.pl/</a><br />
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(2) At 7:00 PM, members of NON GRATA, an international performance collective, transport and then engage audience members in the destruction of an American-made sedan.<br />
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NON GRATA: <a href="http://www.nongrata.ee/">http://www.nongrata.ee/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812180724/" title="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6812180724_11e2eddd2c_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6958294319/" title="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6958294319_a9d8face0f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812177394/" title="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/6812177394_b156fc59e7_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6957128169/" title="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6957128169_bfac646713_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812174908/" title="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/6812174908_ab948b9041_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="NON GRATA "Force Majeure" Chicago"></a><br />
Above, NON GRATA hosted by:<br />
New Capital Gallery<br />
3114 W. Carroll<br />
Chicago, IL 60612<br />
<a href="http://newcapitalprojects.com">http://newcapitalprojects.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6958288861/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6958288861_4c8d942d0a_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812182364/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6812182364_5426057989_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812176028/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6812176028_1bdbf14dc1_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812173132/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6812173132_e7a1137909_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6958281195/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6958281195_646bd55a11_m.jpg" width="172" height="240" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6958279503/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6958279503_7467bdae8b_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6812168420/" title="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6812168420_0f38563e13_m.jpg" width="240" height="172" alt="Marek Choloniewski @ Defibrillator"></a><br />
Above, Marek Choloniewski, et al, hosted by:<br />
Defibrillator Gallery<br />
1136 N. Milwaukee Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL 60642<br />
<a href="http://www.dfbrl8r.com">http://www.dfbrl8r.com</a><br />
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See also: Zachary Whittenburg's Feb 24, 2012, Time Out Chicago interview with NON GRATA,<br />
<a href="http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15128441/al-paldrok-of-non-grata-interview">http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15128441/al-paldrok-of-non-grata-interview</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-89730144526579731242012-03-03T17:16:00.005-06:002012-05-02T15:07:26.410-05:00Pictorial: Firsts And For Most @ Defibrillator Gallery<i>"Two nights of performance work by School of the Art Institute first year graduate students..."</i><br />
7:30 PM, February 25 & 26, 2012<br />
1136 N. Milwaukee Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
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Featuring: Stephanie Acosta, Moe Beitiks, Aundrea Frahm, Autumn Hays, Li-Hui Huang, Natalia Nicholson, Sabn Reed, Hillary Schofield, Chun Shao, Daviel Shy, Jae Wook Song, Elena Tejada-Herrera, Hannah Verill<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6792913042/" title="Autumn Hays in Degeneration @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/6792913042_0199b0b12d_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="Autumn Hays in Degeneration @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6939021905/" title="Autumn Hays in Degeneration @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6939021905_4202c12b7c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Autumn Hays in Degeneration @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
Above: Autumn Hays in <i>Degeneration</i>, a durational piece in Defibrillator's storefront window.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6790050490/" title="Meghan Moe Beitiks in Rambox @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/6790050490_1ccc8d95e7_m.jpg" width="240" height="172" alt="Meghan Moe Beitiks in Rambox @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6936162873/" title="Meghan Moe Beitiks in Rambox @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/6936162873_4a5971c2cc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Meghan Moe Beitiks in Rambox @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
Above: Meghan Moe Beitiks in <i>Rambox</i>, a 15 minute solo performance. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6939028791/" title="Natalia Nicholson in Lament for Redwing Blackbird @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6939028791_5af7d647b0_m.jpg" width="172" height="240" alt="Natalia Nicholson in Lament for Redwing Blackbird @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6939024063/" title="Natalia Nicholson in Lament for Redwing Blackbird @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6939024063_c00e64244d_m.jpg" width="240" height="144" alt="Natalia Nicholson in Lament for Redwing Blackbird @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
Above: Natalia Nicholson in <i>Nature Under Deconstruction Part 2: Lament for Redwing Blackbird</i>, a 15 minute performance with collaborators: Li-Hui Huang, Hee Ran Lee, Hsinyan Wei, Diandra Miller, and Emily Nowell.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6936930901/" title="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6936930901_253d3e9a72_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6790810902/" title="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6790810902_c4e5d1b4c9_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6790809070/" title="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6790809070_29264e7dfa_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6790814882/" title="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7198/6790814882_3087683edc_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Lihui Huang in Across the Universe @ Firsts And For Most"></a><br />
Above: Li-Hui Huang in <i>Across the Universe</i>, a 30 minute audience-engaged performance at gallery exit, closing the evening.<br />
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Organized by the Performance Exchange; funded by the SAIC Student Association; hosted by Joseph Ravens. The images above are posted in chronological order, as taken on the February 26, 2012, convocation.<br />
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SAIC's Department of Performance:<br />
<a href="http://www.saic.edu/degrees_resources/departments/perf/index.html">http://www.saic.edu/degrees_resources/departments/perf/index.html</a><br />
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Defibrillator Gallery:<br />
<a href="http://www.dfbrl8r.com/">http://www.dfbrl8r.com/</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-37636392672324156312012-02-23T21:10:00.014-06:002012-10-09T10:44:53.494-05:00Editorial: Todd Chilton vis-a-vis Scott StackChicago painters Todd Chilton and Scott Stack seem good to bring together in comparison. Independent of one another, both artists have recently produced abstract works in which successive, regular, linear elements dominate the canvas. Having written that, between Chilton and Stack there is too a telling difference in manipulation of line and color--a difference indicative of opposing strategies for pattern formation and the perception thereof. Coincidentally, in the not-too-distant past, the pair opened shows only two weeks and three miles apart.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6428117561/" title="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman" height="159" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6051/6428117561_1d78ed6cb3_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman, October 28 - December 3, 2011, edge detail</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241353547/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="161" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6060/6241353547_d94a46c21d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack @ Monique Meloche, October 15 – November 12, 2011, edge detail</span><br />
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In a previous article, on October 13, 2011, two days in advance of his exhibition at Monique Meloche Gallery, Scott Stack was recorded as follows: "'I'm not interested in pure green, or pure red, or anything straight out of the tube,' he said, 'That's not color.'"[1] <br />
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Whether his (Stack's) words were driven by prescience or exasperation, that formal antithesis which he conjured in speech was seen realized by Todd Chilton at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, on October 28, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6431774043/" title="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman" height="171" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6431774043_7e70b92a18_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman, October 28 - December 3, 2011, edge detail</span><br />
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In Chilton's presentation at Hoffman, more-or-less solid colors in alternation were used to build linear elements within paintings. Band-of-paint to band-of-paint, transitions were seen to be relatively abrupt and high in contrast; internal borders were well-defined, even if painterly. The periodic reversal of value and/or hue within said bands was, in aggregate, sometimes productive of a weak "gestalt effect," according to which geometric figures were able to be recognized.[2] <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6437513435/" title="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman" height="240" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/6437513435_03d06092d1_m.jpg" width="192" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman, October 28 - December 3, 2011</span><br />
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In this regard, Chilton wholly depended upon his viewer's ability to psychologically complete his half-painted patterns: secondary shapes, however simple, e.g., diamond, needed to be known (knowable) in whole aforehand.<br />
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Conversely, in his most recent show at Meloche, Stack displayed a commitment to blending not only in his palette but also in the paint having been applied to the canvas. Movement from color-to-color and line-to-line within Stack's new paintings was usually characterized by a compact but gradual gradient progression; it was refined. Where Chilton's (impasto) surfaces were thick and tempestuous, Stack's surfaces were remarkably shallow and placid in spite of hours of brushwork. <br />
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It was in his composition that Stack roiled enigmatically, as the organization of his lines appeared stochastic, whether such activity was said to have some original correspondence to objective reality. Here, Stack was open as Rorschach to readings as yet unknown to himself or his audience.[3]<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack, "Return of the Leopard Woman," 2009, oil on canvas, 89 x 74 inches</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, original image from Monique Meloche Gallery.</span><br />
