January 6, 2011
845 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 6th, from 6PM – 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 25th
Work by Dylan Bailey, Andy Cahill, John Houck, Colin Oulighan, Min Song, and Suara Welitoff.
February 11, 2011
3219 S. Morgan St. Chicago, Il 60608
11 February 2011, 7pm
We have an unusual event featuring musical acts inspired by The 1995 Sex Issue of Lumpen Magazine..
It’s free and more info coming soon..
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St
Doors at 7pm! Ends around Midnight.
After party at Maria’s>
Ornery Little Darlings
HotChaCha (Cleveland)
The Loneliest Monk
Grace Kulp
DJ BSide
February 9, 2011
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan Street, Chicago Il 60608
February 9, 2011 7-9pm
Join us Wednesday February 9, 2011 from 7 to 9pm for a chance to meet and ask Chicago Mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle some questions regarding the arts in Chicago.
We have joined a group of concerned citizens who find Miguel’s progressive stance [...]
February 5, 2011
500 W Cermak Rd, 727, Chicago, IL 60616
Reception: 5 February 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 5 February 2011—TBA
Work by John Riepenhoff and friends.
February 6, 2011
4223 W Lake St, 422, Chicago, IL 60624
Reception: 6 February 2011, 3:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 6 February 2011—13 March 2011
Ever conscious of the beholder, Lindsay Lawson investigates cogent modes for presentation in her work. Here for American Smooth, she navigates the relationship of past and present through the immersive properties of sound and screen. This [...]
February 9, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Artist Talk: 9 February 2011, 5:00pm
Artist talk by Stanya Kahn.
February 10, 2011
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Screening: 10 February 2011, 6:00pm
Cost: $10 ($5 film center members, $7 students, $4 SAIC/AIC students/staff)
Martha Colburn’s wickedly witty animations are assemblages of stop-motion puppetry, multi-layered glass painting, and all forms of pop cultural detritus. Drawing inspiration from the histories of the American West [...]
February 11, 2011
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 11 February 2011, 7:00pm—11:00pm
Ryan Duggan is an artist living and working in Chicago. His work spans a number of mediums, but shares a common tonality. Each piece is a glimpse into his process, never telling the full story, but giving the viewer just enough of [...]
February 12, 2011
1155 S Lyman Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Reception: 12 February 2011, 3:00pm—11:00pm
On View: 12 February 2011—5 March 2011
The letter X is a valentine’s show. It’s dedicated to the ex, to the one the got away, the one that didn’t happen and the one we never met.
Not lamenting the past, but rather acknowledging the fact [...]
February 12, 2011
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 12 February 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 12 February 2011—26 March 2011
Work by Ebony G. Patterson.
February 12, 2011
2135 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60647
Reception: 12 February 2011, 6:00pm—11:00pm
On View: 12 February 2011—20 March 2011
Consisting of four works completed by four different artist couples, the show is both an exhibition and an experiment in collaboration.
“As a couple, there is a level of co-dependence and compromise that exists in day-to-day life; and [...]
February 12, 2011
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Reception: 12 February 2011, 8:00pm—11:00pm
Miller’s work reflects the processes through which one’s surroundings condition cultural production. Her work recombines architecture, art, memorial, ornament, and design; questioning the distinction between abstraction and representation. LONG GONE explores forms that have existed in human consciousness since [...]
February 13, 2011
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Exhibition: 13 February 2011
On View: 13 February 2011—22 May 2011
For more than 30 years, Judith Neisser has been attentively attuned to the visual aspects of her surroundings, first as a writer and critic of architecture and interior design and, more recently, as a distinguished collector of [...]
February 13, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 13 February 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Jennifer Ray.
February 13, 2011
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Screening: 13 February 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
For the third consecutive year, the Video Data Bank is bringing a program of their recent acquisitions to Roots & Culture. Seven short pieces represent a range of styles, techniques and concepts. Included in the program is work from Chicago artists Steve [...]
February 15, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Talk: 15 February 2011, 7:00pm—9:00pm
The ability to occupy the city, to make oneself visible, to address and mobilize a public, has been drastically diminished as a result of encroachments on public space under neoliberal programs of urbanization. What would it mean to insist on the [...]
