July 31, 2009
Opening Reception for FAN OF THE OBVIOUS, new works by Carl Matherne.
@ The Plaines Project.
6pm – 10 pm
ALSO…
If you’re able to attend the opening you’ll be lucky to catch a sneak peak of Mclean Delux’s BRAN NEW MIX CASSETTE TAPE.
THEN…
Starting from 10PM stick around for the ferocious sounds of the fantastic DJ Babywipes, followed by the bands MEAH! and Geffica
Plaines Projects
1822 S. [...]
August 2, 2009
BEN RUSSELL presents
BEN RUSSELL : BURNS
CAMLAB (ANNA MAYER & JEMIMA WYMAN)
DIANA GUERRERO-MACÍA
MATT HANNER
SEMICONDUCTOR (RUTH JARMAN & JOE GERHARDT)
1716 S Morgan #2F
Chicago, IL 60608
August 2 to August 30, 2009
Opening reception: 6-10 pm, August 2, 2009
Private viewings by appointment*
*The performance of “Things That Have Once Been in Contact” by Camlab will be presented at approximately 7:15pm.
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ABOUT THE [...]
This Friday we suggest you check out work by some Chicago ex-pats and local heroes.
Don’t miss: Public Works: Chris Eichenseer, Justin Fines, Cody Hudson, Andy Mueller @ Andrew Rafacz, and also go to Believe Inn for new work by Chris Silva & Lauren Feece.
On Sunday you better go to Ben Russell. This guy is tearing [...]
July 31, 2009
andrew rafacz gallery
835 W. Washington
Chicago, IL 60607
SOMEODDPILOT & ANDREW RAFACZ are pleased to announce Public Works, a group exhibition of new and retrospective work by Cody Hudson, Chris Eichenseer, Justin Fines, and Andy Mueller.
Chicago, IL, July 31, 2009 – Someoddpilot and Andrew Rafacz have partnered to present Public Works, a rare late-summer show that endeavors [...]
July 31, 2009
Mating Call
Chris Silva & Lauren Feece
Opening: Friday, July 31st 2009 6-10 PM
Show runs through August 23rd
We are a recently married couple who have been enjoying the processes & challenges of collaborating and also find ourselves influencing each other in our solo work, both artistically, and more generally speaking, as human beings…so the idea of “mating [...]
August 8, 2009
Palestine Revisited
Tirtza Even and Toby Millman each translate their experiences of personal encounters in Palestine in an exhibition at Spoke in Chicago’s West Loop district, opening Friday August 7th. The two projects, Once a Wall, or Ripple Remains by Tirtza Even and Access and Closure by Toby Millman each result from extensive stays in Palestine [...]
August 3, 2009
Monday August 3 – Sonotheque – 1444 W. Chicago – 312.226.7600
CINEMATHEQUE SONOTHEQUE + SENSORY OVERLOAD
6-9PM
CINEMATHEQUE SONOTHEQUE PRESENTS:
KURUTTA IPPEIJI/A PAGE OF MADNESS/A PAGE OUT OF ORDER (1926) 60 MINUTES – DIRECTED BY TEINOSUKE KINUGASA
MONSIEUR FANTOMAS (1936) 17 MINUTES – DIRECTED BY ERNST MOERNAN
CINEMATHEQUE SONOTHEQUE: FROM ARTHOUSE TO GRINDHOUSE
EVERY FIRST MONDAY [...]
Besides wading in the black hole of the publishing business we also got our hands dirty with some art. Last weekend the Co-Prosperity Sphere hosted the excellent Get It Together Show. Check out our flickr site to see some of the work. We promise you will never have to hear 1000 variations of Kruder and [...]
12 x 12 @ The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago – June 6th-28th
@ Chicago Cultural Center
Click here for the photos from last weekend’s openings of “control c, control v” at ebers, Rod Hunting at the coop, “Unusual Suspects” at 2612 space, “The Diorama Show” at The Home Gallery, “Matthew Harris: Beyond China”, “Glenn Wexler: Transit 2″ & “Spellbound” & “Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture” at the Hyde Park Art Center.
July 24, 2009
July 24, 6-9pm
Show continues July 25 – 26, 12 – 7PM
Group show of work inspired by former governor Rod Blagojevich, presented by the Creative Rescue Organization. Sponsored by StickerRobot 10% of show sales donated to Street-Level Youth Media. With DJs Sol Son & DIZ.