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Stack is, roughly, twice Chilton's age; Stack must have held a brush for more than twice as many years as Chilton. And it's tempting to attribute at least some difference in their current work to said temporal disparity: What in youth seems clear, a matter of earnest to be vigorously pursued, frequently becomes a more complicated and ambiguous affair as the years pass. Why Chilton and Stack should have drawn relatively near one another, however briefly, now, is a yet more difficult thing to guess.<br />
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Historically, Scott Stack had seemed to be committed to the representation of abstractions--and not to representation or abstraction per se.[4] Painting the imagery reproduced by electronic devices, e.g., night vision equipment or television, Stack had spent years painting scenes already multiple generations distant from reality.[5][6] And it had been fairly easy to nestle him (Stack) in the near precedents set by Chicago Imagists: linking his apartment exteriors to Roger Brown, and his figure work to Ed Paschke.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack, "7:30pm Apartment," oil on canvas, 78 x 66 inches, original image from Monique Meloche Gallery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack, "Queen," 2009, oil on canvas, 100 x 66 inches, original image from Monique Meloche Gallery.</span><br />
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Stack was a sort of surrealist with a conceptual bent, a foot in each local camp. But, Stack's more recent work recalls another continent almost one hundred years ago, in which time and place Cubism and Futurism were incubated. Maybe, Stack recalls Fernand Leger particularly.[7]<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack, "Untitled," 2011, oil on canvas, 68 x 78 inches, original image from Monique Meloche Gallery.</span><br />
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Locally, Todd Chilton has been repeatedly associated with the purely formal issues of his craft.[8] And Chilton does indeed seem to be a painter of paintings: any reference external to the activity of himself, his viewer, and art history, appears limited if at all extant in his work. To the extent that Chilton is involved in a re-imagining of Op and Hard-Edge painting he too, like Stack, relies heavily upon abstractions which already exist somewhere in visual culture.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6438714445/" title="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman" height="144" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6438714445_3438506a8d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman, October 28 - December 3, 2011, installation view</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6437518047/" title="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6437518047_cbe1b0e185_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Todd Chilton @ Rhona Hoffman, October 28 - December 3, 2011, installation view</span><br />
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Not surprisingly, Chilton hails from one of the coastal states, and he's been picked-up and shown on the opposite coast. In spite of what happened in architecture and furniture design after pollination by the Bauhaus in the 1930s (and maybe in needful opposition to it) geometric abstraction in painting did not take root and flower in Chicago as it did in other places.[9] The easily imagined art historical precedents for Chilton and Stack's linear work, collected and exhibited in Chicago, tend to have been trucked-in from New York or some part of Western Europe. For example, Frank Stella and Barnett Newman hail from New York, Bridget Riley from England, and Sean Scully from Ireland.[10]<br />
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Maybe, playing upon the reference to the Weimar Republic in the preceding paragraph, Chilton and Stack are equally out of step with the "zeitgeist" in Chicago. Here and now, economic theory (Marx and Engels are only rarely named) underpins much contemporary education, production, and critique within the visual arts; and, not surprisingly, types of social art, poor art and street art constitute no small part of the local scene. Specialization in a particular craft, solitary studio work, and the production of real "commodities," such as the oil paintings on canvas made by Chilton and Stack, are things broadly considered to be passe.[11] For Scott Stack not to be connected to Todd Chilton's youthful cohort of SAIC and UIC graduates is a yet-more difficult thing. Whether Chilton will become more like Stack, or Stack more like Chilton, time will tell...<br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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[1] <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/10/preview-scott-stack-monique-meloche.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/10/preview-scott-stack-monique-meloche.html</a><br />
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[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology</a><br />
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[3] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Rorschach">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Rorschach</a><br />
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[4] <a href="http://www.cod.edu/gallery/catalog/short_stack.pdf">http://www.cod.edu/gallery/catalog/short_stack.pdf</a><br />
Paragraph Two: "between representation and abstraction an approach to painting has developed that one might describe as 'situational,' a conceptually based attitude toward the application of paint,"<br />
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Above: Essay by Dominic Molon, past Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago<br />
"Situational Painting: Matthew Girson, Scott Short, Scott Stack"<br />
May 19 - June 23, 2005<br />
Gahlberg Gallery<br />
College of DuPage<br />
Glen Ellyn, Illinois<br />
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[5] Ibid.<br />
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Paragraph Six: "The skewed view of the world presented to us through electronic mediation is examined in the paintings of Scott Stack,"<br />
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Paragraph Six: "Stack’s depiction of scenes comprising shadowy forms often seen through some type of electronic distortion makes the more sinister implications of a life lived through televised, filmed or computer-based mediation (such as the use of media as a form of social control) visually manifest in his paintings,"<br />
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[6] <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-31/entertainment/0603310296_1_peter-miller-gallery-drawings-cover">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-03-31/entertainment/0603310296_1_peter-miller-gallery-drawings-cover</a><br />
"His first approach was to give contemporary scenes culled from newspaper photographs the look of having been viewed through night-vision goggles. So the images are horizontally striated..."<br />
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Above: Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune art critic, March 31, 2006, "Scott Stack at the Monique Meloche Gallery"<br />
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***Artner seems to suggest that Stack entered linear abstraction through the relatively straightforward representation of a technological distortion.***<br />
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[7] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Leger">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Leger</a><br />
Above: See "The Railway Crossing," 1919, noting stochastic arrangement of well-modeled diagonal lines.<br />
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See also: <a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/79600">http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/79600</a><br />
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[8] Todd Chilton appeared in both the 2006 and also 2010 iterations of the contemporary formal exhibition "Ps & Qs," as curated by Shannon Stratton and Jeff Ward.<br />
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2010: <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/ps-qs-1">http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/ps-qs-1</a><br />
Review: <a href="http://art.newcity.com/2010/03/22/review-ps-qshyde-park-art-center/">http://art.newcity.com/2010/03/22/review-ps-qshyde-park-art-center/</a><br />
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2006: <a href="http://microrevolt.org/reblog/archives/2006/09/ps-qs.html">http://microrevolt.org/reblog/archives/2006/09/ps-qs.html</a><br />
Above: Todd Chilton, Nevin Tomlinson, Andrea Myers, Kirsten Flanigan, Mung Lar Lam, Paul Jackson, Carl Suddath, Katy Heinlein<br />
September 8 - November 12, 2006<br />
Glassell School of Art<br />
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<br />
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Todd Chilton appeared in both "Beautiful Form" and "New Formalisms 2" as curated by Abraham Ritchie, in 2009 and 2012 respectively.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6693694713/" title="Samantha Bittman & Todd Chilton @ 65GRAND by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Samantha Bittman & Todd Chilton @ 65GRAND" height="160" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6693694713_f326bc0194_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Todd Chilton with Samantha Bittman in "New Formalisms 2," on January 13, 2012, at 65GRAND, 1369 W. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60642</span><br />
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2012: <a href="http://65grand.com/newformalisms2_release.php">http://65grand.com/newformalisms2_release.php</a><br />
Review: <a href="http://art.newcity.com/2012/01/31/review-new-formalisms-2-65grand/">http://art.newcity.com/2012/01/31/review-new-formalisms-2-65grand/</a><br />
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2009: <a href="http://www.65grand.com/beautiful_form_release.php">http://www.65grand.com/beautiful_form_release.php</a><br />
Review: <a href="http://art.newcity.com/2009/01/19/review-beautiful-form65-grand/">http://art.newcity.com/2009/01/19/review-beautiful-form65-grand/</a><br />
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[9] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe</a><br />
Above: See Illinois Institute of Technology, Second Chicago School, International Modernism, and Walter Gropius<br />
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[10] <a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/72177">http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/72177</a><br />
Above: Sean Scully, "Heart of Darkness," 1982, oil on canvas, 96 x 144 inches<br />
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Scully was shown (and, if memory serves, afforded a great deal of space) at The Art Institute of Chicago, December 15, 1987 – February 7, 1988<br />
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[11] A Feminist critique of Chilton and Stack might additionally emphasize the artists maintenance of an essentially patriarchal narrative; the commercial, as opposed to domestic, context of the artists' exhibitions; the subordination and anonymity of familial support structures enabling each male artist; etc. Multiculturalists might find fault with Chilton and Stack when considering the narrow ethnic demographic which the two artists represent. Chicago Imagists, i.e., Surrealists, their collectors and chroniclers, not Marxists, Feminists, or multiculturalists, find little to love in any form of non-objective geometric abstraction. And, Neo-Conceptualists seem to occupy little intellectual ground apart from Marxism and Feminism.<br />
