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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Dan Gamble – Visual Meditations: Otherworldly & Quotidian
There's pause...followed by deep thought that is applied with precise technique in the aesthetic practice of painter Dan Gamble. For more than two decades Gamble has produced drawings and paintings that are multifaceted in terms of formal and spiritual investigation. This week the COMP Magazine jogged on down to ...
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James Kao – An Idea, Reference or Sensation
There is a quiet sensibility in the painter James Kao. Upon initial observation of his drawings and paintings one may recall artistic concerns and practices employed during the early 20th c. However, through deeper inspection one finds an investigative practice that questions the present. This can be seen in ...
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Tom Torluemke – Blindfolded with Hands Stretched
With adept skill in transforming two-dimensional space into compelling commentary, Tom Torluemke creates layered narratives that are informed by his upbringing, a coterie of symbolic imagery, and our contemporary social and political milieu. This week the COMP Magazine trekked down to Dyer, Indiana, to talk with Torluemke about his ...
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Chris Hodge @ USF Art Gallery opens 11/10/17
University of St. Francis Art Gallery presents:
Chris Hodge: The Obsessive Narrative
On view: October 26 - December 1
Artist Reception: Friday, November 10, 2017, 6-8pm
Chris Hodge works intuitively, incorporating various symbols and thoughts into his artwork. Influenced by such artists as Ivan Albright, Albrecht Durer and Hieronymus Bosch, his art tells ...
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Steve Sherrell – Digital Mashups & Remixes
Steve Sherrell
Digital Mashups & Remixes
February 9, 2015 through March 20, 2015
University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 East Van Buren, Joliet, IL 60432
Public Reception: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Steve Sherrell is a career painter from the Chicago school of art. He was raised in Indiana but ...
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Anna Kunz – Invitations & Reflections
Anna Kunz produces experiential works that invite the viewer to immerse her or himself into a space that intersects formal complexity in thoughtful rhythmic arrangements. The COMP Magazine recently visited her East Garfield Park studio to discuss her affinity with performance and painting, the relevance of early 20th c. ...
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Meg Duguid – The Entropic Tramp
Meg Duguid is on an epic journey. Using performative practice as foundation while coupling traditional and new strategies of research and art-making, Duguid sifts through historical materials and applies fresh iterations that is often as transient as the roles she takes on in her investigations. The COMP Magazine recently ...
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Victoria Martinez – Intuitive Interventions
Victoria Martinez works in a place between traditional gallery practice and urban intervention. The COMP Magazine recently toured the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen with Victoria; visiting one of the more unique places in the city, laughing at the absurdities of the art-making process and rolling around in piles of ...
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James Ensor – Temptation @ AIC
Temptation: The Demons of James Ensor
The Art Institute of Chicago
Sunday, November 23, 2014 through Sunday, January 25, 2015
Regenstein Hall
One needs to stand in front of James Ensor’s drawings, prints and paintings to truly understand his significance. James Ensor (1860-1949) lived and worked most of his life in the Belgian ...
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