February 16, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Screening: 16 February 2011, 7:00pm
Details TBA.
February 17, 2011
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Screening: 17 February 2011, 6:00pm
Cost: $10 ($5 film center members, $7 students, $4 SAIC/AIC students/staff)
Brimming with vibrant images of blossoms, orchards, insects, and grasses, the works of celebrated French filmmaker Rose Lowder literally buzz with life. For over thirty years, she has crafted a body of [...]
February 18, 2011
5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Reception: 18 February 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 14 February 2011—18 March 2011
An exhibition that investigates the collaboration between metalsmiths and printmakers.
February 18, 2011
Cobb 307 @ 5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Artist Talk: 18 February 2011, 7:00pm—8:00pm
In a career spanning over 40 years, Schneider’s abstract studies of landscape and depictions of the body have pushed the boundaries of visual language, from painting to sculpture to film, video and digital media. Schneider will discuss her [...]
February 18, 2011
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 18 February 2011, TBA—TBA
TYPEFORCE is the annual showcase of emerging typographic artists. Firebelly Design and Public Media Institute (Proximity Magazine’s parent .org) put together this exhibition to show just how fantastic Type can be. You can send us a proposal to be in the next show [...]
February 19, 2011
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 19 February 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 19 February 2011—19 March 2011
Work by Theaster Gates, Matthew Paul Jinks, Aspen Mays and Cauleen Smith.
Curated by Elizabeth Chodos.
February 20, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 20 February 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Christopher Rose.
February 22, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Talk: 22 February 2011, 5:00pm
Talk by AA Bronson.
February 22, 2011
MCA Theater @ 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Artist Talk: 22 February 2011, 6:00pm
Cost: $10 general admission ($8 MCA members, $6 students)
Scottish artist Susan Philipsz, winner of the 2010 Turner Prize, shares the ideas and processes that generated We Shall Be All, a new sound installation that draws from Chicago’s political and labor [...]
February 24, 2011
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Screening: 24 February 2011, 6:00pm
Cost: $10 ($5 film center members, $7 students, $4 SAIC/AIC students/staff)
In her striking, cerebral videos, installations, and photographs, German-born, New York-based artist Andrea Geyer mixes documentary and fiction to examine the ways historical narratives and social spaces shift over time and within larger socio-political [...]
February 25, 2011
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Exhibition: 25 February 2011
On View: 25 February 2011—26 March 2011
Details TBA.
February 25, 2011
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 25 February 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 25 February 2011—9 April 2011
Work by Josh Kolbo.
February 25, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 25 February 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 25 February 2011—2 April 2011
Curated by Keith Couser.
February 25, 2011
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 25 February 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 25 February 2011—2 April 2011
Work by Stephen Eichhorn.
February 25, 2011
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 25 February 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 25 February 2011—26 March 2011
Work by You Ni Chae.
February 26, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Talk: 26 February 2011, 11:00am
Art historian Rebecca Zorach connects Jim Nutt’s paintings of imaginary women with approaches to portraiture popular during the Renaissance.
February 26, 2011
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
26 February 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm
Work by Alexander Stewart.
February 27, 2011
Kent Hall, Room 120 @ 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Panel: 27 February 2011, 2:00pm
This panel puts the issue of Minimalism’s morphology and relevance to a noteworthy cast of scholars and artists.
Panel includes Rachel Harrison (sculptor), Miwon Kwon (Professor of Art History, UCLA), James Meyer (Associate Professor of Art History, Emory University) and David [...]
February 27, 2011
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
27 February 2011, 2:00pm—4:00pm
Work by Ruth Root and Miranda Lichtenstein.
February 28, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Artist Talk: 28 February 2011, 5:00pm
Talk by Aani Leventhal.
February 28, 2011
Columbus Auditorium @ 280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Curator Talk: 28 February 2011, 6:00pm
Lisa D. Freiman is Senior Curator and Chair of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. During her eight-year tenure there, Freiman has transformed the experience of contemporary art in Indianapolis. She has created a [...]
We are super exited that our pal (and Proximity contributor) Bill Mackey is coming to town Thursday for a presentation and talk at the Graham Foundation. Please join us..