CRO
1925 N. Milwaukee
July 24, 2009
July 24, 6-9pm
Interpretations of fantasy worlds by Sean Williams, Sabina Cosic, and Alan Emerson Hicks.
Mars Gallery
1139 W Fulton Market
Here at Proximity Magainze (on-line) we pride ourselves on well-organized information and well-planned site navigation. Let’s face it Web Users Are Lazy and we know the value of being able to reach any essential piece of information within two clicks.
A number of our readers visit the site to check the blog as well as our [...]
July 17, 2009
Gallery Artists’ Exhibition
33 Collective
July 17 to August 14, 2009
Opening Reception:
Friday, July 17 from 7 – 10 pm
33 Collective Gallery
Zhou B. Art Center
1029 W. 35th St.
First Floor
Chicago, IL 60609
Ph. 708-837-4534
July 17, 2009
Adrienne Elise Tarver
July 17 to August 21, 2009
CHICAGO ART MATRIX GALLERY
Zhou B Art Center
3rd Floor
1029 W. 35th St.
Chicago, IL 60609
http://www.chicagoartmatrixgallery.com/
July 17, 2009
control c, control v
opening reception: friday, july 17th 6 – 10pm
july 17 (thru august 15)
curated by Ryan Travis Christian
artists:
Eric Yahnker
Alexis Mackenzie
Hisham Akira Bharoocha
Brion Nuda Rosch
Tobacco
Matt Irie
Hilary Pecis
Bjorn Copeland
ebersb9 | 1359 w. chicago ave, b9 | chicago, il 60642 | 618.534.3918 | info@ebersb9.com
August 12, 2009
Tyler E. Boudreau Reads From
Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine
Wed, Aug 12, 7pm
Written by Marine Corps veteran Tyler Boudreau, Packing Inferno (Feral House) traces his 12-year career as a Marine, from boot camp in South Carolina to the first siege on Fallujah in 2004. Boudreau’s transformation from eager recruit, to a professional-minded Marine torn [...]
July 17, 2009
MP3 II: Curtis Mann, John Opera, Stacia Yeapanis
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. MICHIGAN AVE : CHICAGO, IL 60605
July 17 – September 13, 2009
The MoCP is proud to present MP3II, an exhibition and subsequent publication of work by three contemporary photographers (Curtis Mann, Stacia Yeapanis, and John Opera) from the museum’s rotating collection, the Midwest Photographers [...]
July 18, 2009
SALAD-CHURCH-EXERCISE closing Saturday July 18th, 1-5 at Co-Propserity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan.
Especially if you haven’t yet had a chance to see this phenomenal meditation on these three autoredemptive avenues, please come and look at some beautiful art. If you like, please stay around for an informal discussion at 3:00 pm, led by the curator (me) [...]
July 18, 2009
The Diorama Show
A curated show of imagined spaces
PRESENTED BY: Home Gallery, 1407 E. 54th Place, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening reception: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 6-10 pm
Brunch: Sunday, August 2, 2009 12-3 pm
CONTACT: Laura Shaeffer – laura.shaeffer@gmail.com, 773.363.5935
ABOUT THE WORK:
The Diorama Show explores our fascination with three-dimensional, constructed spaces that depict an imaginary moment in time. For [...]
July 17, 2009
Unusual Suspects –
July 17th 2009 – 8-11pm
2612 W. Nelson Avenue
3rd Floor – Chicago, IL. 60618
Unusual Suspects, is an art exhibition that has roots in power and originality. It showcases 15 artists, whose work has evolved out of a certain amount of artistic isolation from the traditional art world. This path has allowed each of them [...]
July 17, 2009
That You Can Carry
New work by Allison Yasukawa
OPENING:FRIDAY,JULY 17, 7-11pm
3216 s. Morgan st. Apt 4r
chicago, IL, 60608
For Second Bedroom Project Space, artist Allison Yasukawa proposes new forms of engagement with ethnography. Experimenting with art based research techniques; Senegalese expatriates were asked to create drawings from memory of their Senegalese neighborhoods allowing for an experiential relationship [...]
July 24, 2009
South Halsted Gallery: Bridget Bolger Retrospective
Every 4th Friday of the month, we will have a more intimate showing just for friends. Feel free to extend this invitation to any of your friends or family.
Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served and hope to see you at the gallery!
Date:
July 24th, 2009, 6pm – 9pm
Location:
South Halsted Gallery
Address:
1825 [...]
