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Archive for August, 2011

MDW Fair Call For Proposals

The MDW Fair, October 21-23rd, 2011 at the Geolofts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The MDW Fair invites proposals for its fall showcase at the Geolofts (aka Iron Studios) in Bridgeport. Formed in spring 2011 as a collaborative project between the Public Media Institute, Roots & Culture and threewalls. The MDW Fair was conceived as a showcase for [...]

A Lighthearted War

A Lighthearted War from Sirocco Research Labs on Vimeo.

SCULPTURE GARDEN/PAINTING SHOW @ iceberg projects

August 28, 2011
Opening Sunday, August 28, 2011 from 5-9pm

7714 N Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626

SCULPTURE GARDEN/PAINTING SHOW

Ali Bailey
Jamison Brousseau
Mckeever Donovan
Christopher Gatton
Michelle Grabner
Nick Kramer
Samuel Lipp
William J. O’Brien
Jorie Rabinovitz
Matt Rich
Daniel Sullivan
Justin Swinburne
Kristen Vandeventer
Lisa Williamson

Curated By: Andrew J. Greene

Steven Husby @ Julius Caesar

September 4, 2011
3311 W. Carroll Ave/ Chicago, IL 60624

September 4-25, 2011

Opening reception: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 4-7PMHours: Every following Saturday & Sunday, 1-4PM, and by appointment

Work by Steven Husby

This is the Same as That @ LVL3

August 27, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
6:00pm – 10:00pm

runs through Sunday, September 18, 2011.

LVL3 is proud to present its first two person exhibition, This is the Same as That, featuring the work of

Dave Murray

and

Letha Wilson.

This is the Same as That explores the relationship between the real and the unreal, the physical and the imagined.  Working in photography, [...]

Siebren Versteeg @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

October 28, 2011
118 North Peoria Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607

10/28/2011 – 12/3/2011

Siebren Versteeg

Details TBA.

Group Exhibition:bodybraingame curated by Hudson @ Rhona Hoffman

September 16, 2011
118 North Peoria Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607

9/16/2011 – 10/22/2011

the toy formerly known as…. @ Slow

August 6, 2011

Saturday, August 6 · 6:30pm – 9:00pm

2353 w 21st
Chicago, IL

The name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of the two Danish words “leg godt”, meaning “play well”. It’s our name and it’s our ideal.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2009 The LEGO Group. © [...]

Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art @ the Smart Musuem

February 16, 2012
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

February 16 – June 10, 2012

The act of sharing food and drink with others is a basic human pleasure and an enduring source of aesthetic inspiration. Today, the shared meal has become a compelling artistic medium: a surprising number of artists are using meals to advance aesthetic [...]

Vision and Communism @ the Smart Museum

September 29, 2011
September 29, 2011 – January 22, 2012

5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

In captivating images of survival and suffering, the postwar artist and designer Viktor Koretsky (1909–1998) articulated a Communist vision of the world utterly unlike that of conventional propaganda.

Designed to create an emotional connection between Soviet citizens and others around the globe, [...]

Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard @ Smart Museum

August 30, 2011
August 30 – December 11, 2011

5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

This intimate exhibition offers a rare glimpse at the experimental creative processes that generated iconic Soviet propaganda in the 1920s and 1930s. Featuring works by Gustav Klucis and Valentina Kulagina, it traces classic compositions from preparatory drawings and collage studies to [...]

Public School @ the Post Family

September 8, 2011
Sept. 8, 2011

1821 W. Hubbard St. Suite, 202
Chicago, IL 60622

Matt McAuliffe / Luke Aleckson @ The Suburban

September 14, 2011
August 14, 2011 2:00pm – 4:00pm

125 North Harvey Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60302

RYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN & other artists @ Western Exhibtions

October 21, 2011
119 N Peoria St, Suite 2A
Chicago, IL 60607

October 21 to December 3, 2011
Opening reception, Friday, Oct. 21, 5 to 8pm

RYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN
The River Rats

Conceived [...]

MARIA PETSCHNIG @ Western Exhibitions

September 9, 2011 11:00 pm
119 N Peoria St, Suite 2A
Chicago, IL 60607

September 9 to October 15, 2011
Reception: Friday, September 9, 5 to 8pm

In Gallery 2, Maria Petschnig will present “With [...]

STAN SHELLABARGER @ Western Exhibtions

September 9, 2011 11:00 pm
119 N Peoria St, Suite 2A
Chicago, IL 60607

September 9 to October 15, 2011
Reception: Friday, September 9, 5 to 8pm

In Gallery 1, Stan Shellabarger, a performance artist known for [...]

The Revolution is not a Tea Party

Gregory Sholette, a hub of incredible activity, has started a new blog called Dark Matter. Here is a recent blog post to enjoy:

In Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise culture I wrote about a group of artists known as the Aaron Burr Society (Brooklyn, NY) who have defiantly re-tooled “the conservative [...]