Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELD
Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELDOn exhibit August 24 – October 6, 2023Reception: Thursday, August 24, 5-7pm
Paul Erschen, LEACHFIELD, exhibition view, University of St. Francis Art Gallery, Joliet, Illinois, 2023.
The USF Art Gallery presents an exhibition by Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELDBorn in 1975, in Aurora, IL, Paul Erschen lives and works in Chicago, ...
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Kelly Reaves – Intuition, Meditation & Exorcising Demons
As a talented painter, musician, and writer, Kelly Reaves has traversed a variety of creative fringe microcosms since arriving in Chicago from Florida in the early 2000s. In her portrayal of moments of intense ecstasy to an intimate embrace there has been a consistent adept fluidity in her ...
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Monika Plioplyte – Cyclic Pagan Patterns & Universes
One item I am drawn to is direct display and conversation. Monika Plioplyte holds these nonevasive traits in her art practice and the manner in which she carries herself. In recent time, there's been an insistence to avoid frankness and honesty due to our present socio-political milieu. In Plioplyte's ...
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Angelo Mantas – Traversing Technology, Time & America
Angelo Mantas has been making photographs in Chicago (and beyond) for more than 5 decades. This week The COMP Magazine caught up with Mantas in the South Loop to chat about growing up in the city (during the the last century), how his photography inquiry has changed over his ...
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Todd Mattei – Highly Reactive Introspection
Todd Mattei's means for circumventing sonic and visual strategies during a period of life in transition reminds of the sweeping force we each encounter as creatives during fractured unpredictable moments. There is a clear sensitivity to his practice. This can be seen in the diverse array of art/music collaborations ...
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NADA Art Fair 2019 – A Short Writing & Photo Review
NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) Art Fair 2019Chicago Athletic Association Hotel 12 S Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60603Wednesday, September 18 through Saturday, September 21, 2019NADA - https://www.newartdealers.orgNADA is a nomad in the art fair universe. The New Art Dealers Alliance is an array of loosely knitted galleries known for showing new ...
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Neal Vandenbergh – Figurative Power & Breaking Old Habits
Neal Vandenbergh appears to have broken free of stagnant life and theoretical shackles to locate a fresh approach in his studio practice. Currently, Vandenbergh is making spontaneous drawings and paintings that use imagery of well known entities, casual passersby and random cartoonish figures drawn from the mind layered with ...
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Jason Dunda – Examining a Rogue Gallery of Unflattering Portraits
There's still a bit of Canada in Jason Dunda. This can be clearly seen in his current aesthetic investigations. As an expat living in a precarious time where America's divisive ideologies are grossly amplified and nationalistic fervor is at fever pitch, Dunda is now focused upon examining the imbalanced ...
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10 Games from E3 2019
E3 2019Electronic Entertainment ExpoJune 11-13, 2019Los Angeles Convention Center1201 S. Figueroa StreetLos Angeles, CaliforniaThere's been much discussion regarding the decline/demise of E3 over the past year. This year a number of high profile companies and developers (Nintendo Direct, Playstation, and Sony) opted to host separate events focusing on their ...
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Matt Kayhoe Brett – Shifting Vision & Weird Phenomena
Part visual anthropologist, part optics investigator, Matt Kayhoe Brett’s artistic practice can be seen to reside in the past, present and future simultaneously. From collecting and arranging mundane artifacts found in the studio or outdoors to working with industrial grade materials, Brett’s ongoing examinations suggest visceral digestion and application ...
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