Star Wars Celebration 2019 in Review
Star Wars Celebration 2019McCormick Place2301 S King DriveChicago, IL 60616April 11 through 15, 2019
Touring McCormick Place with droids, Ewoks, Mandalorians, stormtroopers, Jedi, Han, Luke, Leia, Vader, and, most importantly (for me), Grand Admiral Thrawn transported me back to 1977. I recall Jeff Marschke had figured out a system ...
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Yves Klein – An Analysis of Two Artworks
Yves Klein was a French artist, born in 1928 and came to an early death at the age of 34 in 1962. He was a member of the French artistic movement known as Nouveau réalisme. Nouveau réalisme was an art movement founded in 1960 by Pierre Restany. The movement ...
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Boris Ostrerov – Iniquitous Poo, Colorful Forms, & an Uzbek Voice
Boris Ostrerov makes a lot of "shit". This simple statement can certainly be misinterpretated. I trust you will set aside my overly drole and literal note and focus moreso upon the quality and revelatory production of this young and exciting artist. Ostrerov is that rare breed who has taken ...
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C2E2 @ 10 – A Comic Con Transforming Identity
There's a bit of insanity that ensues when considering the evolution of comic cons over the past 40 years. The early days of comic fans sifting through milk crates and random 2nd-hand boxes (long boxes in the 1970s?) for that prized issue of Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck #1 ...
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Eric Stefanski – Paint Drips, Death & Humor
Coming from a diverse background, Eric Stefanski creates visceral paintings and sculptures that are rooted in the humor and work ethic commonly associated with the working class. His approach and visual vocabulary is abrasive, bold, and comedic in their heavy handed absurdity. This makes them appealing, fresh, and on ...
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Yinka Shonibare’s A Tale of Today @ the Driehaus
Yinka ShonibareA Tale of TodayMarch 2, 2019 through September 29, 2019The Richard H. Driehaus Museum40 East Erie StreetChicago, Illinois, USA, 606011
Though a bit foggy, I'm certain my initial encounter with the work of Yinka Shonibare was at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York City a couple decades ago. I ...
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Brian Russo – Stages on Life’s Way, or: Become what you Are
Upon entering the home and studio of Brian Russo one will immediately sense that a voracious search for wisdom is underway. All rooms are filled with books on art, philosophy, poetry, and psychology, and all surfaces are covered with artworks and inspiring ephemera. Russo’s aesthetic practice merges literature and ...
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Holly Cahill – Propositions of a Female Craftsman
Working in loosely connected spheres of inquiry, Holly Cahill is known to frequent a wide range of disciplines simultaneously. Be it architecture, choreography, fiber arts, painting, sculpture or hyperdimensional phenomena, one finds a distinct interconnectedness in her approach to formal ideas and materials. This week the COMP Magazine visited ...
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Destiny – The Art of Play in Recurring Galactic Engagements
I play a bit too much Destiny. Since landing on September 9, 2014, I have spent a large swath of life immersed in its universe. Though not certain, I am confident I have logged more than 500 hours into the game. At this writing, I have leveled up the ...
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Erin Smego – Navigating Sculptural Fashion
It can be said that sculpture and fashion can be easily linked. Distill the two disciplines down to their essential form and one finds the occupying of space and commenting upon present day aesthetics to be two apparent intersections. A young Chicago artist, Erin Smego, is investigating this frequently ...
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