Art Kleinman – The Cyclic Nature of a Long Career
For more than four decades Art Kleinman has traversed an array of aesthetic terrain that mirrored the times in which the works were produced. From early abstraction to self-portraiture to political commentary, Kleinman has not hesitated from investigating new ideas and methods in his practice. This week the COMP ...
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Orkideh Torabi – Revisiting Male Dominated Narratives
In examining historical narrative paintings, Persian culture, and her personal life experience, Iranian artist Orkideh Torabi crafts fascinating sardonic tales that comment on our male dominated world. Recently, Torabi presented a series of these works at the Weinberg/Newton Gallery in River North. This week the COMP Magazine headed up ...
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Hương Ngô – Reflecting Winds of Perception & Change
In a highly charged political landscape where immigration and other recurring social issues have divided our country, Hương Ngô examines these topics with subtlety and depth that can only be achieved through intimate experience. Ngô's Reap the Whirlwind is currently on view at Aspect/Ratio Projects through October 20, 2018. ...
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Susan Giles – Translating Hand Gestures & Space
Currently, on view at the Chicago Cultural Center is a mammoth work produced by Susan Giles. This piece, "A Large Reference Corral..." is the culmination of extensive research, adept skill in translating precise details at various sizes, unequalled patience, and an ability to realize a vision that extends beyond ...
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Jeff Carter – Functional Formats of Occupying
Currently, Jeff Carter, along with Susan Giles and Faheem Majeed, is presenting works in Tuned Mass at the Chicago Cultural Center through January 6, 2019. Carter's aesthetic practice merges his interest in early 20th c. Modernism with ideas that address our mass consumer culture, polarizing political commentary, and a ...
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Cole Pierce – Color Strategies & Vinyl Tape
Precision and optical synthesis are core to the aesthetic practice of Cole Pierce. There is a sensory geometry coupled with ocular encounter that establishes a plain of perception. This week the COMP Magazine headed up to the Northside to visit Pierce in studio to discuss what established his focus ...
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Ciurej & Lochman – Evolving Histories and Processed Views
With nearly 40 years of collaborative efforts under their belts, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman have expanded awareness of the female voice in the fine arts while simultaneously staying current with new formats and strategies for visual presentation. This week the COMP Magazine caught up with Ciurej & Lochman ...
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Michelle Bolinger – A Visual Tug of War
Working in an area that takes visual queues from mid-20th c. Minimalists and contemporary artists investigating various modes of seeing, Michelle Bolinger produces paintings that are visual conundrums that merge fields of color with defined forms, geometric and circular. This week the COMP Magazine visited Bolinger in her Logan ...
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Larry Ross – The Riberenos & a Conversation
Larry Ross has held a lifelong connection with the sciences and visual arts. Trained as a urologist and having taught and practiced medicine for a number of years at UIC in the College of Medicine, Ross is the Clarence C. Saelhof Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urology. In ...
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Heather Mekkelson – Crepuscular Beam & Other Recent Works
Working through a transitional period in recent years, Heather Mekkelson has found solid footing in raising a family while investigating new modes of looking at and translating contemporary aesthetic perceptions as they relate to empirical and speculative sciences: anthropology, astrophysics, cosmology, myth, and mysticism. This week the COMP Magazine ...
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