October 1, 2009
HEARTLAND
October 1, 2009 – January 17, 2010
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Exhibition presents new and innovative work by artists who are redefining the cultural terrain of the American Heartland.
The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art presents Heartland, a new exhibition that examines innovative forms of [...]
July 19, 2009
Feature Exhibition Opening: Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture
Are we experiencing the end of the world or the beginning of a better one? See how contemporary artists envision the current climate in Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture on view at Hyde Park Art Center from July 19 – September 20, 2009. Curated by Front Forty Press.
Front Forty Press [...]
July 16, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 10 AM – 2 PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State Street
see the rest here.
We are pleased to announce that PR, our companion publication, now has its own home here at proximitymagazine.com.
PR is published in between each issue of PROXIMITY. It includes reviews, extended essays and a large graphic/art piece printed in a broadsheet style. You can find PR all over Chicago and they are FREE. So while you [...]
(Download full-spread as a PDF inside!)
Generally, artists would rather make art than assume the administrative duties of operating a gallery. When compelled by external factors, like a perceived lack of exhibition opportunities or the immediate needs of a community, artists fill in the gaps between social groups, commercial galleries, and cultural institutions.
Set of questions to ask ourselves & our art world in order to diagnose our scene’s “health”. (Download full spread as a PDF inside!)
Proximity went out and took some photos of last weekends action at Roots and Culture, Eastern Expansion, ThreeWalls, Spoke, Spudnik Press and Chicago Art Department. Check out the Flickr set .
Conflux 2009 » ConfluxCity 2009
Through an open submissions process, ConfluxCity will provide a platform for artists, urban geographers, technologists and others to organize and produce innovative activities dedicated to the examination, celebration and (re)construction of everyday urban life.
This weekend is a busy one for shows in Chicago. Please stop by Rueben Kincaid’s Eastern Expansion gallery in Bridgeport for a special installation by Chris Smith. Then head north and beyond for other action. Don’t miss No Other One Is @ Three Walls and check out The Chicago Project III @ Catherine Edelman Gallery. [...]
September 11, 2009
September 11, 5-8pm
(show runs until October 24th)
new work by the artists: Rodney Carswell, John Henry, Wonsook Kim, Lisa Nankivil, Darrell Roberts, John Sabraw, John Santoro, Barry Tinsley, Ben Tinsley, Bernard Williams, and Vidvuds Zviedris.
Thomas McCormick Gallery
835 W. Washington Bld.
July 10, 2009
July 10th 6-9pm
(Show runs until July 31st)
Please join Karolina Gnatowski for a one time performance of In Memory Of…A Love Story.
Enjoy an evening of classic rock, whiskey, puppetry and bitter sweetness as K.G. performs a tragic tale of romance. Taking cues from popular culture, Polish folklore, and psychedelic stage shows k.g. will illustrate the love [...]
July 10, 2009
In conjunction with the 1-year anniversary of
the
Swimming Pool Project
Space there will be a special exhibition and event!
DOGCAT:
Canine Fashion vs. the FBI (Feline Behavioral Institute)
Opens: Friday, July 10, 8-11 pm
The Feline Behavioral
Institute is an exhibition featuring Jon Bollo, EC Brown, Liz Nielsen, Catie Olson and Edra Soto, concentrating their cat-obsessive energies into new paintings and sculptures. [...]
Images from the recent “Sal Ch Ex” exhibition that opened July 4th, 2009 at C-PS. “Sal Ch Ex” is a show about self-improvement through self-denial. Closes July 18th, 2009 at C-PS. Visit the calendar for more information.
July 24, 2009
Get It Together: Assemblage Collage and Collaboration
Join us July 24th for a three dimensional freak out of color, form and material. Walk the isles of a grocery store made completely out of paper, shoot hoops on a 3 story high basketball net, enjoy some experiments in auditory collage, or just sit down at our collage [...]
Non-specialist readers and recruitable art enthusiasts have a lifeline to the amorphous, mysterious Chicago Art World via their new Art Critic, Lori Waxman. A long time contributor to many on-line and print art publications, Lori’s appoitment is a glimmer of hope in the declining arena of arts coverage in Daily papers. Some recent reviews are [...]
May 16, 2009
Variations on a Theme : May 16 – Jul 25, 2009
The title “Variations on a Theme” is most well known as a musical composition “Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn by Brahms” and has been used by many musicians and composers as an activity for exploration. This exhibition presents how the idea of variation [...]
