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Archive for May, 2011

Eija-Liisa Ahtila: The House @ The Art Institute of Chicago

June 24, 2011
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Exhibition: 24 June 2011
On View: 24 June 2011—23 October 2011

The Donna and Howard Stone Gallery for Film, Video, and New Media welcomes a new work this May by Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila. Ahtila’s films, culled from research and interviews with individuals suffering from psychotic disorders, are [...]

Salvador Jimenez: Virtual Workforce @ Antena

June 24, 2011
1765 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 24 June 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 24 June 2011—23 July 2011

Work by Salvador Jimenez.

Animality @ DOVA Temporary

June 24, 2011
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Reception: 24 June 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 24 June 2011—TBA

Curated by Zachary Cahill.

Untitled Document @ Tony Wight Gallery

June 24, 2011
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 24 June 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 24 June 2011—30 July 2011

Details TBA.

Running Room @ A+D Gallery

June 23, 2011
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Reception: 23 June 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 23 June 2011—20 July 2011

Based on Karl Kraus’s notion of allowing an idea, place, material, object enough wiggle room to change—encouraging an active détournement—we allow others to experience the detourned phenomenon in a new way. If allowed running room, a [...]

Valerie Magarian @ ACRE Projects

June 19, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 19 June 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 19 June 2011—20 June 2011

Work by Valerie Magarian.

Pandora’s Box: Joseph Cornell Unlocks the MCA Collection @ Museum of Contemporary Art

June 18, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 18 June 2011
On View: 18 June 2011—16 October 2011

Pandora’s Box: Joseph Cornell Unlocks the Collection is an exhibition that relies on the deep resources of Joseph Cornell’s work within Chicago, as well as the Chicago public’s warm familiarity with the American master’s work. Because of [...]

Anonymous group exhibition @ Roots & Culture

June 18, 2011
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 18 June 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 18 June 2011—23 July 2011

Organized by Justin Thomas Schaefer.

File Type @ Gallery 400

June 17, 2011
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 17 June 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 17 June 2011—30 July 2011

Curated by Chaz Evans and Lorelei Stewart.

The specificity of work in electronic media warrants investigations that refine categories past “the digital” or “the internet.” File Type is an exhibition which analyzes the cultural character of digital file [...]

Hang in There @ Co-Prosperity Sphere

June 17, 2011
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 17 June 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 17 June 2011—2 July 2011

Hang in There is an exhibition asking artists to make motivational artworks. Cultural producers often face difficult roads to develop a sustainable practice. This exhibition is an opportunity for artists to provide an alternative to the [...]

REH Gordon @ ACRE Projects

June 12, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 12 June 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 12 June 2011—13 June 2011

Work by REH Gordon.

Noah Furman: Frankenstein’s Raga @ The Hills Esthetic Center

June 11, 2011
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Reception: 11 June 2011, 7:00pm—11:00pm
On View: 11 June 2011—2 July 2011

Noah Furman’s recent paintings deal with unitary forms—the letter, the hand, the brain—the body part truncated, amputated from the whole, the word’s mark separated from its meaning, mashed into a non-referent thing. They aspire to [...]

Pia Howell: Cool Ranch @ Golden Age

June 10, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2D, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 10 June 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 10 June 2011—10 July 2011

Work by Pia Howell.

Caroline Picard: Happiness Machines @ Roxaboxen Exhibitions

June 10, 2011
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 10 June 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 10 June 2011—24 June 2011

Happiness Machines—the NEW energy drink—is a beast of joy. So good you’ll be hooked! Be gone dull day, now you can get your zip and smile about it. Happiness Machines will make its debut appearance this [...]

John Henderson: 12 x 12 Artist Talk @ Museum of Contemporary Art

June 7, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Artist Talk: 7 June 2011, 6:00pm

Each month, hear first-hand from the Chicago-based artists featured in the MCA’s UBS 12 X 12: New Artists/New Works exhibition series and gain insight into the ideas and process that led to the work on view.

Leeza Meksin and Yevgeniya Baras: Hide @ ADDS DONNA

June 5, 2011
4223 W Lake St, 422, Chicago, IL 60624
Reception: 5 June 2011, 3:00pm—5:00pm
On View: 5 June 2011—11 July 2011

Skin as material and metaphor links the practices of Leeza Meksin and Yevgeniya Baras. The two met in New York in 2009. After exchanging studio visits, a playful dialog formed around issues of gender, materiality, [...]