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<b>Exhibitions:</b><br />
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Todd Chilton <br />
October 28 - December 3, 2011<br />
Rhona Hoffman Gallery <br />
118 North Peoria Street<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60607<br />
<a href="http://www.rhoffmangallery.com/">http://www.rhoffmangallery.com/</a><br />
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Scott Stack<br />
October 15 – November 12, 2011<br />
Monique Meloche Gallery<br />
2154 W. Division<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60622<br />
<a href="http://moniquemeloche.com/">http://moniquemeloche.com/</a><br />
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<b>Related Posts:</b><br />
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/07/editorial-after-minimalism-in-chicago.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/07/editorial-after-minimalism-in-chicago.html</a><br />
"Editorial: After Minimalism in Chicago the Summer of 2011," July 22, 2011<br />
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<a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-todd-chilton-slow.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-todd-chilton-slow.html</a><br />
"Review: Todd Chilton @ Slow," September 9, 2010<br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-48519459027905739462011-10-13T16:24:00.023-05:002012-06-28T22:38:56.753-05:00Preview: Scott Stack @ Monique Meloche"I'm not interested in pure green, or pure red, or anything straight out of the tube," he said, "That's not color." All 'round us, punchy near-primary hues popped vividly into focus; Oak Park's autumnal display of foliage was especially glorious that sunny October afternoon. There, in the garden which girdled his home and studio, Scott Stack proceeded to search through the green leaves and red leaves till he found one which was in chromatic transition.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241865578/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6060/6241865578_32246b2396_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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"Do you see?" Stack queried, then pronounced: "That's color." And I was reminded that two years ago, when first I met Stack in Monique Meloche's gallery, his painting seemed to be the thing in transition:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/3373492108/" title="Scott Stack @ moniquemeloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack @ moniquemeloche" height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3373492108_2d26bd0700_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack @ Monique Meloche, March 20, 2009</span><br />
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In 2009, Scott Stack appeared to straddle the opposing islands of representation and geometric abstraction; and which would prove to be the more enduring ground was then wholly unknown. In 2011, moving from the garden exterior to the studio interior, I was shocked to learn that every (easily recognizable) trace of the figure, architecture and landscape had vanished from his paintings:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241351467/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6241351467_661e74d2aa_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack outside his Oak Park studio, October 9, 2011</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241872674/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6241872674_be1b631f4d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Stack's studio doors swung open</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241355313/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="172" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6241355313_2546d20261_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack in studio, in 2011</span><br />
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Linear devices, which once were only ancillary, had grown in importance: becoming the building blocks of his compositions. In the new work, 10mm bands of oil-suspended pigment were arranged and blended on carefully-smoothed, well-gessoed cloth, so that "direction" and the illusion of three-dimensional space were indicated therein apart from any identifiable light source and corresponding shading.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241353547/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6060/6241353547_d94a46c21d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Edge detail of new (2010-2011) painting</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/3372681389/" title="Scott Stack @ moniquemeloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack @ moniquemeloche" height="161" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3372681389_2ecccca761_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Scott Stack with painting in 2009</span><br />
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During the studio visit, Stack spoke in an animated manner about the deconstruction and reconstruction of real physical structures, surveillance technology, war and the popular media portrayal thereof. The subtext of violence which informed his Pop sensibility linked him yet more closely, in my mind, to Ed Paschke--whose (figure) work from the 1980s, e.g., "Tempext," "Torrita," "Coupe Faim," "George Mills," I remembered too as hinging formally upon elements of linear abstraction. Paschke was thirteen years senior to Stack.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241863406/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6241863406_99356ff6f7_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Stack explains process in studio, 2011</span><br />
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It's interesting to see things change--to see things become more sophisticated and refined--over time. Anne Wilson is now in her 60s; Barbara Kasten is in her 70s; they're both producing great work. As he leaves his 50s, Scott Stack has taken a massive leap forward with these new (2010-2011) paintings. It's worth stopping at the opening:<br />
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<b>Saturday, October 15, 2011, from 4:00PM to 7:00PM</b><br />
<b>moniquemeloche gallery, 2154 W. Division Street</b><br />
<b>Chicago, IL 60622</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6241862246/" title="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Scott Stack Preview Monique Meloche" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/6241862246_8a164f179a_m.jpg" width="159" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Stack's brushes</span><br />
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Scott Stack: "City of the Future," runs through November 12, 2011. A talk with his fellow "Oak Parker" Michelle Grabner is scheduled to take place in the gallery on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at 1:00PM.<br />
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<a href="http://moniquemeloche.com/">http://moniquemeloche.com</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-59923338399752482662011-09-30T01:10:00.002-05:002011-09-30T18:37:03.078-05:00Opening: September 30 & October 2, 2011, Art in Chicago<b>Friday, September 30, 2011</b><br />
<b>Fereshteh Toosi @ Polish Triangle</b><br />
<b>5:00-7:00PM</b><br />
Starts at "Polish Triangle," i.e.,<br />
Division, Ashland, Milwaukee<br />
(1600 west and 1200 north)<br />
Performance will move along Milwaukee: NW<br />
Part of the "Out of Site" performance series<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia_Triangle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia_Triangle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.outofsitechicago.com/">http://www.outofsitechicago.com</a><br />
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<b>Friday, September 30, 2011</b><br />
<b>Write Now @ Chicago Cultural Center</b><br />
<b>5:30-7:30PM</b><br />
78 E. Washington St.<br />
(Michigan Ave. between Washington and Randolph)<br />
<i>Write Now: Artists and Letterforms</i> includes: Stephanie Brooks, Tom Burtonwood, Derek Chan, Ken Fandell, Doug Fogelson, Jo Hormuth, Industry of the Ordinary, Matt Irie, Carol Jackson, Jason Lazarus, Harold Mendez, Adelheid Mers, Jason Pickleman, Jaume Plensa, Karen Reimer, Joel Ross, Nicholas Sistler, Buzz Spector, Christine Tarkowski, Michael Thompson, Ian Weaver, Bernard Williams<br />
<a href="http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/events/dca_tourism/writenow.html">http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/events/dca_tourism/writenow.html</a><br />
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<b>Friday, September 30, 2011</b><br />
<b>The Space of the Encounter @ DOVA Temporary</b><br />
<b>6:00-9:00PM</b><br />
5228 S. Harper Ave.<br />
(Harper Ave. is "1501 east," at the 53rd Street exit LSD)<br />
<i>The Space of the Encounter</i> includes: Matthew Connors, Rachel Herman, Meredith Miller, Maria Perkovic, as curated by Cassandra Troyan and Zachary Cahill<br />
<a href="http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/dovatemp/">http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/dovatemp/</a><br />
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<b>Saturday, October 1, 2011</b><br />
<b>Open Studios @ Cornelia Arts Building</b><br />
<b>11:00AM-6:00PM</b><br />
1800 W. Cornelia Ave.<br />
See "Chicago Gallery News" blog for more:<br />
<a href="http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/blog/post/2011/09/30/Chicago-Artists-Month-Overview-and-First-Week-Highlights.aspx">http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/blog/post/2011/09/30/Chicago-Artists-Month-Overview-and-First-Week-Highlights.aspx</a><br />
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<b>Sunday, October 2, 2011</b><br />
<b>Environmental Factors @ Julius Caesar</b><br />
<b>4:00PM-7:00PM</b><br />
3311 W. Carroll Ave.<br />
(Carroll Ave. is "328 north," on the Chicago grid)<br />
JC & Veronica Bruce<br />
(and, rooftop)<br />
<i>Ceramics: the world’s most fascinating pastime</i><br />
<a href="http://juliuscaesarchicago.com/">http://juliuscaesarchicago.com</a>Paul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-69845719495970021072011-09-29T00:23:00.003-05:002011-09-29T20:13:20.478-05:00Pictorial: Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society<i>"Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven’s artistic output includes...painting, drawing, collage, computer animation, installation, and zines.[...]Her illustrational technique favors hard-edged flat planes in a neon RGB palette,[...]She appropriates text from a range of discourses, including philosophy, science, poetry, theology.[...]The Renaissance Society will present four new bodies of work, including numerous new works on paper;[...]an interactive computer animation; and a related series of computer generated prints.[...]The new work will be supplemented with selections of work from throughout her career."</i>[1]<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6193813321/" title="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6193813321_56b50d9592_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6194329748/" title="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/6194329748_2c870d6641_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6194327818/" title="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6194327818_b17f69a68f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6194326172/" title="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/6194326172_7eb74f0168_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6194324152/" title="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6194324152_0a409879a8_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6193805737/" title="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/6193805737_cf8bfb2e4f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven<br />