May 16, 2009
Clare E. Rojas : Believe Me : May 16 – Jul 25, 2009
Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 16, 4-7 PM
Clare Rojas is well known for her intimate gouache paintings and expansive wall-based murals and installations that feel as if they have been plucked out of the pages of a fairy tale resonating as both familiar and fantastically [...]
July 8, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Juan Garcia will be conducting a two hour demonstration about this 17th century Intaglio printmaking process on July 8 from 7p.m. to 9 p.m. Who is Juan Garcia? Exactly, for more information on him and his work you can visit www.whoisjuanrgarcia.com. See you July 8 from 7 to 9.
RSVP [...]
July 10, 2009
An Exhibition of Collaborative Prints by Paul Nudd and Onsmith, Spring 2009 Artists in Residence at Spudnik Press, Chicago.
Friday, July 10th – Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, July 10th, 6 – 10PM
Spudnik Press is pleased to announce a new exhibition of work by our Spring 2009 Artists in Residence, Paul Nudd and Onsmith. Ice [...]
November 6, 2009
“Can’t think of the word “eat” without an “m?” Or are you a militant vegan? Fall somewhere in between? Ever feel like a piece of meat? Everyone has an opinion about meat, and we want you to make a print about yours: the good, the bad, the bloody, the cooked, and the overlooked.”
contact angee@spudnikpress.com if [...]
July 17, 2009
July 17, 5-8pm
(exhibition runs from July 10th through July 17th)
read more about the artists here.. [1] [2]
Melanee Cooper Gallery
740 N Franklin St
November 6, 2009
Opening – November 6, 5-8pm (exhibition runs through December 30th) read more about the artists here.. [1] [2] Melanee Cooper Gallery 740 N Franklin St
June 12, 2009
TSR Artist Series
Graffitipop featuring the work of Slang and EQ
Opening: June 12, 7-10pm
(exhibition runs through July 8th)
Silver Room
1442 N Milwaukee Ave
January 3, 2010
January 03 – February 14
The Renaissance Society will mount a solo exhibition of photographs by Chicago-based artist Anna Shteynshleyger (b. 1977). Trained at Yale, Shteynshleyger belongs to a generation of photographers whose work is notable for its formal beauty and technical execution. The exhibition will feature approximately 20 works that poignantly document Shteynshleyger’s life over [...]
September 20, 2009
September 20 – December 13
The Renaissance Society will present an exhibition of new work by photographer Allan Sekula. Representing the next chapter in the artist’s long-term project Fish Story, this new series, titled Polonia and Other Fables, picks up the thread of critically documenting and examining the social impact of global economics. Always aiming to [...]
January 15, 2010
January 15, 2010 – April 4, 2010
Much of our national memory of the civil rights movement is embodied by male figureheads whose visibility in boycotts, legal proceedings, and mass demonstrations dominated newspaper and television coverage in the 1950s and ’60s. Missing from that picture is a group of extraordinary women who, while less prominent in [...]
July 19, 2009
July 19 – September 20, Gallery 1
Opening Reception
Sunday, July 19, 3-5 pm
Pecha Kucha
Tuesday, July 21, 7 pm
Sponsored by KDa Architects. This event will be hosted by the Hyde Park Art Center in Gallery1.
Free Concerts in the Gallery
Saturday, September 12, 1-5 pm
List of bands tbd
curated by Front Forty Press
Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture, a curatorial survey by [...]
Call for Entries – Deadline July 31, 2009!
transmediale.10
festival for art and digital culture berlin
03 – 07 February 2010
July 10, 2009
Opening, Friday, July 10, 2009
No Other One Is
July 10-August 15
No Other One Is is a summer-long group show introducing the work of the summer residents to audiences in the region. The exhibition includes live and on-going participatory performances and projects, while the residents continue to create work at-large throughout Chicago over the course of [...]
July 10, 2009
The Chicago Project III
July 10 – September 4, 2009
Opening Friday July 10, 5-8 pm
Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 West Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60654
The Chicago Project III, Catherine Edelman Gallery’s bi-annual exhibition selected from participants in the online gallery. Artists include Shannon Benine, Philip Dembinski, Bill Guy, Eric Holubow, Julie Meridian, Jason Robinette, James Rotz, David Schalliol, Daniel [...]
Cindy Baker put out a small fire in the kitchen. from lee Walton on Vimeo.
Lee Walton has been re-enacting the things his friends post on facebook. Six months and 44 videos later… Take a peek.
