Destiny 2: Shadowkeep – Into the Underbelly of the Moon

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep dropped on October 1, 2019. These days one holds breath when a triple A title drops a new DLC or extension of an established title. There's server issues (here, at launch there was roughly 1.4 million players online), balancing character/weapons and a whole mess more. This is ... Read more

Joe Tallarico – Spinner Racks to Inspired Portraits

There are those rare entities who examine and understand the importance of past practitioner's efforts and apply their findings in a deliberate and thoughtful strategy to advance their own practice and research. These insightful artists/researchers apply findings in a format that creates a unique voice that extends inquiry. ... Read more

EXPO CHGO @ Navy Pier 2019 in Photos & Reflection

EXPO CHGO 2019The International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern ArtSeptember 19-22, 2019Navy PierChicago, Illinoiswebsite - https://www.expochicago.comSince arriving in Chicago in 1993 I have had the opportunity to traverse the floors of the annual international art fair(s) held in the city. My initial encounters were in a tent on the ... Read more

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 ... Read more

Elana Marte Adler – Exploring Transferential Colors, Forms & Structures

In part, Elana Marte Adler appears to be on a quest to translate interpretations that can be personal and illusory into sonic and visual form. Working in a variety of conceptual strategies and new to long-standing mediums, Adler's output holds a consistency, though at times fluid, that draws upon ... Read more

Roni Packer – Interpreting Obsessive Moments in Yellow

Chicago is most fortunate to have the ability to draw from creative spirits from close and far. Today, the city continues to be an international arts destination (regardless of your stance, the city is preparing for Expo 2019, the annual international art fair later the month). The ongoing influence ... Read more

Jno Cook – Recalling Kitchen Conversations & Most Unusual Art Inventions

Jno Cook lived many most productive lives. Jno was an artist, educator, engineer, historian, provocateur, thinker and most importantly, a father and husband. I knew Jno, firstly, as an artist who created spectacularly unorthodox kinetic sculptures, artist books, corresponded with and wrote upon photographer Robert Frank and maintained the ... Read more

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 ... Read more

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 ... Read more

Scott Fortino – A Tour of Charged & Privileged Spaces

Accessibility can be key in producing thought provoking images in photography. Former CPD officer and photographer Scott Fortino has navigated Chicago while making photographs with objective eye of spaces not commonly seen for the better part of 30 years. This week, the COMP Magazine traveled up to Buena ... Read more
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