Cindy Bernhard – Calling Attention to Illusionistic Form
Cindy Bernhard is in the process of establishing a solid foundation in her painting career. Through addressing topical content and experimentation, she has built a series of works that offer insight into contemporaneous modes of self-portrayal by way of humor, illusion, symbolism, and tactile technique. This week the ...
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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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Ali Seradge – Synthetic Fables & Unorthodox Narratives
In his fascination with non-traditional materials, the intersection of American and Middle-Eastern fables, and a willingness to upend long-standing histories, Ali Seradge offers a fresh look at how one interprets past narratives while being firmly placed in the present. On one level, Seradge's creations are clearly jolie laide, even ...
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Ciurej & Lochman – Evolving Histories and Processed Views
With nearly 40 years of collaborative efforts under their belts, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman have expanded awareness of the female voice in the fine arts while simultaneously staying current with new formats and strategies for visual presentation. This week the COMP Magazine caught up with Ciurej & Lochman ...
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Kyle Davison – Pristophone Arrangements & Live Performances
For over a decade musician Kyle Davison has been building and playing his Pristophone. Using variously sized circular saw blades and technical sonic acumen, this instrument is capable of producing dizzying classical arrangements that are well known to experimental works he has composed. This enormous sound producing artwork is ...
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Vesna Jovanovic – Foreign Bodies & Visual Prompts
The intersection of art and science has long been fertile terrain for visual representation. And, today in the drawings, paintings, and sketchbooks of artist Vesna Jovanovic one will find insightful, subtle, and preternatural commentary. Assimilating her ongoing studies in art and science, Jovanovic raises questions surrounding scientific representation, empiricism, ...
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Kathie Shaw – Recurring Warning Signs
A central focus of the work of Kathie Shaw looks at our relationship to each other and our environment. Shaw's paintings reside in a space between realism and abstraction, and are influenced by her relationship with Tibetan Buddhism, architectural studies, and ongoing photography investigations. The COMP Magazine recently visited ...
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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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Matthew Girson – Contemplating Libraries
Matthew Girson's paintings require the viewer to slow down, look closely, and listen carefully. Upon viewing his recent exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center I was reminded of the importance of delicate uses of light and shadow. And, how these subtleties can produce a sense of silence. The COMP ...
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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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