You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
BILL MACKEY
JAN 27, 2011, 6PM
On January 27, 2011, Bill Mackey will give a graphic presentation that discusses the relationship [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqAX9EnXqAw
Big ups to Nate Hitchcock
February 7, 2011
Columbus Auditorium @ 280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Talk: 7 February 2011, 6:00pm
José Esteban Muñoz is the Chair of Performance Studies Department at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His publications include various articles and the monographs Disideintifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics, Cruising Utopia: [...]
February 3, 2011
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Screening: 3 February 2011, 6:00pm
Cost: $10 ($5 film center members, $7 students, $4 SAIC/AIC students/staff)
One of the most important filmmakers to emerge from New York’s seething No Wave scene, and currently enjoying a resurgence of interest in her work, Ireland-born Vivienne Dick created a series of Super-8 [...]
February 2, 2011
Fullerton Auditorium @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Artist Talk/Curator Talk: 2 February 2011, 6:00pm—7:30pm
Cost: $20 ($15 members)
Peter Fischli has collaborated with fellow Swiss artist David Weiss since 1979, exploring actions and objects of everyday life referred to as the “poetics of banality.” With an intense focus on detail and unmistakable wit, [...]
January 25, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Artist Talk: 25 January 2011, 5:00pm
Ernesto Oroza is a Cuban-born artist, designer, and writer who currently lives and works in Aventura, Florida. His work primarily addresses contemporary media culture as well as conceptual design and architecture, including issues of improvised structures and objects retooled for [...]
January 27, 2011
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Reception: 27 January 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 24 January 2011—2 March 2011
Curated by Justin Witte. Work by Dana Carter, Joy Feasley, Roxane Hopper, Irena Knezevic, Isaac Resnikoff, Michael Robinson, Paul Swenbeck and Craig Yu.
Midwinter is the day on the calendar when there is the least amount of daylight and [...]
January 27, 2011
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Reception: 27 January 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 13 January 2011—12 February 2011
Drawing from personal experiences, memories and written history, Phillip Chen‘s and Tomas Vu‘s work incorporates both long departed and surviving traditions, beliefs, objects and landscapes, positioning all firmly with in a contemporary context. The push and [...]
January 27, 2011
1821 W Hubbard St, 308, Chicago, IL 60622
Artist Talk: 27 January 2011, 6:00pm
At Spudnik, Pablo has long been known for his ability to work small. His etchings, some as small as a few inches across, delicately depict fantasy landscape scenes from a birds eye view, often overlaid with expressive marks as emotional [...]
January 27, 2011
Room 157 @ 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Panel: 27 January 2011, 6:00pm
Join the Smart Museum for a panel discussion about Wojnarowicz and the issues surrounding A Fire in My Belly, including first amendment rights, the arts and public policy, and issues of gender and sexuality.
Panelists include Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished [...]
January 29, 2011
2655 W Homer St, Chicago, IL 60647
Reception: 29 January 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 29 January 2011—22 February 2011
Work by Anthony Creeden, Bret Schneider, Liam Murtaugh and Xavier Jimenez.
(Fig. 4)is a show that explores ideas of space, assembling and instruction. Each artist was asked to react to the interior structure of pentagon and creates work [...]
Proximity magazine contributor, AREA magazine founder and all around awesome guy, Daniel Tucker, is planning an interventionist public art project called Visions For Chicago Project.
“Hundreds of handmade election-style yard signs will be collected from politically-engaged Chicagoans throughout the city addressing their visions for Chicago. This Mayoral election season is unique in many ways and is [...]
January 29, 2011
939 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL
January 29 2011
Thomas Robertello Gallery announces that after nearly five years of exhibitions in its current location at 939 W Randolph St., Chicago, IL , the gallery will close on January 29, at the end of Lilly McElroy’s current exhibition 2009 Was a Rough Year. [...]
300 W Superior #103, Chicago, IL, 60654
February 11 – February 13, 2011
Opening Reception: February 10 from 6 – 9 pm
The Judy A. Saslow Gallery will be exhibiting at the New York Outsider Art Fair, February 11 – 13, 2011. Opening night preview Thursday, February 10 from 6-9 pm. The Judy A Saslow Gallery will be [...]