Madeleine Bailey: By The Time The Focus On We Became They I Was Alone @ ACRE Projects

June 5, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 5 June 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 5 June 2011—6 June 2011

Having been struck seven separate times by lightening across a period of 35 years, Roy Sullivan died in 1985 from natural causes. And, although generally conceived of as improbable, lightening does in fact strike in the [...]

If I Do Nothing Nothing Does @ Julius Cæsar

June 5, 2011
3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G, Chicago, IL, 60612
Reception: 5 June 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 5 June 2011—26 June 2011

Curated by Matt McAuliffe.

Works by Matias Faldbakken, Sophie Calle, Joe Smith, Andy Kaufman and Benjamin Bellas.

John Henderson: 12 x 12 @ Museum of Contemporary Art

June 4, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 4 June 2011
On View: 4 June 2011—26 June 2011

John Henderson’s (b. 1984) work forges an unlikely alliance between the heavy metal industry and abstract art by casting all-over gestural paintings in aluminum and, more recently, bronze. His UBS 12×12 show consists of all new work [...]

Priscilla Stadler: Favors @ Mess Hall

June 4, 2011
6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Reception: 4 June 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 4 June 2011—5 June 2011

Drawing on Chicago’s reputation for political favoritism, visiting artist Priscilla Stadler ushers in the city’s first post-Daley mayoral term by bringing favors to the people. Using Mess Hall and ACRE Projects as a base of operations, [...]

John Neff Prints Robert Blanchon @ GOLDEN

June 4, 2011
3319 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
Reception: 4 June 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 18 May 2011—25 June 2011

Equal parts exhibition and performance, John Neff Prints Robert Blanchon will be in process at Golden Gallery from May 18 to June 25, 2011. The show will revolve around Blanchon’s 1995 photo-based conceptual work Untitled (aroma / 1981), [...]

FRIENDS FOREVER: The Legacy of Camp Gay (2001-2005) @ Monument 2

June 4, 2011
2007 N Point St, Chicago, IL 60647
Reception: 4 June 2011, 7:00pm—11:30pm
On View: 4 June 2011—26 June 2011

A project by Brandon Alvendia.

In consultation with Camp Gay members, including Todd Bailey & Bridgette Buckley.

Picture the area directly across the famed Margie’s Candies at Armitage and Western, the sleepy Cole Taylor Bank with its drive-up ATM [...]

POLYAMORY @ Noble and Superior Projects

June 3, 2011
1418 W Superior St, 2R, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 3 June 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm

Noble & Superior Projects is proud to present our FINAL one-night exhibition POLYAMORY. This exhibition showcases artwork created by curators of several of Chicago’s independent galleries. By exhibiting the visual work of these curators who are committed to providing venues to [...]

Visual Narration: Contemporary Forms of Storytelling @ Robert Bills Contemporary

June 3, 2011
222 N Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60661
Reception: 3 June 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 3 June 2011—5 July 2011

A group exhibition of three artists with contemporary perspectives on the historical theme of visual narration, realized within three completely different media. Narratives have formed the content of canonized artwork from the marble friezes of antiquity [...]

Andy Warhol: Photographs @ Gahlberg Gallery

June 2, 2011
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Reception: 2 June 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 2 June 2011—6 August 2011

This exhibition features a large selection from the College of DuPage collection of more than 150 original Polaroid and black and white photographs, awarded through The Andy Warhol Foundation’s Photographic Legacy Program. The exhibit includes iconic [...]

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I’ve Zine the Darkness

Hey Art Zine maker.. You are  invited you to participate in »I’ve Zine the Darkness« by sending your artzines by May 30th 2011!

» I’ve Zine the Darkness« is an exhibition about the artzines phenomen, it’s aesthetic and political dimensions and the practise of self-publishing used by artists to spread their work. The exhibition will take [...]

Hannah Manfredi: Table Tennis @ Kirk’s Apartment

May 12, 2011
3710 N Marshfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Reception: 12 May 2011, 8:00pm
On View: 12 May 2011—3 June 2011

New works from Hannah Manfredi.

Milan Redux @ Object Design League

May 7, 2011
500 W Cermak Rd, 511, Chicago, IL 60616
Slideshow Presentation: 7 May 2011, 5:00pm

Slide shows from the Milan Furniture Fair 2011 by Felicia Ferrone, Helen Maria Nugent, Tim Parsons, Lisa Smith, Michael Savona and SAIC MDDO students.

REBUS @ BEN RUSSELL

May 7, 2011
1716 S Morgan St, 2F, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 7 May 2011, 5:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 7 May 2011—19 June 2011

XQQQQME Dear Friend, but your FAMILYYYYYY at BEN RUSSELL sure is feeling a bit FAREDCE! We usually have TIMING TI MING in bringing you, TIME TIME, the finest of the fine arts, but for some [...]

MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition @ Glass Curtain Gallery

May 12, 2011
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Reception: 12 May 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 12 May 2011—11 June 2011

Work by Kate Bowen, Amy Herman, Alyssa Marzolf, Jessica Rodrigue and Katherine Rae Walters.

Matthew Metzger: 12 x 12 Artist Talk @ Museum of Contemporary Art

May 10, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Artist Talk: 10 May 2011, 6:00pm—7:00pm

Matthew Metzger discusses his work during this informal gallery talk. The program is part of the MCA’s monthly UBS 12 x 12: New Artists/New Work exhibition series.

The Bomber Remains Anonymous: Reenacting the Haymarket Riot

Bad At Sports and Caroline Picard on the reenactment that blew our minds..

Until recently, my recollection of the Haymarket Riot is as follows:

Me, age 15 in the high school library looking over microfiche and taking notes on note cards as had been suggested by our US History teacher. As prickly as he was hilarious, he [...]

Tony Smith: Wall @ Wright

May 5, 2011
1440 W Hubbard, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 5 May 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 6 May 2011—20 May 2011

Valerie Carberry Gallery and Wright collaborate to present Wall, a monumental work by Tony Smith from 1964. A sleek mass in painted steel, Wall achieves harmony in concept and form. Smith frees Wall from its architectural function as [...]

Betsy Odom: Registry and Montgomery Perry Smith: Milking @ threewalls

May 6, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 6 May 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 6 May 2011—18 June 2011

Betsy Odom mines a vast array of materials and techniques culled from traditional crafts and trades to explore the display of identity. Working from leather tooling to woodturning, ceramics to air-brushing, mold making to metalworking, [...]

TWEEN

May 7, 2011
1318 N Milwaukee Ave, #300, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 7 May 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm

TWEEN is a survey of responses to the animated GIF via animated GIF-the bastard child of early motion picture technology and most pesky annoyance generator capable of rendering the most sober of images into perpetual ridicule. Local, national, and international [...]

How Chicago Are You? @ Graham Foundation

May 10, 2011
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Panel: 10 May 2011, 6:00pm

How Chicago Are You? is an evening discussion that will explore the role of place in the production of creative works. Intended to provoke questions about the existence of a regional style, Chicago based practitioners from the fields of art, architecture, cartooning, [...]

Zak Kitnick and Valerie Snobeck @ Shane Campbell Gallery (Oak Park)

May 1, 2011
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Reception: 1 May 2011, 2:00pm—4:00pm
On View: 1 May 2011—10 July 2011

Work by Zak Kitnick and Valerie Snobeck.

Curated by Maxwell Graham.

Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Ruby Sky Stiler @ The Suburban

May 1, 2011
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Reception: 1 May 2011, 2:00pm—4:00pm

Work by Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Ruby Sky Stiler.

In the house: Two Fold by Colleen Asper and Ethan Greenbaum. Work by Christopher Aque, Beth Asper, Lauren Beck, Stephanie Brooks, Julia Fish, Joanne Greenbaum, Samara Golden, Nate Heiges, Bill Jenkins, Judy Ledgerwood, [...]

Bill Talsma: Things That Are Longing To Appear @ Eastern Expansion

May 1, 2011
244 W 31st St, Chicago, IL 60616
Reception: 1 May 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm

Things That Are Longing To Appear is a storefront installation/window display by artist Bill Talsma that consists of six modified “open & closed” signs presented at 244 W. 31st Street in Chicago. These signs—the kind usually displayed at small businesses—have been [...]

Gabrielle Garland @ DOVA Temporary

May 6, 2011
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Reception: 6 May 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 4 May 2011—7 May 2011

Work by Gabrielle Garland.

Michael Sirianni @ Johalla Projects

May 6, 2011
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 6 May 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 6 May 2011—TBA

Work by Michael Sirianni.

Matthew Metzger: Nocturne @ Museum of Contemporary Art

May 7, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 7 May 2011
On View: 7 May 2011—29 May 2011

In Matthew Metzger’s UBS 12 x 12 show Nocturne, two paintings-one depicting the cover of 1980s R&B group Surface’s self-titled debut album, and the other a rubber band lying coiled on a bare panel-frame a set of [...]

Richard Artschwager: In the Driver’s Seat @ Corbett vs. Dempsey

May 7, 2011
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 7 May 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 6 May 2011—2 July 2011

New works on paper.

H.C. Westermann in the East Wing.

