Corey Gearhart – The Consummate Collaborator

Corey Gearhart left Chicago almost a decade ago. During the early 2000's, Gearhart built a prominent reputation in the city's art community for producing cerebral and evocative performances with a raw physicality. The COMP Magazine recently caught up with Gearhart to chat about his move to Michigan, his collaborative ...
August 19, 2015
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Steve Sherrell – The Referential Painter

Steve Sherrell has worked as an artist and educator for over 40 years. As he begins his final semester as a full-time Professor of Art at Joliet Junior College, we have the opportunity to look at this consummate practitioner and reflect upon his influence on generations of Joliet area ...
August 16, 2015
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Andrei Rabodzeenko – Technotropic Romance & Other Works

Working in an array of styles that utilize classical medieval traditions to hyper-modern aesthetics and technology, Andrei Rabodzeenko cultivates an intricate cosmology that navigates abstraction to narrative driven dialogues in his contemporary art practice. The work is densely layered, meticulously polished, and quite beautiful. The COMP Magazine recently caught ...
August 10, 2015
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Studio Conversations: Inviting Comments & Drawing Conclusions

Bookwalter, Meister & Weber: Studio Conversations July 21 – August 28, 2015 Closing Reception: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 5 pm. to 7 p.m. University of St. Francis Gallery 25 East Van Buren Street, Joliet, Illinois, 60432 An Artist's Conversation and Interview: Studio Conversations: Inviting Comments & Drawing Conclusions: A collaboration between Mary Bookwalter, Janice Meister ...
August 5, 2015
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Corey Postiglione – The Minimalist’s Tango

Chicago has a curious, almost smug, attitude toward abstract art. Simply put, the city is totted as a bastion for narrative driven fine art. For some, the aesthetic practices of the Hairy Who and Chicago Imagists (dating back to the late 1960s) still rule the roost. Nevertheless, there have ...
July 9, 2015
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Revisiting: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS Mami Sunada, Director Studio Ghibli, Tokyo, Japan 118 min. 2013 There is, without doubt, one production house in the the anime universe that all familiar with the medium are securely aware of. Studio Ghibli, located in the Kognei district in Tokyo has been producing iconic universal ...
July 5, 2015
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Bob Kase – As We Gather

Bob Kase has been developing a distinct relationship with Jazz music as an artist and educator for more than 40 years. Recently, the COMP Magazine caught up with Kase to discuss his rich history, what he values in creating music, his new release "As We Gather", and why the ...
June 9, 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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CAKE 2015 – Chicago Alternative Comics Expo

In a few short weeks, Chicago will host one of the most curious and salivating of events in the Chicago Art calendar. This year's CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) looks to be the most exciting one to date with a range of local talent to alternative comic's icons, including ...
May 14, 2015
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2015 Illinois Art Educator Exhibition

University of St. Francis Art Gallery presents: Illinois Art Educator Exhibition June 9th - July 10, 2015 Public Reception: Thursday, June 11, 6-9pm Location: 25 East Van Buren Street, Joliet, Illinois, 60432 Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featuring Artists: Terry Adams, Danica Antich-Fahmy, Joe Baltz, Amy Boone, Dena Cavazos ...
May 13, 2015
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