<i>In A Saturnian World</i><br />
September 25 – December 18, 2011<br />
The Renaissance Society<br />
Bergman Gallery<br />
Cobb Hall 418<br />
5811 S. Ellis Avenue<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60637<br />
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[1] <a href="http://www.renaissancesociety.org/">http://www.renaissancesociety.org</a><br />
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See also Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven interviewed by The Renaissance Society Associate Curator Hamza Walker: <br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/29728607">http://vimeo.com/29728607</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-7519263398336603442011-09-27T01:27:00.004-05:002011-09-27T18:47:33.691-05:00Pictorial: El Stitch y Bitch @ antena<i>"El Stitch y Bitch (SyB) was founded in 2008 as a space for knitters, crocheters and crafters in the Pilsen, Bridgeport and Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago. Currently the group is consists of over 20 members, ages 18 and up. Over the years, the group has evolved into a collaborative art group interested in addressing handmade and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture. As DIY culture moves into a contemporary state, many members of the group have found themselves astonished and curious by the inheritance of the handmade skill or the need to carry on the tradition in an adapted manner. Tejer y Joder is a compilation of individual SyB members and independent fiber artists, all interested in the themes of gender, identity, tradition and memory. "</i>[1]<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187555497/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6187555497_c9b70a6b53_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: antena proprietor Miguel Cortez and guests.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187554527/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6153/6187554527_25fe37f3c2_m.jpg" width="144" /></a><br />
Above: Irasema Gonzalez<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6188073818/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6188073818_4165790cbf_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187551981/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="159" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6187551981_dfdb1b0d6c_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: Naomi Martinez<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187550293/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6187550293_3561f566cf_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187548699/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6187548699_d763a26361_m.jpg" width="159" /></a><br />
Above: Claudia Marchan<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187546335/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6187546335_bb97e784db_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: Claudia Marchan<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187544295/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6187544295_7582012645_m.jpg" width="159" /></a><br />
Above: Claudia Marchan<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6188062724/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6188062724_d3b1309d2f_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187540211/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6187540211_045e8057e0_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
Above: Adriana Baltazar <i>18th Street Immigrants (Dandelion, Chicory, Thistle)</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187538319/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="159" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6187538319_6b5ab32d6f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: Adriana Baltazar <i>18th Street Immigrants (Dandelion, Chicory, Thistle)</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187536225/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6187536225_49c50654c0_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: Esmeraldo Garcia and Maria Rosa Garcia <i>Sabana (Bedspread)</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6188055428/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6165/6188055428_a0970ec231_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6187532207/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6187532207_f7f9917080_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: antena after hours.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6188051684/" title="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="El Stitch y Bitch @ antena" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6188051684_8d17a1e498_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: Downtown as seen from 18th Street in Pilsen.<br />
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<i>El Stitch y Bitch</i><br />
September 23 - October 22, 2011<br />
antena gallery<br />
1765 S. Laflin St.<br />
Chicago IL 60608<br />
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Featuring: Adriana Baltazar, Krissy Bodge, Julia Chau, Esmeraldo Garcia, Irasema Gonzalez, Erika Hernandez, Claudia Marchan, Naomi Martinez, Jackie Orozco, Jessica Phillips, Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa, and Thelma Uranga<br />
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[1] <a href="http://www.antenapilsen.com/">http://www.antenapilsen.com</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-64814739432397975992011-09-23T13:07:00.003-05:002011-09-23T14:33:03.423-05:00Opening: September 23-25, 2011, Art in Chicago<b>Friday, September 23, 2011</b><br />
<b>Industry of the Ordinary @ Polish Triangle</b><br />
<b>5:00-7:00PM</b><br />
"Out of Site" performance series<br />
Starts at "Polish Triangle," i.e.,<br />
Division, Ashland, Milwaukee<br />
(1600 west and 1200 north)<br />
Performance moves.<br />
Industry of the Ordinary is Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia_Triangle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia_Triangle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.outofsitechicago.com/">http://www.outofsitechicago.com</a><br />
-<br />
<b>Friday, September 23, 2011</b><br />
<b>El Stitch y Bitch @ antena</b><br />
<b>6:00-10:00PM</b><br />
1765 S. Laflin St.<br />
Chicago IL 60608<br />
Adriana Baltazar, Krissy Bodge, Julia Chau, Esmeraldo Garcia, Irasema Gonzalez, Erika Hernandez, Claudia Marchan, Naomi Martinez, Jackie Orozco, Jessica Phillips, Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa, Thelma Uranga<br />
<a href="http://www.antenapilsen.com/">http://www.antenapilsen.com</a><br />
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<b>Friday, September 23, 2011</b><br />
<b>Riley Henderson @ Chicago Art Department</b><br />
<b>5:30-10:30PM</b><br />
"Uninhibited Parameters"<br />
Suite #100<br />
1932 S. Halsted<br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
<a href="http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/">http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org</a><br />
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<b>Saturday, September 24, 2011</b><br />
<b>Reduction or Something Less @ LVL3 Gallery</b><br />
<b>6:00-10:00PM</b><br />
Third floor<br />
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL 60622<br />
Conor Backman, Magalie Guérin, Matt Nichols<br />
<a href="http://lvl3gallery.com/">http://lvl3gallery.com</a><br />
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<b>Saturday, September 24, 2011</b><br />
<b>Anthea Behm @ Golden Gallery</b><br />
<b>6:00-9:00PM</b><br />
"Objective Confess"<br />
3319 N. Broadway<br />
Chicago, IL 60657<br />
<a href="http://goldengallery.co/">http://goldengallery.co</a><br />
-<br />
<b>Saturday, September 24, 2011</b><br />
<b>Harvey Moon @ The Studio</b><br />
<b>6:00-10:00PM</b><br />
"marriage of technology and art"<br />
#2B<br />
348 N. Ashland<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
<a href="http://www.thisisnotthestudio.com/">http://www.thisisnotthestudio.com</a><br />
<a href="http://unanything.com/">http://unanything.com</a><br />
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<b>Sunday, September 25, 2011</b><br />
<b>No Place Like Home @ Hyde Park Art center</b><br />
<b>3:00-5:00PM</b><br />
Gallery 4<br />
5020 S. Cornell Avenue<br />
Chicago, IL 60615<br />
Lisa Lindvay, Jon Lowenstein, Jason Reblando, Jessica Rodrigue, David Schalliol and Leilani Wertens, curated by Dawoud Bey<br />
<a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/">http://www.hydeparkart.org</a><br />
-<br />
<b>Sunday, September 25, 2011</b><br />
<b>Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven @ The Renaissance Society</b><br />
<b>4:00-7:00PM</b><br />
"In A Saturnian World"<br />
Bergman Gallery <br />
418 Cobb Hall<br />
5811 S. Ellis Avenue<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60637 <br />
<a href="http://www.renaissancesociety.org/">http://www.renaissancesociety.org</a>Paul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-25029983055977784692011-09-15T14:17:00.015-05:002011-09-17T10:56:40.608-05:00Opening: September 16-18, 2011, Gallery Weekend Chicago<i>All events listed are free and open to the public.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friday, September 16</span><br />
-<br />
<b>3:00PM–5:00PM</b><br />
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago<br />
Open Hours at SAIC Graduate Studios<br />
McLean Center, 112 South Michigan Ave.<br />
<a href="http://www.saic.edu/">http://www.saic.edu</a><br />
-<br />
<b>5:00PM-7:00PM </b><br />
Donald Young Gallery<br />
Opening reception for Bruce Nauman<br />
224 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 266<br />
<a href="http://www.donaldyoung.com/">http://www.donaldyoung.com</a><br />
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<b>5:00PM-7:30PM</b> <br />
Rhona Hoffman Gallery<br />
Opening reception for "bodybraingame"<b> </b><br />
118 N. Peoria St.<br />
<a href="http://www.rhoffmangallery.com/">http://www.rhoffmangallery.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, September 17</span><br />
-<br />
<b>10:30AM </b><br />
moniquemeloche gallery<br />
Cheryl Pope / Dan Gunn artist talk<b> </b><br />
2154 W. Division St.<br />
<a href="http://moniquemeloche.com/">http://moniquemeloche.com</a><br />
-<br />
<b>1:00PM </b><br />
devening projects + editions<br />
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung interviews Timothy Bergstrom<br />
3039 W. Carroll St.<br />
<a href="http://deveningprojects.com/">http://deveningprojects.com</a><br />
-<br />
<b>2:00PM-5:00PM</b> <br />
DePaul University Art Museum Grand Opening <br />
<i>Re: Chicago</i> examines Chicago artists over century<br />
935 W. Fullerton Ave.<br />
<a href="http://museums.depaul.edu/artwebsite">http://museums.depaul.edu/artwebsite</a><br />
-<br />
<b>3:00PM </b><br />
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago <br />
The Los Angeles Painting Scene<br />
Terry Myers discusses Mark Bradford.<br />
220 East Chicago Ave.<br />
<a href="http://www.mcachicago.org/">http://www.mcachicago.org</a><br />
-<br />
<b>4:00PM</b><br />
Western Exhibitions<br />
Stan Shellabarger artist talk<br />
119 N. Peoria St., 2A<br />
<a href="http://www.westernexhibitions.com/">http://www.westernexhibitions.com</a><br />
