Roxane Legenstein – From Chicago to Wienerwald

Roxane Legenstein is the quintessential itinerant artist. Having traveled, worked and lived in a variety of cities, Legenstein has created opportunities to produce specific artwork for exhibitions in Austria, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. In addition, as an educator, Legenstein has utilized this journey to introduce her students ...
July 29, 2015
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Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014

Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014 The Art Institute of Chicago Through October 4, 2015 Galleries 291–299 In his first major exhibition since 1998, Chicago-born sculptor Charles Ray has been given 18,000 square feet of the museum's Modern Wing 2nd floor gallery. Throughout his career, Ray has largely focused upon illusion and reality. The works ...
June 5, 2015
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Ian Weaver – Black Knights’ Archive

Inner-city American experience holds numerous tenets rife with possibility for interpretation. For over a decade, Ian Weaver has explored the history and memories of Chicago's African-American community in a series of thoughtful and provocative works. I was first introduced to Weaver while living over on 18th Street. His honest ...
March 15, 2015
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Ryan Wolfe – Engineering Abstraction

The Comp Magazine recently caught up with artist (and alum) Ryan Wolfe. Upon completing his studies at USF in 2004, Wolfe continued to produce work in Chicago then entered the Yale University Art MFA program in sculpture. In the past ten years, Wolfe has continued to expand upon his ...
October 14, 2014
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