Julie Weber – Subtleties in Light, Form, and Being
There is a sensual luminosity in the elegant approach to visual meditation in the practice of artist/photographer Julie Weber. In her photobook REMNANTS, published by Chicago's Skylark Editions, light experiments, and installation works one finds a clean and clear translation expanding investigation that references formal elements and ideas that ...
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Cody Tumblin – Nourishing Lambent Visual Provisions
When one considers the aesthetic practice of Cody Tumblin, they might envision an individual who is part alchemist and part cuisinier with one foot in the kitchen while the other firmly planted in the studio. In recent time, Tumblin has produced a handful of curious visual and culinary presentations ...
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Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford – Transient Sculptural Assemblies
Working in terrain that straddles social possibilities and aesthetic innovation, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford has carved out an uncommon practice that assembles unique methods of collaboration while simultaneously investigating new methods of production and installation. This week the COMP Magazine caught up with Husebos-Spofford at his Mana studio in Pilsen to ...
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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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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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Colin Sherrell – That’s Right, It’s All About Me
Colin Sherrell - That’s Right, It’s All About Me
University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 East Van Buren Street
Joliet, IL, 60432
On Exhibit: February 5 – March 28, 2018
Artist Lecture and Reception: Thursday, February 15, 6-8pm
The University of St Francis is pleased to feature the art works of Colin Sherrell. Pulling ...
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Potter & Puckett – Seeds InService
Melissa Potter and Maggie Puckett work in a terrain that cultivates socially conscious art in an environmental and eco-feminist dialogue. The COMP Magazine recently visited these artists at the Center for Book & Paper Arts for a discussion on using organic materials to create handmade paper, seed saving, contributing ...
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Matt Siber – Consumer Desires
We live in an ultra-complex capitalist system that trains the population to over-consume. Our habits are transforming the planet in which we live at an accelerated rate. Artist Matt Siber has investigated the systems, strategies, and methods of consumption through logical progression in a series of projects over the ...
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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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Soto & Sullivan – The Franklin
Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan run one of the more unusual and progressive art spaces in Chicago. The Franklin is an outdoor gallery and project space that rests in their backyard. No amenities, just the brisk northen winds to energize an artist's creativity. The COMP Magazine recently visited their ...
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