-<br />
<b>5:00PM-8:00PM</b><br />
Corbett vs. Dempsey<br />
Opening reception for Joe Zucker<br />
1120 N. Ashland Ave., 3rd Floor<br />
<a href="http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/">http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday, September 18</span><br />
-<br />
<b>2:00PM–4:00PM </b><br />
Shane Campbell Gallery (Oak Park)<br />
<i>a/k/a The Suburban</i> <br />
Opening reception for Zak Prekop<br />
125 N. Harvey Avenue, Oak Park, IL<br />
<a href="http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com/">http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com</a><br />
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+ + +<br />
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<b>Open Hours @ Participating Galleries</b> <br />
(Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17)<br />
<b>10:00AM–6:00PM</b><br />
Andrew Rafacz Gallery<br />
Corbett vs. Dempsey<br />
Devening Projects + Editions<br />
Donald Young Gallery<br />
Kavi Gupta Gallery<br />
moniquemeloche<br />
Rhona Hoffman Gallery<br />
Shane Campbell Gallery<br />
Threewalls<br />
Tony Wight Gallery<br />
Western Exhibitions<br />
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<i>Contact GWC for Private Events: </i><br />
info@galleryweekendchicago.com<br />
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See Gallery Weekend site for map and additional details:<br />
<a href="http://galleryweekendchicago.com/">http://galleryweekendchicago.com</a>Paul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-19350473699525127132011-09-10T23:08:00.003-05:002011-09-11T01:46:40.693-05:00Pictorial: Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6135214894/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6173/6135214894_a6a4a21eff_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung foreground, center; Hans Peter Sundquist background, left; Dana Degiulio background, right.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6135209620/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6135209620_0d51ba4d8b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung foreground; Dana Degiulio background.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6135205236/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6082/6135205236_d60e296f60_m.jpg" width="181" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Dana Degiulio.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6134659131/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6134659131_5c4053785f_m.jpg" width="184" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Hans Peter Sundquist.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6135213168/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6160/6135213168_1793561586_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung foreground, center; Diego Leclery background, photo grid.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6135211176/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6135211176_bf2669d76b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung foreground, center; Diego Leclery background, photo grid.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6134660793/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6134660793_48b2ca7fe4_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Diego Leclery.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6135203796/" title="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Nasty, Brutish, and Short @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6135203796_9000b2441d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Diego Leclery.</span><br />
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<i>Nasty, Brutish, and Short</i><br />
Featuring Julius Caesar Gallery partners:<br />
Dana Degiulio, Diego Leclery, Hans Peter Sundquist, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung<br />
September 4 - October 2, 2011<br />
PEREGRINEPROGRAM<br />
3311 W. Carroll Ave. #119,<br />
Chicago, IL 60624<br />
<a href="http://www.peregrineprogram.com/">http://www.peregrineprogram.com</a><br />
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See also: <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2010/12/review-molly-zuckerman-hartung-julius.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2010/12/review-molly-zuckerman-hartung-julius.html</a>Paul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-73750169495026473352011-09-09T00:55:00.023-05:002012-08-05T00:27:25.594-05:00Editorial: September 9, 2011 Art ListsFriday, September 9, marks the opening of the Fall 2011 visual art season in Chicago. Multiple on-line guides are available for the purpose of navigating the gala evening. In fact, the level of redundancy is so great that it seems good to consider the meaning thereof. <br />
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But, first, the links to said September 9 event listings and maps:<br />
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<b>(1)</b> Stephanie Burke, historically available as published and republished (in part or in whole) at (a) Art Talk Chicago, (b)The Gallery Crawl and So Much More, (c) Bad at Sports, and (d) Chicago Art Magazine:<br />
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<a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/art-talk-chicago/2011/09/september-9th-opening-of-the-gallery-season/">http://www.chicagonow.com/art-talk-chicago/2011/09/september-9th-opening-of-the-gallery-season/</a><br />
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<a href="http://badatsports.com/2011/10-picks-for-the-gallery-season-opener/">http://badatsports.com/2011/10-picks-for-the-gallery-season-opener/</a><br />
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<b>(2)</b> Abraham Ritchie, found editing (a) ArtSlant Chicago and (b) Chicago Art Blog, while simultaneously contributing to (c) Flavorpill Chicago, (d) Bad at Sports and (e) Art21 Blog, while advising (f) Sixty Inches From Center:<br />
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<a href="http://www.artslant.com/chi/events/list">http://www.artslant.com/chi/events/list</a><br />
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<a href="http://flavorpill.com/chicago/events/genres/art">http://flavorpill.com/chicago/events/genres/art</a><br />
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<b>(3)</b> Chicago Art Magazine, founded by Kathryn Born, formerly of Bad at Sports:<br />
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<a href="http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2011/09/chicago-art-map-season-opening-schedule/">http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2011/09/chicago-art-map-season-opening-schedule/</a><br />
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<b>(4)</b> Newcity Art, edited by Jason Foumberg:<br />
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<a href="http://art.newcity.com/2011/09/06/comprehensive-listing-of-gallery-shows-for-the-fall-opener/">http://art.newcity.com/2011/09/06/comprehensive-listing-of-gallery-shows-for-the-fall-opener/</a><br />
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<b>(5)</b> Chicago Gallery News, edited by Virginia Berg:<br />
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<a href="http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/openings.asp">http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/openings.asp</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/listing.asp?g=7165">http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/listing.asp?g=7165</a><br />
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<b>(6)</b> The Visualist, (featuring, among others, ArtSlant Chicago's Steve Ruiz, himself a proprietor of another "listing" site: chicagoartreview.com) which seems to have risen from the ashes of former Chicagoan Karly Wildenhaus' onthemake.org:<br />
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<a href="http://thevisualist.org/">http://thevisualist.org/</a><br />
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<b>(7)</b> Chicago Art Net, maintained by Jno Cook of Columbia College Chicago:<br />
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<a href="http://chicagoart.net/calendar.php">http://chicagoart.net/calendar.php</a><br />
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<b>(8)</b> Sixty Inches From Center, directed by Columbia College Chicago grads Nicolette Michelle Caldwell and Tempestt Hazel in company with Andrew Roddewig of Clarion New Media:<br />
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<a href="http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=9950">http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=9950</a><br />
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<b>(9)</b> Art Letter, written by Paul Klein, re-blogged on The Huffington Post:<br />
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<a href="http://www.artletter.com/2011/09/its-here-the-day-weve.html">http://www.artletter.com/2011/09/its-here-the-day-weve.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-klein">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-klein</a><br />
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<b>(10)</b> Gapers Block A/C, edited by Kelly Reaves:<br />
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<a href="http://gapersblock.com/ac/2011/09/09/art-around-town-20/">http://gapersblock.com/ac/2011/09/09/art-around-town-20/</a><br />
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Direct observation of the phenomena (on-line listing vis-a-vis in-person attendance) has proved that it is not unusual for more people to announce than arrive at an event, e.g., Tom Burtonwood's recent presentation at Hinge Gallery.<br />
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Vicarious "experience" of culture, reliant upon the computer screen, has been broadly criticized. The explosion of on-line listing seems to suggest that a yet-more-remote "textual acknowledgement" is now taken as sufficient (or necessary?) participation in the arts.<br />
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Curiously, Lauren Viera's recent article in the Chicago Tribune did not clarify the relationship between the now defunct onthemake.org and Chicago's other (at least eleven other) visual art calendar, map, and event listing sites. Rather, the quotation by interviewee Jenny Kendler was left to suggest a vacuum (in art reportage) in the wake of onthemake.org's (Karly Wildenhaus') departure: "'Losing (On The Make) is like losing one of these beacons that shows how awesome that community is. (When I heard) I thought, What can Brian and I do to keep it going?'"[1] <br />
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Chicago Gallery News has been in existence for 28 years; Newcity's art coverage has run for 22 years; Chicago Art Net has been on-line for 10 years. Viera and Kendler are both competent professionals, and Chicago needs them. But, does Chicago need yet more "listing" sites? Is that really the best place to put time and energy? What are the long-term implications of such comprehensive but superficial engagements as are now regularly made by critics, reporters and the public at large?<br />
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<b>Note:</b><br />
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[1] <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-08-31/entertainment/ct-ent-0825-art-opp-20110824_1_art-institute-website-support-artists/2">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-08-31/entertainment/ct-ent-0825-art-opp-20110824_1_art-institute-website-support-artists/2</a><br />
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See also Time Out Chicago Arts + Culture, edited by Lauren Weinberg:<br />