July 5, 2009
BEN RUSSELL presents
BEN RUSSELL : RUSE
MARCO KANE BRAUNSCHWEILER and MARTINE SYMS
PAUL CHAN
MIGUEL CORTEZ
ROXANE HOPPER and JULIE RUDDER
KELLY KACZYNSKI
1716 S Morgan #2F
Chicago, IL 60608
July 5 to July 26, 2009
Opening reception: 6-10 pm, July 5, 2009
Private viewings by appointment*
*The performance “NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN” by Roxane Hopper and Julie Rudder will be [...]
Happy Birthday America.
Video By Jacob Ciocci
Proximity is based out of the Co-Prosperity Sphere and we are very excited about the new show that is opening July 4th at the space. Along with the recent Second Stories: Artists Making Do & Fixing Up show at Zolla Lieberman, we expect the “Sal-Ch Ex” show to be one of the best group exhibitions [...]
A post gay pride march moment. We were very pleased to find that the Smiths were in the top ten twice.
A resurgence of geighties music is weaving its way back into the Chicago underground (maybe it never left?). And coincidentally we are preparing a geighties nite on July 22 at Sonotheque. Want to suggest some [...]
September 11, 2009
Liu Bolin
September 11 – October 30, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, September 11
5:00 – 7:30 pm
The Schneider Gallery is pleased to present work from Chinese artist Liu Bolin series “Hiding in the City,” a performative photography project. The artist, and often the subject, uses paint to camouflage himself and disappear into his environment. Imperial buildings, graffitied walls, [...]
July 10, 2009
July 10, 5-8pm (show continues until September 4th)
3rd bi-annual exhibition of photographs from the Catherine Edelman online gallery by more than 50 unrepresented photographers from the Chicago area.
go here to see images from the show.
300 W Superior St.
September 11, 2009
September 11 – October 10
Everybody: visual resistance in feminist health movements, 1969-2009. Organized by Bonnie Fortune.
The Museum of Contemporary Phenomena presents
A Broadside project regarding the fear of Growing Old
Curated by Helen Slade, Mike Newman and Rashmi Ramaswamy.
I Space
230 West Superior Street 2nd floor
Old news is still news. Whether or not you liked the City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower (which doesn’t even have a decent website) it was at least a venue that brought contemporary art to a much wider public and audience. The City Gallery on Michigan Avenue is going bland again. For over two [...]
Reblogged everywhere on the artblogosphere Bravo is now casting their reality based show called the Untitled Art Project. They are seeking emerging and mid career artists.
Here’s your chance. Now go to the Bravo casting call site for full details:
Casting Calls for The Untitled Art Project are as follows:
LOS ANGELES
Saturday, July 11 & Sunday, July [...]
We just stopped into our local B & N to see if one of our distributors is actually doing their job. We are pleased to report seeing a pile of Proximity magazines prominently displayed at a local outlet. But we have a problem… We want to make sure every store is carrying our publication. So [...]
July 29, 2009
January 29 – May 8, 2011
Since 1990, Jim Nutt has focused exclusively on female heads in spare line drawings and rich, detailed paintings. This exhibition is a retrospective of Jim Nutt’s work that emphasizes the development of these important paintings through their precedents in his own work. Acknowledging the groundswell in interest in this unique [...]
October 2, 2010
October 2 2010 – January, 2011
Luc Tuymans (Belgian, b. 1958) is considered one of the most significant European painters of his generation and he has been an enduring influence on younger and emerging artists. Born and raised in Antwerp, where he lives and works, Tuymans is an inheritor to the vast tradition of Northern European [...]
July 25, 2009
July 25th – October 18th, 2009
Arranged in constellations, or groupings, of works drawn from the MCA Collection, this exhibition spans generations, subjects, and techniques to comment on the artists’ diverse approaches to painting and its history. United by a common medium, these works emphasize the vast potential of brush, paint, and canvas to produce complex [...]
July 4, 2009
July 4th, 2-6pm
“Salad, Church, and Exercise.” aka Sal-ChEx
SALAD-CHURCH-EXERCISE
A show about self-improvement through self-denial
Featuring work by:
Michael Bancroft
Noah Berlatsky
Dayton Castleman
CThrough Outfit
Chelsea Culp
Derek Erdman
Gina Grafos
Jacob C. Hammes
Jaime Lynn Henderson
Hideous Beast
Thaddeus Kellstadt
Paul Mack
Rachel Pollak
Yvie Raij
Oliverio Rodriguez
Christopher Santiago
Dewayne Slightweight
Edra Soto
Bert Stabler
Matthew Steinke
Susannah Kite Strang
Curated by Bert Stabler
Opening Saturday, July 4, 2009, 2-6 pm at the Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S. [...]