March 4, 2011
300 W Superior #103, Chicago, IL, 60654
March 4 2011, 5:00pm-8:00pm
The Judy A. Saslow Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of new works by French artist Gérard Cambon and Swiss Artist Edmond Engel.
Gérard Cambon is a self-taught artist living and working outside Paris creating skillful constructions composed of various materials. In 1992 he started to [...]
February 4, 2011
300 W Superior #103, Chicago, IL, 60654
4 February 2011, 5:00pm-8:00pm
The Judy A. Saslow Gallery is pleased to again present the works of Chicago artist Jordan Scott during the month of February. Scott uses thousands of canceled U.S. postage stamps, with dates ranging from 1900 to the present, to create fascinating collages. From a distance they [...]
January 27, 2011
1120 North Ashland, 3rd floor, Chicago, Illinois 60622
27 January 2011 5:00pm-9:00pm
It is with great pleasure that Corbett vs. Dempsey presents “Stupid Arguments,” the first gallery exhibition of work by Peter Saul in Chicago in 25 years.
Since he emerged in the early 1960s, Saul has been one of the most singular and important [...]
January 27, 2011
Graham Foundation
for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Place
Chicago, IL 60610
January 27, 2011, 6PM, Free
RSVP:
http://www.grahamfoundation.org/public_events/3890-you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too
On January 27, 2011, Bill Mackey will give a graphic presentation that discusses the relationship of shoelaces, NCAA basketball, Paris, Oprah, golf carts, street signs, and sex to American perceptions of land use and transportation. The [...]
February 1, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Artist Talk: 1 February 2011, 5:00pm
Eileen Myles operates in the art, writing, and queer performance scenes as a kind of observant flaneur. She is a poet, novelist, and performer who has written extensively on art and writing and the cultural scene. Her experiences range from [...]
February 1, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Panel: 1 February 2011, 7:00pm
In the first session of the @work SALON series, we explore alternative models of curatorial practice.
In May 2010, e-flux editor Anton Vidokle published “Art Without Artists?” in which he described the dangers and demerits of the rising power of the Superstar Curator. [...]
February 3, 2011
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Exhibition: 3 February 2011
On View: 3 February 2011—17 April 2011
Noted for their intense focus on detail and unmistakable wit, Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss have collaborated since 1979, exploring the “poetics of banality”—the actions and objects of everyday life. The pair has worked in a range [...]
February 3, 2011
Fullerton Hall @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Artist Talk: 3 February 2011, 6:00pm—7:00pm
To explore the representation of war, An-My Lê has photographed reenacted battles from the Vietnam War, training exercises for U.S. soldiers about to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq, and the implications of any aggression on the natural environment. [...]
February 4, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition/Screening: 4 February 2011
On View: 4 February 2011—27 February 2011
Shooting in 16mm film and exhibiting in digital video, Melika Bass‘ experimental films are characterized by intricate, cyclical structures that emphasize sound and visual textures over traditional narratives. Making use of both non-professional actors and performance artists, [...]
February 4, 2011
Fullerton Hall @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Symposium: 4 February 2011, 10:45am—4:00pm
Cost: Free with registration
See the website for additional details.
February 4, 2011
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
4 February 2011, 6:00pm
In February 2011, Iceberg Projects will host four nights of Curt McDowell films. Two weeks in a row, on Friday and Saturday nights, Iceberg will have one night of short films and one night of a full-length feature.
See the website for the screening [...]
February 4, 2011
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
4 February 2011, 6:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Eliza Myrie.
February 5, 2011
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
5 February 2011, 1:00pm
It’s that time of year again, and we’ve got an ambitious 4-part program that you shouldn’t miss! We have invited four artists new to the gallery to present an installation of their choice. Each week-long installation culminates with a Saturday afternoon “conversation” that [...]
February 5, 2011
Price Auditorium @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
5 February 2011, 2:00pm—3:00pm
Chicago artist, educator, and editor Ivan Brunetti speaks to the connections among Constantin Brâncusi‘s iconic modern sculptures and considers Brâncusi’s interest in the dynamic relationship of the organic and the geometric and correlations to his own compositional choices and the [...]
February 5, 2011
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
5 February 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
Work by Philip Vanderhyden and Mike Schuh.
Philip Vanderhyden continues his ongoing investigation into the manner in which a painting makes contact with its surroundings. Making use of sets of varying techniques, his new group of paintings can be addressed simultaneously as separate [...]
February 5, 2011 11:00 pm
1452 N Milwaukee Ave, 3, Chicago, IL 60622
5 February 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm
We are all free to do what we want, when we want, in the manner we want. We let our minds wander to create our own problems, fears and dilemmas. We create our own luck. We are in control of our own future.
We [...]
February 6, 2011 11:00 pm
Swift Hall, Room 106 @ 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
6 February 2011, 2:00pm
Luke is modernist with multi-faceted research interests. She co-curated the 2006 exhibition Frank Stella 1958 at the Sackler Gallery at Harvard University. It was the first exhibition to examine the seminal work Frank Stella created in 1958, bringing together [...]
February 6, 2011 11:00 pm
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
6 February 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Maria Jönsonn.
February 6, 2011 11:00 pm
3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G, Chicago, IL, 60612
6 February 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
Work by Chris Naka and Min Song.
We just got this petition from the Go CHGO list which came from Arts Power Chicago.. pass it on..
Change is in the air. Chicagoans will soon elect a new mayor for the first time in 22 years. The next mayor will make decisions that will impact the arts for generations to come.
Chicago is home to [...]
TYPEFORCE is the annual showcase of emerging typographic artists. Firebelly Design and Public Media Institute (Proximity magazine’s parent .org) put together this exhibition to show just how fantastic Type can be. You can send us a proposal to be in the next show which opens at Co-Prosperity Sphere on February 18, 2011. Visit the TYPEFORCE [...]
January 15, 2011
350 N Ogden Ave, 4E, Chicago, IL 60607
15 January 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
Work by Raquel Ladensack.
January 15, 2011
1906 S Throop St, 2F, Chicago, IL 60608
15 January 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
Good Stuff House (Kayce Bayer and Chris Lin) make a new interactive installation, Claire Arctander explores the cultural materials/moments of adolescent TV and junk food, and J. Thomas Pallas mines his own and represented childhoods in Eel Space’s first exhibition at its new [...]
January 29, 2011
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
29 January 2011, TBA—TBA
Work by Erik Peterson.
January 24, 2011
Room 157 @ 5440 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Artist Talk: 24 January 2011, 6:00pm—7:00pm
Brock Enright will discuss his artwork and “storms; sense illusions that occur between image and message; auditory and message; time and message; comedy and horror; when and when not to laugh.”
We are not making a list for the best art action we experienced in 2010, but playing Dungeons and Dragons for a weekend was defintely a highlight. While rutting around the inter-morass we did find some fine lists. Burtonwood pointed out Gordy Grundy ‘s (of Coagula mag fame) Survival Skills for the American Fine Artist. [...]
January 8, 2011
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 8 January 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
Work by Ali Bailey, Zachary Buchner, Robert Heinecken, John Opera, Nancy Spero, Matt Stolle and Wendy White.
Olek, a New York based artist, crocheted a sweater on Christmas eve for Arturo Di Modica’s charging bull sculpture located in Bowling Green park in Lower Manhattan. Di Modica declared the sculpture a symbol of the “strength and power of the American people” following the stock market crash of 1987.
We hope someone will put a [...]
January 16, 2011 11:00 pm
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
16 January 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Better Favorite features new sculpture, works on paper and printed matter. Magnificent for all enthusiasts! Chitty and Lear fully describe their newest developments in-depth to the most glorious magnitude. Better Favorite is convenient and makes good sense, rating excellent in practicality, goodness and family [...]
January 15, 2011 11:00 pm
2332 W Augusta Blvd, 3F, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 15 January 2011, 8:00pm—10:00pm
Work by Chris Hefner, Christy LeMaster, Catie Olson and EC Brown.
January 15, 2011 11:00 pm
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Reception: 15 January 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 15 January 2011—TBA
He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore is a photography project which engages image-making as a platform to intervene inside Western culture’s traditions and expectations related to masculinity, class, and heroism. This project opens up a space [...]