A Rod Stewart Little Richard Prince Charles Manson Family @ LVL3

May 7, 2011
1452 N Milwaukee Ave, 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 7 May 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 7 May 2011—11 June 2011

A collaborative exhibition featuring Carson Fisk-Vittori, Derek Frech, Justin Kemp, Joe Lacina, Joshua Pavlacky and Daniel Wallace.

Fruits of a connected and continuous collaborative consciousness, A rod stewart little richard prince charles manson family is [...]

Lenox-Lenox: IF OUR WORLD PROTECTS @ Monument 2

May 7, 2011
2007 N Point St, Chicago, IL 60647
Reception: 7 May 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 7 May 2011—22 May 2011

IF OUR WORLD PROTECTS is the first solo show for duo Lenox-Lenox.

Andy Roche: RIFFIN’, @ Roots & Culture

May 7, 2011
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Screening: 7 May 2011, 7:00pm
Cost: TBA

Screening of new works by Chicago artist Andy Roche, including his four collaborative films with David Price (originally exhibited at Saturday Cinema in 2010), videos made for Andy’s band Black Vatican, and premieres of several unseen works.

The screening includes the release [...]

Frank Piatek: Lecture Notes, Working Drawing, Ludibrium World Trees That Float @ Julius Cæsar

May 8, 2011
3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G, Chicago, IL, 60612
Reception: 8 May 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 8 May 2011—29 May 2011

Work by Frank Piatek.

Ute Meta Bauer @ University of Chicago

May 11, 2011
Kersten Physics Teaching Center, Room 120 @ 5720 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Artist Talk: 11 May 2011, 5:00pm

Ute Meta Bauer is an associate professor and the director of the recently established Program in Art, Culture, and Technology at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, where she served as director of the MIT [...]

Paul McCarthy @ The Art Institute of Chicago

May 12, 2011
Price Auditorium @ 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Artist Talk: 12 May 2011, 6:00pm—7:30pm
Cost: $20 ($15 members)

Paul McCarthy uses provocative and often satirically violent imagery to parody archetypal subjects in irreverent performance-based multimedia work. He explains, “My work seems to be about tearing down and opening up conventions.” During the 1970s, [...]

Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook: Daisy Chain @ Antena

May 13, 2011
1765 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 13 May 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 13 May 2011—11 June 2011

Work by Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook.

Mark Grotjahn: Three To Five Faces @ Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago)

May 13, 2011 11:00 pm
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 13 May 2011, 6:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 13 May 2011—25 June 2011

Work by Mark Grotjahn.

Jacqueline Hendrickson: DummyNumb @ DOVA Temporary

May 13, 2011 11:00 pm
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Reception: 13 May 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 11 May 2011—14 May 2011

Work by Jacqueline Hendrickson.

Frank Heath and Brendan Meara @ Roots & Culture

May 13, 2011 11:00 pm
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 13 May 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 13 May 2011—11 June 2011

Work by Frank Heath and Brendan Meara.

Riders @ Co-Prosperity Sphere

May 13, 2011 11:00 pm
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 13 May 2011, 7:00pm—2:00am
On View: 13 May 2011—10 June 2011

An art show celebrating Mexican Ranch culture, as seen through the life of the Gonzalez Family. Although the family primarily lives in urban Chicago, they maintain a tight-knit community on their rural Indiana ranch. On display [...]

Love Calls You By Your Name (Sometimes) @ Heaven Gallery

May 13, 2011 11:00 pm
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 13 May 2011, 7:00pm—11:00pm
On View: 6 May 2011—28 May 2011

Work by Joseph Patrick Mault, Patrick Francis McGuan and Charles Thomas Fogarty.

Guest curated by Max Reinhardt.

Claire Arctander @ The Plaines Project

May 13, 2011 11:00 pm
1822 S Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60616
Reception: 13 May 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 13 May 2011—TBA

Work by Claire Arctander.

Uta Barth @ The Art Institute of Chicago

May 14, 2011 11:00 pm
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Exhibition: 14 May 2011
On View: 14 May 2011—14 September 2011

Since the early 1990s, Los Angeles–based artist Uta Barth has examined photographic and visual perception—how the human eye sees differently from the camera lens and how the incidental and atmospheric can become subject matter in and of themselves. [...]

Uta Barth @ The Art Institute of Chicago

May 14, 2011 11:00 pm
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Artist Talk: 14 May 2011, 12:00pm—1:00pm

Photographer Uta Barth provides an overview of her career, from her early work to her most recent series, …and to draw a bright white line with light, debuting the same day in the Modern Wing.