July 10, 2009
July 10th, 6-10pm
New CAD resident artist and co-founder of mfchicago, a music, video and street art collective, will exhibit a collection of his video work and still photographic captures derived from his VJ experience from 2004-2009. The show titled “Capturing Motion” will be held from 6-10 PM on Friday, July 10th at the Chicago Art [...]
July 24, 2009
July 24, 6-9pm
(show runs from 7/22/09 to 8/14/09)
“The Chiayi Series,” Ink Paintings
The Chiayi Series is a graceful collection of calligraphic paintings and books. These abstract works by the artist are the result of her recent sabbatical in Taiwan studying Chinese calligraphy and ink painting. Inspired by these lessons, Machlis has used traditional Chinese materials–brush, ink [...]
July 24, 2009
July 24, 6-9pm
(show runs from 7/22/09 to 8/14/09)
Juried Exhibition Winners from “Feminist Interrogation” & “Are We There Yet:”
Margaret LeJeune: “The Modern Day Diana,” Photography
The Modern Day Diana series, captured by photographer Margaret LeJeune, examines the world of female hunters. The images question the relationship between the domestic sphere, traditionally the women’s place, and the hunting [...]
July 24, 2009
July 24, 6-9pm
(show runs from 7/22/09 to 8/14/09)
Mary Maughelli’s work deals with images of women, mainly torsos and faces, as well as symbols which are interwoven with memories, action or exercising figures, and historical references to women as depicted in art of the past. These works are 9 x 12 inches in size and use [...]
July 4, 2009
Every Saturday of July, 12:00p-4:00p
“Everyone is welcomed! No experience needed! Together, we will build a light box for our use at the Mess Hall, build our own screens & printing boards, create original designs, & experiment with several printing techniques. & get this: some of our favorite ace printers be joining us as guest instructors!”
Mess [...]
July 1, 2009
July 1, 7:00-9:30pm
Drink and Draw
Theme: Comix
Drink and Draw is our monthly night devoted to drawing practices. There’s no teacher and no pretensions. We provide a theme for the evening and plenty of PBR. Attendees provide a sketchbook and drawing utensils. Please come, and bring your friends while your at it. We will have lots of [...]
July 17, 2009
July 17. 6 pm – 9pm
(Show continues through August 14, 2009)
“The Coops” Artist of the Month, will be featuring the Post Family’s very own Rod Hunting. There will be a new collection of prints available for sale, as well.
Free Drinks & Hor d’oevres
DJ: Josh Brown
$5 raffle – winner takes home a print
organized by INDO
The [...]
July 19, 2009
July 19, 12:00p-4:00p
“Brunchluck & skill sharing DIY gathering. Take up arms (and fingers) against consumerist imperialism and fashionista culture! Remake something from your closet or from our FREE BOX. Learn or share sewing, knitting & fiber crafting skills.”
Mess Hall
6932 North Glenwood Avenue
July 11, 2009
July 11 from 7-10pm
The last show at mini dutch – A one night show displaying various artworks collected and shared by director Lucia Fabio & her fiancé, Robert Andrew Mueller. Artists include: Carol Jackson, Stacie Johnson, Blazo Calovic, Mathew Paul Jinks, Peter Hoffman and more.
Mini Dutch Gallery
3111 W Diversey 1st fl
July 31, 2009
Mating Call
Chris Silva & Lauren Feece
Opening: Friday, July 31st 2009 6-10 PM
Show runs through August 23rd
We like the title because it describes more about the process than the actual subject of the work. In the act of ” mate calling” the would be lovers make noises to each other until they make a sweet love [...]
July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
Chris Smith Installation
@ Eastern Expansion
244 W 31st Street
Philosophical Husband-Tetsuo
Christopher Smith
A sculptural adaptation of two Japanese films made in the early 1990′s level the ecology of its images with that of post consumer waste. A dystopic landscape of obsolete electronics, various polymer based products and the few remainders of something once organic will [...]
July 17, 2009
New Paintings
July 17 – August 29, 2009
Exhibit Homepage: Matthew Brown
Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd
Chicago, IL 60607
July 11, 2009
Big Youth
New Painters from Chicago
July 11-September 5, 2009
Opening reception July 11, 5-9 pm
Corbet vs Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland