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<a href="http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture">http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-32675049861793879892011-09-07T01:58:00.008-05:002011-09-08T20:42:00.907-05:00Pictorial: Splay @ Roxaboxen<i>"SPLAY: An International group exhibition that explores sexuality as a platform for self-reflexivity. Through painting sculpture, video, performance and site specific installation, each artist questioned her/his own subjectivity in the face of her/his desires."</i>[1]<br />
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Photographs (below) taken on opening night, between 7:00PM & 10:00PM, August 26, 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123190974/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6123190974_78160fe646_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6122648197/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/6122648197_3627d8646e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6122646767/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6122646767_1a163424bd_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6122645305/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6122645305_961a8404c5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123185708/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6123185708_1f51d0997f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123183606/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6123183606_095d817e42_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123181948/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6123181948_5b163f571d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123180852/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6123180852_8db89154dd_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123179178/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6123179178_495cbe397a_m.jpg" width="240" height="144" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6123177758/" title="Splay @ Roxaboxen by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6123177758_ca60556298_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Splay @ Roxaboxen"></a><br />
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Featuring: Madeleine Baily, Steven Frost, Yasi Ghanbari, Elise Goldstein, Rachel Lowther, Ivan Lozano, Brian Maller, Alison Rhoades, Tessa Siddle, Fritz Welch, and Synvia Whitney, as curated by Marissa Perel<br />
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"Splay" runs till September 18, 2011<br />
Roxaboxen<br />
2130 W. 21st Street<br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
[1] <a href="http://www.roxaboxenminicastle.com">http://www.roxaboxenminicastle.com</a><br />
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See also Bert Stabler's review in Newcity Art: <a href="http://art.newcity.com/2011/08/30/review-splayroxaboxen-exhibitions">http://art.newcity.com/2011/08/30/review-splayroxaboxen-exhibitions</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-66755366580358904242011-09-03T13:22:00.006-05:002011-09-07T02:00:54.888-05:00Opening: Sunday, September 4, 2011, Art in ChicagoDana Degiulio, Diego Leclery, Hans Peter Sundquist, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM<br />
<b>"Nasty, Brutish, and Short"</b><br />
4:00PM-7:00PM<br />
<b>PEREGRINEPROGRAM</b><br />
3311 W. Carroll Ave. #119,<br />
(Homan Ave. is "3400 West" on the Chicago grid) <br />
Chicago, IL 60624<br />
September 4 - October 2, 2011<br />
<a href="http://www.peregrineprogram.com/">http://www.peregrineprogram.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/5163068796/" title="Molly Zuckerman-Hartung @ Julius Caesar by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Molly Zuckerman-Hartung @ Julius Caesar" height="240" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1179/5163068796_104ab40ee3_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">In:<i> Scrying</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">November 7 - 28, 2010</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Julius Caesar Gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3311 W. Carroll</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago, IL 60624</span><br />
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Steven Husby @ Julius Caesar<br />
<b>"Rubicon"</b><br />
4:00PM-7:00PM<br />
<b>Julius Caesar</b><br />
3311 W. Carroll Ave.<br />
(Carroll Ave. is "328 North" on the Chicago grid)<br />
Chicago, IL 60624<br />
<a href="http://stevenhusby.com/">http://stevenhusby.com</a><br />
<a href="http://juliuscaesarchicago.com/">http://juliuscaesarchicago.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/3629195739/" title="Steven Husby @ Tony Wight by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Steven Husby @ Tony Wight" height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/3629195739_c045ba4ee4_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Steven Husby's "Untitled, 2009"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Acrylic on canvas, 52" x 50"<br />
In:<i> Pop Sizzle Hum: Pamela Fraser, Carrie Gundersdorf, Steven Husby, and Judy Ledgerwood</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">June 12 - July 31, 2009</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tony Wight Gallery</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">119 North Peoria Street</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chicago, IL 60607</span><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-80481154597861847882011-08-27T14:21:00.015-05:002011-09-01T13:45:27.881-05:00Review: Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery<i>"Artist Talk with Tom Burtonwood," photographed between 4:00PM & 6:00PM, August 7, 2011, at Hinge Gallery, 1955 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622.</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6085950525/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6085950525_29718f5d58_m.jpg" width="171" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Tom Burtonwood presents his text "Composition 2," which is available at his website</span><br />
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<b>Assisted by perspective drawing,</b> Tom Burtonwood practices a "sort of" tessellation: graphic modulation of a complex, interlocking, quadrilateral theme on paper, in serial form. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6086507474/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6086507474_309217a0eb_m.jpg" width="171" /></a><br />
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The illusion of three-dimensional space suggested by his linear work is made to vary according to the visual impact of the tints and shades which he applies to said shapes; subtle chromatic variation is his stock in trade.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6085962883/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6085962883_f2db8e2b71_m.jpg" width="171" /></a><br />
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Josef Albers' use of color within a relatively compact framework of handcrafted geometric abstraction seems good to remember.[1] Burtonwood is, like Albers was, a European.[2] Considering color, Pae White's use of a nearly identical palette within "Reckless Rainbow" seems good to acknowledge as well.[3] Burtonwood's show at Hinge Gallery, like White's installation atop the AIC's Bluhm Family Terrace, is available in Chicago, IL, in 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6086504112/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6086504112_f84fd5f0dc_m.jpg" width="172" /></a><br />
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With regard to White: Burtonwood's editions, choice of gouache and paper media, and inclusion of QR codes, in addition to his practice of color theory, link him yet more closely to Pop.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6086494618/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6205/6086494618_0192569163_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Burtonwood's QR code incorporation</span><br />
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Known best in Chicago for his work (in partnership with Holly Holmes) at the nexus of economy and modern warfare, one is made to wonder where the pieces at Hinge "stand" in relation to Burtonwood's past explorations of, for example, camouflage: both its formal variations and also its psychological function.[4]<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6086497042/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/6086497042_44efbb4fda_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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The artwork (at Hinge Gallery) is genuinely pleasant to behold; that's worth remark, given the local tide of Brut and Povera. But is Burtonwood seriously, or ironically, revisiting what are now pejoratively called "Modern" concerns?<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6085954807/" title="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Tom Burtonwood @ Hinge Gallery" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6085954807_8a862a69a0_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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Is it possible that Burtonwood hints not only at an exoteric formal relationship between QR codes and geometric abstraction--but also at an esoteric conceptual relationship between the production, marketing, and sales which are carried on within the seemingly disparate fields of politics and fine art?<br />
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Tom Burtonwood<br />
"Permutations"<br />
On display through September 4, 2011<br />
Hinge Gallery<br />
1955 W. Chicago Ave.<br />
Chicago, IL 60622<br />
<a href="http://hingegallery.com/">http://hingegallery.com</a><br />
<a href="http://tomburtonwood.com/">http://tomburtonwood.com</a><br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Albers">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Albers</a> <br />
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[2] Tom Burtonwood was born in Manchester, England, in 1974.<br />
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[3] <a href="http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/07/editorial-after-minimalism-in-chicago.html">http://paulgermanos.blogspot.com/2011/07/editorial-after-minimalism-in-chicago.html</a><br />
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[4] "Urban Camo Santa" by Burtonwood and Holmes: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/burtoholmes/2858132902/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/burtoholmes/2858132902/</a> <br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-809467506155739492011-08-24T23:41:00.004-05:002011-09-07T02:01:31.503-05:00Opening: August 25-28, 2011, Art in Chicago<b>Thursday, August 25, 2011:<br />
Volker Saul @ Gahlberg Gallery</b><br />
"K.O.F.G.A."<br />
<b>6:00-8:00PM</b><br />
Gahlberg Gallery<br />
McAninch Arts Center<br />
College of DuPage<br />
425 Fawell Blvd.<br />
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 <br />
630.942.2321<br />
<a href="http://www.cod.edu/gallery">http://www.cod.edu/gallery</a><br />
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<b>Friday, August 26, 2011<br />
Joseph Ravens @ Polish Triangle</b><br />
"Out of Site" performance series<br />
<b>5:00-7:00PM</b><br />
Starts at "Polish Triangle," i.e.,<br />
Division, Ashland, Milwaukee<br />
(1600 west and 1200 north) <br />
Moves: Division, Damen and Milwaukee<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia_Triangle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia_Triangle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.outofsitechicago.com">http://www.outofsitechicago.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/this-guys-penis-is-a-work-of-art/Content?oid=1981925">http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/this-guys-penis-is-a-work-of-art/Content?oid=1981925</a><br />
