http://www.artscope.net/ Gallery Announcements, Events and Press Links through ArtScope.net en-us Copyright 2012 ArtScope.net. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 21 May 2012 11:13:03 CST Mon, 21 May 2012 11:13:03 CST editor@artscope.net (editor) http://www.artscope.net/images/asnamelogosm.gif http://www.artscope.net/ http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-2.html Event date: Friday Oct 14th, 2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Fall Undergraduate Exhibition Reception: Friday, October 14, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Exhibition continues on view: October 15-November 12 Nearly 50 talented SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees this fall exhibit their innovative work. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago promotes crossing disciplines and challenging assumptions, and the results of this approach are showcased in this exhibition. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sullivan Galleries School of the Art Institue of Chicago http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 S. State Street 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:06:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-3.html Event date: Friday Oct 14th, 2011 "CartoonInk!: Emerging Comics in Context" Closing reception: Friday, October 14, 6 - 8 p.m. This exhibition brings together boldly idiosyncratic works showcasing the rapidly evolving landscape of contemporary comics. The past decade has brought an explosion of innovation in visual narrative culture, to which SAIC students and alumni continue to be major contributors. CartoonInk! features an international roster of breakout artists, among them highly regarded cartoonist with ties to SAIC, including Lilli Carre, Jeffrey Brown, Anders Nilsen, and Chris Ware, as well as current SAIC students setting the scene for what is to come. Curated by Christa Donner, Surabhi Ghosh, and Jeremy Tinder, this exhibition celebrates comics as a unique and vibrant art form, featuring original works on paper, printed and exchangeable multiples, and tactile works that blur the line between comics, sculpture, and time-based media. This exhibition is supported by SAIC's John M. Flaxman Library and Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street (New Location) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:06:40 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-4.html Event date: Saturday Oct 15th, 2011 Jay Heikes Subterranean Isle October 15 - November 12, 2011 Opening reception, Saturday, October 15, 6 - 8 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:32 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-5.html Event date: Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 JOHN GOSSAGE - Lectures in Photography Thursday, October 13th @ 6:00 PM CCC/Stage Two 618 S. Michigan Avenue, 2nd floor FREE to CCC Community and the General Public John Gossage is an American photographer, noted for his artist books and other publications using his photographs to explore under-recognised elements of the urban environment such as abandoned tracts of land, debris and garbage, and graffiti, and themes of surveillance, memory and the relationship between architecture and power. Aperture recently reissued Gossage'sThe Pond and more recently Steidel published The Thirty Two Inch Ruler/Babylon, Gossage's first book of color (and digitally made) photographs.Copies of The Pond will be available for purchase after the lecture. John Gossage will be signing books after the lecture. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-369-7538 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-6.html Event date: Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 Resident Artist, Emmanuel Pratt, presents "Preservation of Poetry" Thursday, October 13, 6-8 pm. FREE! Join us for an evening of poetry, comedy, dance, live music, and stimulating conversation from a collection of Chicago artists working in collaboration with our resident artist, Emmanuel Pratt over the past several months. Artists include Poet Discopoet Kari B, Amy Ali, DJ Davis, and special dance performance by Denita Inez of DID and Chicago Dance Crash. This event is held in participation with Chicago Artist's Month's theme "artful networks." Exhibition Reception: Realist and Abstract Paintings by Christine Mitchell Sunday, October 16, 3 - 5 pm, FREE! Meet the artist and Art Center student, Christine Mitchell and celebrate the opening of her new solo exhibition. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-7.html Event date: Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 Dimensional Lines: art + dress Exhibition continues through November 6 Gillion Carrara, curator Fraser Taylor, contributing curator On Thursday, October 13 at 6:30 pm, join the curators and participating artists and fashion designers for a free informal discussion and Q&A. Light refreshments will be served The featured artists and designers are Conrad Hamather, Melissa Serpico Kamhout, Beata Kania, Anke Loh, Kristin Mariani, Katrin Schnabl, Kristina Sparks, and Fraser Taylor.The exhibition publication, now at the printer, features contributions by noted writers Sandra Michels Adams, Alex Aubry, Caroline Bellios, Stuart Dybek, and Margaret Hawkins, as well as set designer Mary Griswold and lighting artist, Geoffrey Bushor. Evanston Art Center http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60201 847-475-5300 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10132011-8.html Event date: Friday Oct 21st, 2011 Artview in Lakeview October 21 5pm - 9pm Enjoy our complimentary