January 15, 2011 11:00 pm
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Artist Talk: 15 January 2011, 1:00pm
It’s that time of year again, and we’ve got an ambitious 4-part program that you shouldn’t miss! We have invited four artists new to the gallery to present an installation of their choice. Each week-long installation culminates with a Saturday afternoon [...]
January 14, 2011 11:00 pm
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 14 January 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 14 January 2011—TBA
Work by Nicholas Knight.
January 14, 2011 11:00 pm
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 14 January 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 14 January 2011—19 February 2011
Work by Howard Fonda.
January 14, 2011 11:00 pm
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 14 January 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 14 January 2011—TBA
Work by Mindy Rose Schwartz.
January 14, 2011 11:00 pm
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 14 January 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 14 January 2011—19 February 2011
The iconic display of a head, severed and mounted on a stick, is ubiquitous as a representation of ominous primordial savagery. Cliché in its references to cannibalistic ritual, human sacrifice or cautionary symbolism, its general [...]
January 14, 2011 11:00 pm
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 14 January 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 14 January 2011—18 February 2011
Work by Anne Wilson,
Work by Judy Ledgerwood.
January 14, 2011
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Exhibition: 14 January 2011
On View: 14 January 2011—13 March 2011
The fiber art of Chicago artist Theo Leffmann (1911–96) evokes the ancient and the exotic, echoing pre-Columbian and non-Western processes and forms with a distinct personal vision.
Leffmann’s 40-year-career coincided with a revolution in textile art in the [...]
January 14, 2011
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Exhibition: 14 January 2011
On View: 14 January 2011—3 April 2011
Constructivists, Time Travelers, Model Makers, Archeologists, Deconstructivists, Collectors, Photographers, Evocateurs, Postmodernists, Jokesters, Computer Geeks, Actors, Poets, Retro-futurists, Dreamers, Sculptors, Absurdists, Storytellers…
These words appear during the opening credits of Kahn & Selesnick’s film Apollo Prophecies [...]
January 13, 2011
Price Auditorium @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Artist Talk: 13 January 2011, 6:00pm—7:30pm
Cost: $20 ($15 members)
Despite affinities with Chicago Imagist and Northwest Coast abstraction traditions, Jim Lutes’ enigmatic work resists classification within any one school or group. According to critic David Pagel, his work vacillates between representation and abstraction in [...]
January 13, 2011
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Artist Talk: 13 January 2011, 6:00pm
Join us as we host exhibiting artist Guy Tillim in conversation with Krista Thompson, PhD. Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University who has taught courses and written extensively about African and Caribbean Art, [...]
January 10, 2011
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Exhibition: 10 January 2011
On View: 10 January 2011—6 March 2011
In his project Avenue Patrice Lumumba (2007–08), South African artist Guy Tillim (b. 1962) records the architecture and infrastructure of colonial and postcolonial Africa. Patrice Lumumba (1925–61) was one of the first elected African leaders in modern times. [...]
January 9, 2011
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Reception: 9 January 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 9 January 2011—27 February 2011
The Renaissance Society, Lismore Castle Arts, C. Waterford, Ireland, and the 2010 Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, in collaboration with Van Abbemuseum, co-commissioned Irish artist Gerard Byrne (b. 1969) to create this new multi-channel film installation [...]
January 8, 2011
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 8 January 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 8 January 2011—5 February 2011
Work by Elijah Burgher, Ryan Fenchel, Jonah Groeneboer, Shane Huffman and Erin Zona.
January 8, 2011
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 8 January 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 8 January 2011—19 February 2011
Work by Talia Chetrit and Daniel Gordon.
Work by Matthew Metzger in the South Gallery.
January 8, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 8 January 2011
On View: 8 January 2011—30 January 2011
For the month of January, the MCA presents an exhibition of the work of four young, Chicago-based cartoonists and animators: Jeffrey Brown, Lilli Carré, Paul Hornschemeier and Anders Nilsen. In their own unique styles each of these artists expands [...]
