November 9, 2011 11:00 pm
400 South Peoria Street
Opening Wednesday, November 9th, from 5 PM – 6:30PM
LaToya Ruby Frazier (born 1982) explores her family’s intergenerational lineage through photographs and videos that blur the line between self-portraiture and social documentary. By appearing on both sides of the camera and engaging her mother as a co-creator of her [...]
November 8, 2011 11:00 pm
400 South Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, November 8th, from 6PM – 8PM
Join us at Gallery 400 for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, artist performances, and music by Latham Zearfoss (MFA, 2011) of Chances Dances. Acquaint or reacquaint yourself with Gallery 400 as Director Lorelei Stewart discusses the Gallery’s innovative programming [...]
November 6, 2011 11:00 pm
5811 S. Ellis Ave.
Opening Sunday, November 6th, from 2PM – 4PM
Mike Edison is the former publisher of High Times, a Hustler and Penthouse scribe, and the former editor-in-chief of Screw magazine. This performance/reading celebrates the release of Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers – AN AMERICAN TALE OF [...]
November 5, 2011 11:00 pm
1955 w. Chicago Ave, Chicago IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, November 5th, at 6PM
On view through Wednesday, January 4th
Hinge Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of two solo shows by artist Cole Pierce and Rusty Shackleford on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 from 6 – 9 pm at 1955 West Chicago Avenue.
Since receiving his MFA [...]
November 4, 2011 11:00 pm
1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 4th, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Jaime Raybin and Ryan Hogan are material-driven installation artists working with ambiguous specimen-like forms. Their exhibition “Suspension” fuses art and biology, and features exclusively self-illuminating work. The show runs November 4 through December 11, [...]
November 4, 2011
217 N Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 4th, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Friday, December 2nd
“Aftermath”, an exhibition of 5 BOLT Residents co-curated by the husband-and-wife team Jeriah Hildwine and Stephanie Burke.
Aftermath refers to what is left behind after an event, especially a destructive event, or an extinction. The artists in [...]
November 1, 2011
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, November 1st, from 6PM – 8PM
Nov 1st 2011
Book Release Party Steve Reinke’s The Shimmering Beast
@ Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, November 1st, from 6PM – 8PM
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Steve Reinke’s book The Shimmering Beast is out now. Join us for an evening of readings [...]
November 1, 2011
217 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, November 1st, from 6PM – 8:30PM
BOLT resident Amber Hawk Swanson will present “Online Comments (August 2007 – August 2011)” a performance that responds to early press for her “Amber Doll Project” (2008) on November 1 from 6-8:30pm in the BOLT Project Space (217 N. [...]
October 30, 2011
32 East Quincy St. Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 3PM – 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present Kelli Connell and Betsy Odom in Parallel Play.
Kelli Connell and Betsy Odom have been together for 7 years, married for two. They share both home and studio. [...]
October 30, 2011
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM – 8PM
On view through Monday, October 31st
WE (everthing here) is spinning on a new axis due to recent seismic activity off the coasts of Japan and Sumatra in the past 2 years. The Earth usually responds below the threshold of detection even [...]
October 30, 2011
4223 W. Lake, Chicago IL, 60614
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM – 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 1st
Adds Donna is pleased to announce the second installment of WISHYOUWEREHERE, a full-season group exhibition aimed at determining how and when content begins (and potentially never ends).
As the title for countless songs, albums, books, and films, [...]
October 28, 2011 11:00 pm
222 North Desplaines Street, Lower Level, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Abstract Places: Mediating the Built Environment* brings together four artists: Mark Beasley, Daniel Everett, Daniel Giordan and Scott Jarrett, whose work transforms our everyday encounters with the built environment.
Through a wide range [...]
October 29, 2011 11:00 pm
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 6PM – 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
In conjunction with the ACRE Residency program, LVL3 is pleased to present Real Space, an exhibition of new works by Alyse Ronayne, Bryan Lear, Dan Bradica and Zak Arctander. These four artists create work [...]
October 21, 2011
Future Perfect
Photographs, Video, sound, sculpture
By Judy Natal.
Opening October 21, 2011
Reception 6-9 pm
Closes November 6, 2011.
Bio:
Judy Natal is an Associate Professor of Photography at Columbia College Chicago, and is the author of EarthWords published in 2004 and Neon Boneyard Las Vegas A-Z, published in 2006.
Her photographs are in the permanent public collections of the [...]
October 21, 2011
5500 N St. Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
The unlikely pairing of minimalism and psychedelia finds solace in the work of Norton’s photographs and installations. At first glance, her photographs emit the timeless ethereal beauty of a modern Rothko painting. A [...]
October 21, 2011
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 8PM – 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Chicago: on October 21st- 23rd, The MDW Fair presents a Fall Showcase of solo and duo exhibitions curated by small not-for-profits, artist-run spaces, independent galleries, collectives and curators from around the country. This iteration of [...]
We are pleased to announce the release of our 20th anniversary issue of Lumpen Magazine, our sister publication! It’s hard to believe it’s been going on this long. For this special issue Plural Design created an overview of 20 years and 116 issues of the publication. It features [...]
October 28, 2011
1120 N. Ashland Ave.
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM – 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Corbett vs. Dempsey is very pleased to present its second exhibition of work by Albert Oehlen.
One of the great contemporary artists, Oehlen has been dubbed by Peter Schjeldahl “the most resourceful abstract painter alive.” He is known for [...]
October 27, 2011
1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM – 7PM
Meet artist Jessica Stockholder, who has won international acclaim for her genre-defying multimedia installation pieces, which incorporate found objects and painting in bold, vibrant colors. As the newly appointed chair of the University of Chicago’s department of visual [...]
October 22, 2011
3706 N Wolcott
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 12PM – 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
Welcome back this fall to Kirk’s Apartment, where we start off the season with the bang of a pistoleer’s gun. Try to follow with your eyes that bullet as it traces the curvature of the earth and sinks itself [...]
October 21, 2011
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM – 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Borrowing it’s name from the 13th century Persian poet Rumi, “Sit, Be Still, and Listen, Because You’re Drunk and We’re at the Edge of the Roof” is made up of new paintings concerned with beginning and ending. Rattigan states this [...]
October 20, 2011
1104 South Wabash Ave, 2nd Floor
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 3PM – 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Curated by Janeil Engelstad
One of the defining events of the 20th century was the momentous fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. For many Central and Eastern European artists the political and social changes [...]
We have three openings on Friday October 21, 2011. If you are coming down please visit what we have planned in this order:
- Thad Kellstadt @ Eastern Expansion 244 W 31st St • 6-9pm
- Judy Natal @ Co-Prosperity Sphere 3219 S Morgan St • 6-9pm
- MDW Fair Vernissage @ Geolfots 3636 S Iron St • [...]
October 14, 2011
1545 W. Division 2nd floor Chicago,IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM – 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
New work by Dmitry Samarov.
October 14, 2011
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
New work from Alberto Aguilar and Michelle Harris.
Alberto Aguilar’s current practice merges his various roles in art and life in an attempt to capture fleeing moments, personal discoveries, and his interaction with others in tangible form. [...]
October 14, 2011
2324 w. Montana GARAGE, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Monday, October 31st
Featuring new work by :
Tom Costa, EJ Hill, Betsy Odom,
Industry of the Ordinary, Mary Mattingly,
Rusty Shackleford, Joey Weiss and Darren Will. Curated by Nicholas Steindorf
October 14, 2011
213 North Morgan, #3C, 3rd Floor Chicago, Illinois
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM – 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
New work from Deborah Boardman.
October 21, 2011
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 5PM – 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Conceived in the spirit of George Condo, Ub Iwerks, The Hairy Who, construction-site warning signage, and a vast assortment of other visual elements, Ryan Travis Christian’s new series of graphic graphite drawings, “The [...]
October 20, 2011
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7 PM – 2 PM
On view through Thursday, October 20th
Hand-in-Glove is a new semiannual conference for independent visual arts organizers working at the crossroads of creative administration and studio practice. This conference is open to people engaged in the pragmatic realities [...]
October 14, 2011
1100 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 9 am – 6:30 PM
“Join leading scholars for a public symposium that examines art and political agitation.
The daylong event includes panel discussions and the keynote addresses “From Activists to Followers: Children in the Soviet Imaginary” by Catriona Kelly (University of Oxford) and [...]
October 14, 2011
903 w. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM – 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
In celebration of Chicago Artist Month, 2ND FLR Gallery is proud to present Digital Revolution. By participating in CAM “Artful Networks,” we will be expanding on their theme the communities that nurture and inspire [...]
October 13, 2011
425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM – 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Chicago photographer Joseph Jachna has been photographing the environment in his backyard, the North Woods, the Desert West, Canada and Iceland. This mini-retrospective will feature Jachna’s photographs spanning 50 years. The natural environment dominates [...]
October 12, 2011
180 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 5PM – 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 3rd
Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago presents the figurative sculpture of Chicago artist, Audry Cramblit, alongside the moody, digitally-enhanced photography of Chris Raecker. Combining the work of these two amazing fine artists [...]
October 12, 2011
935 West Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 6PM – 8PM
What does it take to make it as an artist in Chicago?
Learn about Chicago’s art world from insiders and Re:Chicago artists.
Panelists include Monique Meloche of moniquemeloche gallery, Shannon Stratton of Three Walls, artist team Rob Davis and Michael Langlois, artist [...]
October 11, 2011
37 S Wabash Ave, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, October 11th, from 5 PM – 7 PM
Mary Patten’s “Revolution as an Eternal Dream: the Exemplary Failure of the Madame Binh Graphics Collective” examines the political practice and visual propaganda of a now-obscure women’s poster, printmaking, and street art collective based in New [...]
Dear friends of Hornswaggler Arts,
As many of you surely know, on this upcoming Friday October 7th, the entire Hornswaggler Collection will be exhibited for the first time ever at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in scenic Bridgeport from 6:00-10:00pm. Over forty collected works will be on display, and as always delicious cocktails will be at [...]
It’s an age old debate: which city boasts the best style of hotdog. The International Hotdog Forum aims to put this argument to rest by bringing together twelve of the most infamous regional hotdog recipes, not to compare against one another, but to celebrate the nuanced differences and diversity of tubesteak [...]
October 28, 2011
118 North Peoria Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
10/28/2011 – 12/3/2011
Siebren Versteeg
Details TBA.
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 [...]