Happy C @ Happy Collaborationists’ Exhibition Space

May 14, 2011 11:00 pm
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 14 May 2011, 6:00pm—10:00pm

Details TBA.

William J. O’Brien @ The Renaissance Society

May 15, 2011 11:00 pm
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Reception: 15 May 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 15 May 2011—26 June 2011

Chicago artist William J. O’Brien (b. 1975) works in multiple mediums, including ceramic, textiles, wood, and metal, along with works on paper. His corpus reflects a playful attention to the expected properties of each material, and [...]

Lydia McCarthy @ ACRE Projects

May 15, 2011 11:00 pm
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 15 May 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm
Work by Lydia McCarthy.

Never Let Me Go @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

May 20, 2011 11:00 pm
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Exhibition: 20 May 2011
On View: 20 May 2011—8 July 2011

Curated by Terry R. Myers.

Work by André Butzer, Folkert de Jong, Lari Pittman, Rona Pondick, Jeni Spota, Nicola Tyson and John Wesley.

Rachel Niffenegger and Paul Nudd @ Western Exhibitions

May 20, 2011 11:00 pm
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 20 May 2011, 5:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 20 May 2011—2 July 2011

Work by Rachel Niffenegger and Paul Nudd.

Band of Bikers in Gallery 2. Organized by Scott Zieher.

Mark Mulroney @ ebersmoore

May 20, 2011 11:00 pm
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 20 May 2011, 6:00pm—9:00pm
On View: 20 May 2011—25 June 2011
Work by Mark Mulroney.

Jasmine Justice: You’ll Love Them All for Giving You the Swellest Time You’ve Ever Had! @ 65GRAND

May 20, 2011 11:00 pm
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Reception: 20 May 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm
On View: 25 June 2011—7 May 2011

Work by Jasmine Justice.

Greg Stimac: Empire @ Andrew Rafacz Gallery

May 21, 2011 11:00 pm
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 21 May 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 21 May 2011—2 July 2011

Work by Greg Stimac.

Kendell Carter @ moniquemeloche

May 21, 2011 11:00 pm
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 21 May 2011, 4:00pm—7:00pm
On View: 21 May 2011—31 July 2011
Work by Kendell Carter.

Gregg Bordowitz @ iceberg projects

May 21, 2011 11:00 pm
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Reception: 21 May 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 21 May 2011—TBA
Work by Gregg Bordowitz.

Thomas Roach: How Scissors Are Made @ Alderman Exhibitions

May 21, 2011 11:00 pm
350 N Ogden Ave, 4E, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 21 May 2011, TBA—TBA
On View: 21 May 2011—27 June 2011

Work by Thomas Roach.

FLAT 9 @ Floor Length and Tux

May 21, 2011 11:00 pm
2332 W Augusta Blvd, 3F, Chicago, IL 60622
Reception: 21 May 2011, 7:00pm—10:00pm

Work by Brandon Heuser, Kristen Romaniszak, Catie Olson and EC Brown.

Brandon Anschultz and Adam Farcus @ The Hills Esthetic Center

May 21, 2011 11:00 pm
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Reception: 21 May 2011, 8:00pm—11:00pm

Work by Brandon Anschultz and Adam Farcus.

Jessye McDowell @ ACRE Projects

May 22, 2011 11:00 pm
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 22 May 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm

Work by Jessye McDowell.

Patrick Berran: One Must Eat the Other @ Thomas Robertello Gallery

May 27, 2011
27 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Reception: 27 May 2011, 6:00pm—8:00pm
On View: 27 May 2011—13 August 2011

Work by Patrick Berran.

Mark Bradford @ Museum of Contemporary Art

May 28, 2011
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Exhibition: 28 May 2011
On View: 28 May 2011—18 September 2011

This exhibition is the first survey of the artist’s work to date. Spanning the years 1996 to 2010, it examines Bradford‘s work in all media, beginning with early sculptural projects, and culminating in a number of new commissions. [...]

Marian Glebes @ Mess Hall

May 28, 2011
6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Reception: 28 May 2011, TBA—TBA

Work by Marian Glebes.

Scott Whipkey @ ACRE Projects

May 29, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Reception: 29 May 2011, 4:00pm—8:00pm

Work by Scott Whipkey.

Version 11: The Community @ Version


Various Locations @ 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Festival: 22 April 2011
On View: 22 April 2011—1 May 2011

These years of recession, insolvency, uncertainty, and calamity have affected us in ways we couldn’tve imagined before. The debt crisis, atomized and divisive political culture, a lethargic economy that sees almost one of out [...]