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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Sam Jaffe – Pattern-Based Dizzying Effect
For over a decade Sam Jaffe has been producing visually sensuous artworks that track contemporary colour representation via fashion and popular culture. Jaffe's process is a combination of tracking mainstream usage of colour, recycling of materials, and spontaneity. The completed works often play with one's vision to dizzying effect ...
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Salvador Dalí – The Image Disappears
Salvador Dalí: The Image DisappearsArt Institute of Chicago111 South Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60603February 18 – June 12, 2023
I wish I could look at Salvador Dalí's art like I was 12 years old again.
Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904–1989
Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach, 1938
Oil on canvas; 45 x 56 ...
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Jill Birschbach – Secrets of Interior Worlds
Throughout lengthy artistic careers by any serious artist there is experimentation. This can be accomplished via a deeper dive into a medium long worked with, analysis of ideas and theories, or exploring new materials and techniques. Jill Birschbach was trained as a photographer and has worked in the photography ...
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Mia Capodilupo – Cast-off Objects & Relevant Randomness
There are few who can maintain a serious studio practice while supporting other area artists via directing an outlet for experimentation. This partitioned approach to one's profession is a lofty task. Here, there are curatorial, financial, and time commitments that can create setbacks for one's personal inquiry. Mia Capodilupo ...
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Olivia Zubko – Lifecycles of Objects & Belongings
In this post-pandemic period there are those who located the relevance of family, the importance of (often overlooked) quotidian art approaches, and how to stay busy. Olivia Zubko is one such artist. What is even more appealing is how, in youth, she is expanding dialogues in contemporary ceramics. This ...
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Javier Jasso – A Nomadic Analysis & Existence
Javier Jasso is one of those rare spirits that seems unfazed by much these days. One quickly can assume through Jasso's friendly nature and measured response he plowed through the pandemic, recent socio-political turmoil, and any number of lofty obstacles that would hinder most unencumbered. Since completing his MFA ...
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Nic Eckmayer – Perfect Imperfections in Stoneware
Nic Eckmayer explores a marginally tapped area of beauty through ceramics and sculpture in a process that is informed by eastern arts, natural materials, and a controlled level of chance. The artworks straddle utilitarian and fine arts strategies to produce imperfect, yet visually provocative, tactile objects. This week The ...
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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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2019 Art & Design Senior Thesis Exhibition
University of St. Francis Announces Senior Thesis Exhibition and Reception.
Joliet, IL, April 26, 2019 — The University of St. Francis (USF) will be hosting the 2019 Senior Thesis Exhibition reception on Friday, April 26, 2019, 6-8pm at USF Art Gallery located at 25 E. Van Buren, Joliet.
Leah Morrow, 2019 Art & Design ...
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