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<b>Friday, August 26, 2011<br />
Splay @ Roxaboxen</b><br />
Madeleine Baily, Steven Frost, Yasi Ghanbari, Elise Goldstein, Rachel Lowther, Ivan Lozano, Brian Maller, Alison Rhoades, Tessa Siddle, Fritz Welch, and Synvia Whitney, curated by Marissa Perel <br />
<b>7:00-10:00PM</b><br />
Roxaboxen<br />
2130 W. 21st Street<br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
<a href="http://www.roxaboxenminicastle.com">http://www.roxaboxenminicastle.com</a><br />
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<b>Sunday, August 28, 2011<br />
Volker Saul @ Devening Projects + Editions</b><br />
"Rough Cuts"<br />
<b>4:00-7:00PM</b><br />
Devening Projects + Editions<br />
3039 West Carroll<br />
Chicago, IL 60612<br />
312.420.4720<br />
<a href="http://deveningprojects.com">http://deveningprojects.com</a><br />
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<b>Sunday, August 28, 2011<br />
Sculpture Garden/Painting Show @ Iceberg Gallery</b><br />
Ali Bailey, William J. O'Brien, Jamison Brousseau, Jorie Rabinovitz, McKeever Donovan, Matt Rich, Christopher Gatton, Daniel Sullivan, Michelle Grabner, Justin Swinburne, Nick Kramer, Kristen VanDeventer, Samuel Lipp, and Lisa Williamson, curated by Andrew J. Greene<br />
<b>6:00-8:00PM</b><br />
Iceberg Gallery<br />
7714 N Sheridan Road<br />
Chicago, IL 60626<br />
<a href="http://icebergchicago.com">http://icebergchicago.com</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-23336926880650627892011-08-22T00:38:00.011-05:002012-05-09T22:10:44.996-05:00Review: Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA 12x12<i>"For her UBS 12x12 presentation, Moore presents 'Garment Work,' a durational collective performance project in which the artist and visitors deconstruct a pair of jeans. Over the course of the month, in twice-weekly performance/workshop/discussions, Moore creates connections between Cambodia's garment manufacturing industry, where the jeans were made, and Michigan Avenue, where the jeans were purchased,"</i>[1]<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6068491424/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6182/6068491424_b3c36fa26c_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Moore's Beautiful Clothing Company, Inc. labor roster, providing a visual record of audience participation in garment deconstruction</span><br />
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<b>Across Chicago,</b> fiber-based group works involving performance and installation have been organized by female leads on a regular if not frequent basis.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6067944041/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6067944041_e31ef6e4c2_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Denim fabric subject to deconstruction</span><br />
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Within the not-too-distant past, the city's commercial, storefront, and not-for-profit spaces have hosted at least: Sheila Pepe at "he said she said" in April of 2011;[2] Anne Wilson at Rhona Hoffman Gallery in January of 2011 & 2008;[3] and Julia Sherman at Swimming Pool Project Space in January of 2010.[4]<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6067943211/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6067943211_a64e2e6cd0_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Individual fibers of cloth being separated</span><br />
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Similar to the temporary environments crafted by the aforementioned artists, Anne Elizabeth Moore's program at the Museum of Contemporary Art provides a hub of activity around which spatial and labor concerns are available for parallel consideration.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6068489250/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6068489250_2d113a2abe_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Fibers sorted according to color/type</span><br />
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Here, as Pepe and Sherman before her, Moore relies heavily upon audience engagement: work, within the context of the piece, is available--in quantity, in skill, and in intent--as it's given at random by museum visitors.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6067941759/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6067941759_e6aca2dcd1_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Moore in background; "</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beautiful Clothing" </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">workers in foreground</span><br />
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While Moore has carefully built a conceptual framework, and even an organizational structure: "Beautiful Clothing Company, Inc.," the output, or product, of the undertaking is not able to be entirely predetermined.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6068487850/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6068487850_67af2d236d_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Moore hanging documentation of the blue jeans' path of travel through the real world economy</span><br />
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Beautiful Clothing's "employees," in distinction to their factory-working counterparts in SE Asia, enjoy the ability to reflect upon the nature of their undertaking, collectively, in the relative comfort of the UBS 12x12 gallery space; the piece depends upon such awareness and exchange.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6068487210/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6068487210_1c59426c66_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: The pants' price tag in foreground</span><br />
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"Garment Work," being truly social art, succeeds or fails on its own terms according to the changes in human thought and/or action which follow in the wake of its finite being.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6067939837/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6067939837_a0e8cd2ba7_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Center of gallery space; site of work activity</span><br />
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The larger (meta) questions raised by Moore's piece are found to spring from social art's relationship to the museum particularly and the "direction" of contemporary art generally.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6067939265/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6067939265_39335d4f78_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Waist of denim jeans, as seen in background of previous image</span><br />
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Moore's candor and good cause give little reason to be doubted, wherein lies the problem: Do we accept that value in art is synonymous with efficacy in the service of that which we presuppose to be just? <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6068485014/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6068485014_65157d6ece_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Moore's labor roster for Beautiful Clothing Company, Inc.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6067937809/" title="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA" height="144" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6067937809_1cae64258a_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: MCA "Garment Work" wall label</span><br />
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<b>Notes:</b><br />
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[1] <a href="http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=283">http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=283</a><br />
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[2] Sheila Pepe @ he said she said:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/5607639224/" title="Sheila Pepe @ he said she said by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Sheila Pepe @ he said she said" height="240" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5607639224_62f1bf19f8_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
Above: "Common Sense" (Chicago)<br />
April 9 - May 14, 2011<br />
"he said she said"<br />
831 South Grove Avenue<br />
Oak Park, IL 60304<br />
<a href="http://hesaid-shesaid.us/">http://hesaid-shesaid.us</a><br />
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[3] Anne Wilson @ Rhona Hoffman:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/5375012956/" title="Anne Wilson @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Wilson @ Rhona Hoffman" height="240" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5375012956_6a3490c455_m.jpg" width="135" /></a><br />
Above: "Blonde"<br />
January 14 — February 18, 2011<br />
Rhona Hoffman Gallery<br />
118 North Peoria Street<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60607<br />
<a href="http://www.rhoffmangallery.com/">http://www.rhoffmangallery.com</a><br />
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Anne Wilson @ Rhona Hoffman:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/2220757079/" title="Anne Wilson @ Rhona Hoffman by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Anne Wilson @ Rhona Hoffman" height="180" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2327/2220757079_97c4f6ccbc_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: "Wind-Up" after "Walking the Warp"<br />
Rhona Hoffman Gallery<br />
January 25 - March 1, 2008<br />
118 North Peoria Street<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60607<br />
<a href="http://www.rhoffmangallery.com/">http://www.rhoffmangallery.com</a><br />
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[4] Julia Sherman @ Swimming Pool Project Space:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/4376760979/" title="Room-A-Loom @ Swimming Pool Project Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Room-A-Loom @ Swimming Pool Project Space" height="161" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4376760979_bb799a23f0_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Above: "Room-A-Loom" <br />
January 24 - February 21, 2010<br />
Swimming Pool Project Space<br />
2858 W. Montrose, <br />
Chicago, IL 60618<br />
<a href="http://www.swimmingpoolprojectspace.com/">http://www.swimmingpoolprojectspace.com</a><br />
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<b>Full "Garment Work" performance schedule:</b><br />
- Friday, August 5, 2011:<br />
"First Friday" opening<br />
- Saturday, August 6, 2011:<br />
11:00AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-3:00PM<br />
- Saturday, August 13,2011:<br />
11:00AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-3:00PM<br />
- Tuesday, August 16, 2011:<br />
5:30PM-7:30PM<br />
- Saturday, August 20, 2011:<br />
11:00AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-3:00PM<br />
- Tuesday, August 23, 2011:<br />
5:30PM-7:30PM<br />
- Saturday, August 27, 2011:<br />
11:00AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-3:00PM<br />
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<b>Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA</b><br />
"Garment Work"<br />
Photographed 7:15PM-8:00PM<br />
Tuesday, August 16, 2011<br />
UBS 12 × 12: New Artists/New Work<br />
Museum of Contemporary Art<br />
220 East Chicago Avenue,<br />
Chicago, IL 60611<br />
*Free admission for IL residents on Tuesday*<br />
Tuesday hours: 10:00AM–8:00PM<br />
312.280.2660<br />