January 4, 2011
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Exhibition/Screening: 4 January 2011
On View: 4 January 2011—6 February 2011
David Wojnarowicz‘s 1986–87 video A Fire in My Belly is a poetic, unfinished tribute to the artist’s friend and colleague, Peter Hujar, who died of AIDS.
An excerpt of the work was recently removed from the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition Hide/Seek: [...]
January 20, 2011
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Reception: 20 January 2011, 6:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 20 January 2011—26 February 2011
Best known for her sparse use of bright colors in otherwise empty black or white backgrounds, Chicago-artist Pamela Fraser takes color as her main subject and plays with the logic of established color systems. Fraser’s newest work continues [...]
January 21, 2011
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 21 January 2011, TBA—TBA
Work by Matt Siber.
January 21, 2011
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Exhibition: 21 January 2011, TBA
On View: 21 January 2011—26 February 2011
Curated by Renee Stout and Rebecca Zorach.
January 22, 2011
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Artist Talk: 22 January 2011, 1:00pm
It’s that time of year again, and we’ve got an ambitious 4-part program that you shouldn’t miss! We have invited four artists new to the gallery to present an installation of their choice. Each week-long installation culminates with a Saturday afternoon [...]
January 22, 2011
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Reception: 22 January 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 22 January 2011—27 February 2011
Work by Chris Bradley.
January 22, 2011
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 22 January 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 22 January 2011—5 March 2011
Work by Michelle Grabner.
January 23, 2011
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Reception: 23 January 2011, 2:00pm—4:00pm
On View: 23 January 2011—TBA
Work by Philip Vanderhyden, Zach Formalt, Danna Vajda and Chris Dorland.
January 23, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
23 January 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Drew Griffith.
January 23, 2011
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
23 January 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
Work by Hyeon Jung Kim.
Her most recent work, Maze – 2010, an installation and video work, is a reflection of
the labor-intensive practices of her parents’ new working situation after immigrating to
America. Maze revolves around the social and cultural aspects of life in America through
the lens of [...]
January 25, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Talk: 25 January 2011, TBA—TBA
Details TBA.
January 26, 2011
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Screening: 26 January 2011, 6:00pm
This screening of short videos features work by artists including Walid Raad and Miranda July, who consider when and how to rebuild, recover, and start fresh. Curated by Kate Bowen and David Oresick.
January 28, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2D, Chicago, IL 60607
Exhibition: 28 January 2011
On View: 28 January 2011—6 March 2011
Encountering the “take away” artwork, consisting of unlimited or large-run editions whose individual pieces are free for the taking, has become a common occurrence in contemporary art exhibitions. A strategy notably employed in Félix González-Torres’ “stack” [...]
January 28, 2011
1344 W 18th Pl, Chicago, IL 60608
28 January 2011, TBA—TBA
Work by Zak Arctander.
January 29, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 29 January 2011
On View: 29 January 2011—29 May 2011
Further solidifying Nutt’s stature as an internationally significant artist, Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character provides an excellent opportunity to expand the artistic framework in which to consider his work beyond Chicago’s Hairy Who. While Coming Into Character offers [...]
January 29, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 29 January 2011
On View: 29 January 2011—29 May 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 [...]
January 29, 2011
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Artist Talk: 29 January 2011, 1:00pm
It’s that time of year again, and we’ve got an ambitious 4-part program that you shouldn’t miss! We have invited four artists new to the gallery to present an installation of their choice. Each week-long installation culminates with a Saturday afternoon [...]
January 29, 2011
3319 N Broadway Ave., Chicago, IL 60657
Reception: 29 January 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 24 January 2011—26 February 2011
An exhibition of new works by John Henderson.
For Henderson, the practice of painting functions as both a performance and a symbolic field, a daily activity through which to examine, dismantle, reconfigure and question the traditionally unique [...]
January 30, 2011
Room 106 @ 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Panel: 30 January 2011, 2:00pm
Led by Christine Mehring, Associate Professor of Art History, the University of Chicago.
Judd’s multiple roles as artist, critic, designer, activist, and curator will form the basis for discussion led by Mehring. The roundtable’s four participants—Erica Cooke, Jadine Colingwood, Solveig [...]
January 30, 2011
ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
30 January 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Erin Leland.
