Hairy Who? 1966–1969 at AIC: a Reflection
Hairy Who? 1966–1969
September 26, 2018 through January 6, 2019
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
Galleries 124–27 and 268–73
Late to the show, this writing has been difficult to find fruition. The Hairy Who? 1966–1969 at the Art Institute of Chicago felt a bit dated, possibly due to ...
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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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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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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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Jesse Malmed – Translating Language & Sound
Most comfortable in the public domain (real or virtual), Jesse Malmed investigates the intersection of language, sonic systems, and his contemporary milieu via an array of continually probing installations, performances and videos. Malmed's affable wry wit and unconventional delivery frequently brings pause in a time where discursive display has ...
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Graham Foundation Presents “Spaces…depth”
Spaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth
February 16 – July 1, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16, 6-8 PM
6PM: Talk by curators Wonne Ickx and Ruth Estévez
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Chicago, Illinois 60610
T 312-787-4071
F ...
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Three Graces: Glass-Sula, Denault & McWilliams @ USF
Three Graces: Glass-Sula, Denault & McWilliams
On Exhibit: January 30 - February 24, 2017
Artist Reception: February 2, 2017, 6-8pm
MARGIE GLASS SULA
Margie Glass Sula has an M.A. in Painting and Drawing from Governors State University and has worked in traditional gallery settings, as well as outdoors, creating public installation ...
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Kerry James Marshall: Mastry – A Dialogue in Review
Kerry James Marshall: Mastry
April 23, 2016 through September 25, 2016
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Kerry James Marshall has been on my radar since my arrival to Chicago in 1993. He's always loomed large and his current exhibition Kerry James Marshall: Mastry at the MCA echoes ...
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Julia Haw – Comfort and Control & Other Paintings
Julia Haw is a lively gregarious spirit that understands the importance of balance within life and her astute layered technical approach in painting. This week The COMP Magazine caught with Haw to discuss her immersion into Chicago's art community, her analytic and technical approach in painting, how life experiences ...
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Dan Rizzo-Orr – IGF & Alternative States of Being
Simultaneously drawing from while subverting common visual language embedded in art history and quotidian activities, Dan Rizzo-Orr has cultivated a rather refined voice in his fledgling career. The COMP Magazine recently visited Rizzo-Orr's west Ukranian Village studio to discuss the transition from an academic setting to a self-perpetuating practice, ...
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