<a href="http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=283">http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=283</a><br />
<a href="http://anneelizabethmoore.com/">http://anneelizabethmoore.com</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/mcachicago">http://twitter.com/mcachicago</a><br />
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See also Anne Elizabeth Moore interviewed by Amy Cavanaugh, August 8, 2011:<br />
<a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/anne-elizabeth-moore-garment-work/">http://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/anne-elizabeth-moore-garment-work/</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-19747859747411885942011-08-15T22:43:00.001-05:002011-09-07T02:02:32.579-05:00Pictorial: Luke Aleckson & Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6048241920/" title="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6048241920_000b4c1697_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6047686657/" title="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6047686657_a1e0731882_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban, exterior view</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6047683729/" title="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban" height="161" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6047683729_8b7be6442d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban, passive solar toaster (a/k/a minimalist whirligig) functional off the grid</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6048234264/" title="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6048234264_eaaa9dca9b_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban, "conventional" toaster dysfunctional off the grid</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6048232150/" title="Luke Aleckson & Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Luke Aleckson & Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6048232150_664af762e9_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Luke Aleckson & Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6048229434/" title="Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6048229434_0f7858ac30_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban, pointing towards Garth Weiser's blue stains on The Suburban's dropcloth.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/4576509514/" title="Garth Weiser @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Garth Weiser @ The Suburban" height="240" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4576509514_8d701b76ca_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Garth Weiser @ The Suburban, May 2, 2010, 15 months prior to McAuliffe's installation</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6047673515/" title="Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban" height="192" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6047673515_5724de5255_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban, inhabiting the space formerly occupied by Weiser</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6048224136/" title="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6048224136_273633b94c_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban, interior view</span><br />
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Luke Aleckson and Matt McAuliffe<br />
August 14, 2011<br />
The Suburban<br />
125 N. Harvey Avenue<br />
Oak Park, Illinois 60302<br />
708.305.2657<br />
<a href="http://www.thesuburban.org/">http://www.thesuburban.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lukealeckson.com/">http://www.lukealeckson.com</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-81956043898877779262011-08-14T23:54:00.001-05:002011-09-07T02:03:17.729-05:00Pictorial: Dominion @ Eel Space<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6044125571/" title="Patrick Holbrook of Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Patrick Holbrook of Eel Space" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6044125571_a365cf5de6_m.jpg" width="161" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Patrick Holbrook of Eel Space</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.patrickholbrook.com/">http://www.patrickholbrook.com</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6044123823/" title="Jessica Taylor Caponigro @ Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Jessica Taylor Caponigro @ Eel Space" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6081/6044123823_807e886894_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Jessica Taylor Caponigro @ Eel Space</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://jtaylorcaponigro.com/">http://jtaylorcaponigro.com</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6044120801/" title="Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Eel Space" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6044120801_ba8c7606a3_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Eel Space</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6044118097/" title="Neal Vandenbergh @ Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Neal Vandenbergh @ Eel Space" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6044118097_a78804efac_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Neal Vandenbergh @ Eel Space</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://nealvandenbergh.com/">http://nealvandenbergh.com</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6044664622/" title="Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Eel Space" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6185/6044664622_00608fdbfb_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Eel Space</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6044112483/" title="Amy Babinec @ Eel Space by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Amy Babinec @ Eel Space" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/6044112483_6c938aae31_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Above: Amy Babinec @ Eel Space</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://amybabinec.com/">http://amybabinec.com</a></span><br />
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Dominion @ Eel Space<br />
Featuring: Amy Babinec, Jessica Taylor Caponigro, and Neal Vandenbergh<br />
August 13, 2011<br />
Eel Space<br />
1906 S. Throop Street, 2F<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
eelspacechicago@gmail.com<br />
312.550.6360<br />
<a href="http://eelspace.wordpress.com/">http://eelspace.wordpress.com</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-15542559642038886412011-08-12T00:22:00.003-05:002011-09-07T02:03:49.242-05:00Opening: August 12-16, 2011, Art in Chicago<b>Friday, August 12, 2011:<br />
Tom Burtonwood @ Columbia College Chicago</b><br />
"Color Studies" Book Release Party <br />
<b>5:00-8:00PM</b><br />
Columbia College Chicago<br />
Center for Book & Paper Arts<br />
1104 S. Wabash Avenue, Suite 200<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60605<br />
312.369.6684<br />
<a href="http://www.colum.edu/academics/interarts/book-and-paper/index.php">http://www.colum.edu/academics/interarts/book-and-paper/index.php</a><br />
<a href="http://tomburtonwood.com">http://tomburtonwood.com</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/tburtonwood">http://twitter.com/tburtonwood</a><br />
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<b>Friday, August 12, 2011:<br />
Tape: A Celebration @ Chicago Art Department</b><br />
Chris Silva, Chuck Przybyl, Teppei Katori, Lisa Chiodini, Frederic Moffet, Todd Frugia, Clifford Novey, Jason Frohlichstein, Timothy Olson, Edyta Stepien, Agnieszka Kulon, Mark Salach, Dandee Petr, Benjamin Thorp, Martin Rille, Nat Soti <br />
<b>6:00-10:00PM</b><br />
Chicago Art Department<br />
1932 S. Halsted Street, Suite 100<br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
312.725.4223 <br />
<a href="http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/2011/08/august-2nd-friday-812-tape-a-celebration/">http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/2011/08/august-2nd-friday-812-tape-a-celebration/</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/chicagoartdept">http://twitter.com/chicagoartdept</a><br />
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<b>Saturday, August 13, 2011:<br />
Dominion @ Eel Space</b><br />
Amy Babinec, Jessica Taylor Caponigro, and Neal Vandenbergh<br />
<b>6:00-9:00PM</b><br />
Eel Space<br />
1906 S. Throop Street, 2F<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
eelspacechicago@gmail.com<br />
312.550.6360<br />
<a href="http://eelspace.wordpress.com">http://eelspace.wordpress.com</a><br />
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<b>Sunday, August 14, 2011:<br />
Luke Aleckson and Matt McAuliffe @ The Suburban</b><br />
Luke Aleckson and Matt McAuliffe<br />
<b>2:00-4:00PM</b><br />
The Suburban<br />
125 N. Harvey Avenue <br />
Oak Park, Illinois 60302<br />
708.305.2657 <br />
<a href="http://www.thesuburban.org">http://www.thesuburban.org</a><br />
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<b>Tuesday, August 16, 2011<br />
Anne Elizabeth Moore @ MCA</b><br />
"Garment Work"<br />
<b>5:30-7:30PM Performance</b><br />
Museum of Contemporary Art<br />
UBS 12 × 12: New Artists/New Work<br />
220 East Chicago Avenue, <br />
Chicago, IL 60611<br />
Tuesday hours: 10:00AM–8:00PM <br />
Free admission for IL residents on Tuesday<br />
Anne Elizabeth Moore 12 × 12 runs till August 28, 2011<br />
312.280.2660<br />
<a href="http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=283">http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=283</a><br />
<a href="http://anneelizabethmoore.com">http://anneelizabethmoore.com</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/mcachicago">http://twitter.com/mcachicago</a><br />
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- Paul GermanosPaul Germanoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17511447460659003776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4172040765447207266.post-46207522063524130752011-08-08T21:14:00.001-05:002011-08-08T21:16:16.542-05:00Pictorial: Renovation Creep @ antena<i>"Three artists, Daniel Bruttig, Joe Cassan and Erin Thurlow [...] directly intervene in the space of antena gallery for their show 'Renovation Creep.' Simultaneously material and ephemeral, the work here resembles the haunted, transitory nature of urban apartment dwelling."</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6023774049/" title="Renovation Creep @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Renovation Creep @ antena" height="160" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/6023774049_930a4075d0_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6024323644/" title="Renovation Creep @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Renovation Creep @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6182/6024323644_8a2c846953_m.jpg" width="171" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6024314408/" title="Renovation Creep @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Renovation Creep @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6024314408_8f8b329535_m.jpg" width="171" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/73059802@N00/6024311362/" title="Renovation Creep @ antena by Paul Germanos, on Flickr"><img alt="Renovation Creep @ antena" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6024311362_5aa046ec36_m.jpg" width="160" /></a><br />
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Joe Cassan, Dan Bruttig and Erin Thurlow in:<br />
<i>Renovation Creep</i><br />
August 5 - September 3, 2011<br />
antena<br />
1765 S. Laflin, St.<br />
Chicago, IL 60608<br />
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