trolley tour and sample local food and beverages at each participating gallery. Visit Gallery Swarm Artoberfest during the Lakeview East Trolley Tour. Featuring Live MUSIC by General Election Engines, German wine tasting and great art by local artists! Artists include - James Schneider, Yvonne Bruenjes, Walter and Loyce Moscow and Samuel Gillis Mo Treats www.motreats.com Chipotle www.chipotle.com J Lafayette Catering Company www.jlafayette.com Wine Tasting PRP Wine International www.prpwine.com Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:07:44 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/13/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-1.html Event date: Friday Oct 21st, 2011 The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Rodney Graham. Concurrent opening receptions for the artist on Friday, October 21, 5-7 PM at two locations: 224 S Michigan Ave Suite 266 Chicago, Illinois 60604 AND 933 West Washington Blvd Chicago, Illinois 60607 Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:59:21 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-2.html Event date: Thursday Oct 27th, 2011 Jessica Stockholder Artist Talk Thursday, October 27, 6 pm The University of Chicago, International House, 1414 E 59th Street Join us in welcoming Jessica Stockholder to the University of Chicago, as she assumes her new role as Chair of the Department of Visual Arts. The artist -- whose work has brought about a sea change in our shared understanding of sculpture -- will reflect on how her work has evolved and discuss what is currently informing her artistic practice. Free. Presented as part of Chicago Artists Month by the Smart Museum of Art and the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:59:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-3.html Event date: Friday Oct 21st, 2011 ADAM EKBERG Transmissions From The Outpost JASON ROBERT BELL I Believe in Harvey Dent or Three Months in Valparaiso October 21 - December 3, 2011 Opens Friday October 21, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:59:38 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-4.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 2nd, 2011 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: JENNI SORKIN: "Ancient Modernisms" Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:00 p.m. SAIC Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive Free admission Jenni Sorkin (BFA, 1999) is Assistant Professor of Critical Theory, Media, and Design at the University of Houston. She is currently completing her book "Live Form: Craft as Participation", which examines the confluence of gender, artistic labor, and craft pedagogy from 1950 to 1975. She has written numerous essays on feminist art and material culture topics, and her writing has appeared in the New Art Examiner, Art Journal, Frieze, The Journal of Modern Craft, Modern Painters, and Third Text. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:00:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10232011-5.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe October 28 - November 26, 2011 Opening reception for the artist: Friday, October 28th, 6-8PM Artist's gallery talk: Saturday Oct. 29th, 12-1PM Christiansen's second solo exhibition with the gallery will feature several small scale oil on plaster paintings and one animation. Her current work is about spaciousness and the experience of quieting the mind and moving things aside in order to create it. The artworks themselves are paintings on plaster, which attest to the activity of addition (painting and drawing) and subtraction (erasure through sanding) through which they are created. The slow, meditative, practice involved in their creation serves as an antidote to our current environment that is so full of speed, aggression and the barrage of information. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:00:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/23/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-1.html Event date: Sunday Oct 30th, 2011 Paul Cowan October 30, 2011 - January 8, 2012 Opening reception, Sunday, October 30, 2-4 pm ****Please note this exhibition is at Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park Shane Campbell Gallery 125 North Harvey Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302 Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:19 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-2.html Event date: Thursday Oct 27th, 2011 TWO SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK GALLERY TALK and FIRST NATIONS FILM and VIDEO PRESENTATION GALLERY TALK Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, noon to 1:00 pm Jim Zimmer, Director of the Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery and curator of artist Christopher Furman will discuss Furman's work in the Focus 4 exhibition. FIRST NATIONS FILM and VIDEO FESTIVAL Date: Friday, October 28, 2011, 11 AM to 4 pm The ISM Chicago Gallery presents the First Nations Film and Video Festival which highlights Native American film/video makers. There will be two feature films: Choctaw Code Talkers by Valerie Red- Horse and Barking Water by Sterling Harjo. Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/chicago/exhibtions.html 100 W. Randolph Suite 2-100 Chicago, IL 60601 312-814-5322 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-3.html Event date: Saturday Oct 29th, 2011 Exhibition Receptions: Blaque Lyte and Keith Herzik's solo show curated by Chris Kerr and Paul Nudd Saturday October 29, 5-8 pm. Free! Artists and curators from Blaque Lyte and Keith Herzik's There are Still Lofty Dreams, Meager Desires, and Still Silliness, celebrate the success of the joint exhibitions. Herzik's exhibition features a retrospective of over 350 of his screen prints. Blaque Lyte features over thirty international and emerging artists exploring the phosphorescent properties of the medium. Both exhibitions run until January 9, 2012. In conjunction with the exhibitions, join us for MISCHIEF NIGHT 2011! Saturday October 29, 1- 10 pm, Free! The Art Center opens up the entire building to showcase the strange and mysterious side of art in this family friendly and interactive day-long event filled with performances, art-making, and live music! Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-4.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 OPENING RECEPTION November 4th (Friday) 2011 7:00pm-10:00pm Eddwin Meyers,Olivia Meyers,Serena Meyers,Gregory A. Pearce,Andrea Bates David Thompson,Lucia Espinoza,Jeff Kolak,Cathie Berns,Bill Van Dusen Jennifer Hansen,Jeff Fraas,Nick Morland Join us for the Atelier Alternatives 'The Art of Reinvestment'. ART - FOOD - WINE and Entertainment Music from: 4 Feet Deep http://www.facebook.com/4FeetDeep Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:42 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-5.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 Painthing on the Moeve Albert Oehlen October 28 - December 3, 2011 opening reception: Friday, October 28th, 5 - 8 p.m. Corbett vs. Dempsey is very pleased to present its second exhibition of work by Albert Oehlen. The show will include ten small drawing collages and two large paintings, all part of Oehlen's "Conduction" series, which takes its name from the structured improvisations of musician and composer Lawrence "Butch" Morris. Utilizing a graphic black and white palette, the works in this show continue in the spirit of the artist's earlier "computer paintings," which used pixelated motifs derived from computer drawing tools. Corbett vs. Dempsey http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com 1120 N. Ashland Avenue 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60622 773-278-1664 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-6.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe October 28 - November 26, 2011 Opening reception for the artist: Friday, October 28th, 6-8PM Artist's gallery talk: Saturday Oct. 29th, 12-1PM Enough Space in the Head to Breathe is Diane Christiansen's second solo exhibition with the gallery and will feature several small scale oil on plaster paintings and one animation. Diane Christiansen's current work is about spaciousness and the experience of quieting the mind and moving things aside in order to create it. The slow, meditative, practice involved in their creation serves as an antidote to our current environment that is so full of speed, aggression and the barrage of information. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:28:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-7.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 Early-ish warning....Brian Dettmer's new show Paper Back is only two weeks long. We then take his work to Miami for the Pulse Artfair. This is a full show and Brian will be debuting 3 new major horizontals, from 6 to 8 ft wide on the wall, along with other pedestal and single book works. Brian's arc continues to amaze me. His thought process and execution is not finite. Don't miss this event. Chris Bathgate and Kathy Halper open the same night and their shows run into January. I love this grouping. Paper, metal, and fiber all under the same roof. Artists' Reception: Friday, November 4, 5 - 8 PM Brian Dettmer Paper Back Altered Books Kathy Halper Friend Me Facebook Embroideries Chris Bathgate Aesthetic Engineering metal sculpture Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:28:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-8.html Event date: Saturday Oct 29th, 2011 Unfree Freedom: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe Opening Reception: Saturday, October 29: 3-5PM For many Central and Eastern European artists the political and social changes that followed the break-up of the Soviet- bloc fundamentally changed the subject and style of their work. This exhibition examines how blacklisted artists responded to the restraints imposed on them under communist regimes and how their worked changed when those systems fell apart. Artists include Rudolf Sikora, Peter Szabo and Fontarte, as well as works from the collectin of Piotr Rypson. UNFREE FREEDOM is held in conjunction with Voices From the Center, a project produced by Janeil Englestad at threewalls from Oct 28 - Dec 10. Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:30:44 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10292011-9.html Event date: Friday Oct 28th, 2011 CJ PYLE, Skin Deep, New Drawings Artist's Reception: Friday, October 28, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Exhibition Dates: October 28 - December 30, 2011 Carl Hammer Gallery is honored to once again show the newest installment of CJ Pyle's obsessive, imagistic, portrait drawings. Stretching the boundaries of his inimitable, self-defined "woven knot drawing technique", the artist's range of exploration, both in form and content, seems to get even more to the heart of a meaningful and universal consideration of what it is to be Human. And the wizardry of the artist's illusionary twisted rope-like pen and pencil strokes, employing the simplest nuanced effect of facial gesture or expression, do just what we do not expect of them. We find a way to really "see" their Humanity. Perhaps we may be inclined as well to "see ourselves", as we wouldn't normally. Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654 312.266.8512 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:30:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/10/29/2011#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-10.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 "In-Focus" Opening reception: Friday, November 4, 4:30 - 7 p.m. Exhibition on view: November 5 - 19, 2011 Betty Rymer Gallery at the Sullivan Galleries (note our new location) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Through the media of photography and video, seven contemporary artists explore themes of sight, observation, and perception. Artists include Lucy Cash, Tirtza Even, Susan Giles, Jacqueline Goss, Deborah Stratman, Chi Jang Yin, and Haggith Gor Ziv. This exhibition is organized by Graduate Curatorial Assistant Amelia Love with support from Trevor Martin and is co-sponsored by the Video Data Bank at SAIC (www.vdb.org). Continuing on view in the Sullivan Galleries: - Wolfgang Laib and Kamin Lertchaiprasert through December 23 - "Fall Undergraduate Exhibition" through November 12 Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:42:28 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-11.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 2nd, 2011 "Beyonsense"-An Evening of Sound Poetry at the Block Explore connections between early 20th-century avant-garde Russian poetry and contemporary sound poetry through performances by renowned poets Christian Boek and Ilya Kutik. Boek and Kutik will read selected poems, in the original Russian and English translations, related to the exhibition "Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1917." Nina Gourianova, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern, hosts this event. Wednesday, November 2, 6 pm Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:42:56 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-12.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 2nd, 2011 Please join us for the closing reception of CoLaboratory in the Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, First floor from 5-7pm. The artists and curator, Anne Morse will be present. In addition ED JR. will will be holding a Painted Video session in which participants can create their own work of art. The CoLaboratory exhibition catalog will also be available free of charge. CoLaboratory examines the nature of collaborative art by creating a visual record of this process and exploring the cultural constructs that support it. Using dramatic video projections and mobile structural interventions, Chicago artists' collaboratives ED JR. and (()())utility projects will exhibit works created independently within each group, but integrated in the Glass Curtain Gallery with reference to both the space and the interactions experienced in the development of the exhibition. Visitors are invited to adjust the structures on which video projections are shown. Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:10 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#12 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-13.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 16th, 2011 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: AMAR KANWAR Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 6:00 p.m. Lecture, SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive Free admission Amar Kanwar's films explore the politics of power, violence, sexuality, and justice. His multi-layered installations originate in narratives often drawn from zones of conflict and are characterized by a distinctly poetic approach to the social and political. In retracing history through images, ritual objects, literature, poetry and song, Kanwar creates lyrical, meditative film essays that do not aim to represent trauma or political situations as much as to find ways through them. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:21 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#13 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-14.html Event date: Friday Nov 4th, 2011 During November 2011 Gallery UNO will show new work by the artist Jungpyo Hong another of the young artists based in Chicago the gallery is supporting by offering the space free of charge. Images and text of the activities of Gallery UNO on www.artexhibitionlink.com During: November 2011 Artist Reception: Nov. 4th, 6 - 9 pm Tel./Info: 201-953 9013 ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 773 301 3895 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#14 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162011-15.html Event date: Sunday Nov 6th, 2011 Tour with the Curators: Paul Nudd and Chris Kerr 3 pm BLAQUE LYTE tour, Gallery 5 4 pm KEITH HERZIK: There are Still Lofty Dreams, Meager Desires, and Still Silliness tour, Gallery 2 Join guest curators Chris Kerr and Paul Nudd as they lead two separate tours of the current exhibitions they co-organized. Chicago-based artist Keith Herzik will join the tour of his first large scale solo exhibition and will provide curious insight on the development of his screen prints over the past decade. Blaque Lyte features thirty international and emerging artists exploring the glowing properties of the medium. Both exhibitions run until January 9, 2012 and are free and open to the public seven days a week. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:41 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/6/2011#15 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-1.html Event date: Friday Nov 11th, 2011 The Fine Arts Building Second Fridays Open Studios Friday, November 11, 2011, 5-9 pm Also this month: The Second Floor Gallery The Fine Art of Friends Seven FAB studios artists and an artist friend explore their artistic connections Karen Tichy and Deepa Ajmire Zoe Spirra and Michele Thrane Alenna Marie Sandy and Annamaria Castellucci Kathleen Newman and Liz Wall Anita Ivy Miller and Laura Cerf-Dahl Rich Lo and Tom Lee Beatriz Ledesma and Bert Menco Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:20 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-2.html Event date: Thursday Nov 10th, 2011 Deborah Luster | Lectures in Photography | 6:00 PM | FREE CCC/Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan, 1st floor In response to her mother's murder in 1988 Luster began a long term project photographing prisoners in Louisiana, One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana, ultimately making 25,000 formal and elegant portraits of the prisoners. Her recent project Tooth for an Eye: A Chorography of Violence in Orleans Parish is a photographic archive documenting contemporary and historical homicide sites in New Orleans, the homicide capital of the United States. Luster's work is in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Galway, Ireland. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-369-7538 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:46 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-3.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 9th, 2011 Gallery Talk Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1917 Wednesday, November 9, 6 pm The exhibition "Tango with Cows" chronicles the dramatic transformation of book art during the tumultuous years before the Russian Revolution, as a group of artists and writers collaborated on hand-printed publications that combined experimental poetry with primitive and abstract imagery. Nina Gourianova, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University, leads a tour of the exhibition. Northwestern students will recite selected poems from the exhibition. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11132011-4.html Event date: Sunday Nov 13th, 2011 Symposium: The Home in/as Community Sunday November 13, 1-5 pm, Free! Chicago has been particularly important in the development of social housing policy, as well as the understanding of how home and community are intertwined. The development of residential districts and the efforts to reform them have profoundly affected Chicago. Panel participants will address these issues and more, ultimately considering how the city has changed and how home as changed with it. Panelists include Iker Gil, D. Bradford Hunt, Natalie Moore, Emmanuel Pratt, moderated by David Schalliol. Dawoud Bey will provide a brief introduction to the topic and share information about the national art project, America: Now and Here. This symposium is held in conjunction with our current exhibition No Place Like Home on view until January 8, 2012. The program is generously supported by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:35:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/13/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-5.html Event date: Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 The 90th Art Directors Club Annual Awards Exhibition November 17 - December 17 Please join A+D Gallery for our opening reception Thursday, 11/17, 5-8pm A yearly exhibition at A+D Gallery, the ADC Annual Awards competition identifies and honors the best work of the year in print and broadcast advertising, interactive media, graphic design, publication design, packaging, photography and illustration. As always, this event is free and open to the public, and as always, this year's ADC show is inspiring, whimsical, provocative, and just plain awesome. See you there! A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.369.8687 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:45 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-6.html Event date: Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 Reminder Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe - on view at kasia kay art projects gallery through November 26th. Enough Space in the Head to Breathe is Diane Christiansen's second solo exhibition with the gallery and it features several small scale oil on plaster paintings and one animation. The selected for the exhibition works includes several paintings which focus on the abstraction of words through the blending of color. Collectively, her works present the physicality of the act of painting and sanding as evident attributes to the complexity of the finished product. More so, this exhibition showcases the effects of addition and cancellation as recurring themes in Christiansen's artistic process. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-7.html Event date: Sunday Nov 20th, 2011 Hello... Link below for this weeks evite for Sunday. Closing reception for Brian Dettmer's show starts at 2PM and goes till 5 PM. At 3PM, the fantastic duo Coppice performs, which will include a guest appearance by electro-acoustic cellist Sarah J. Ritch. More details about Coppice are inside first link. Also below is a link for an interview with Brian Dettmer by Heather McShane for Bad At Sports. Should be plenty of parking on a Sunday afternoon! Best, Aron http://packergallery.com/press/nov20.html http://badatsports.com/2011/paper-back/ After this closing reception, on to Pulse Miami with Brian's new work. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-8.html Event date: Friday Nov 18th, 2011 Please join us for a reception in conjunction with Michael Rea's exhibition "Tuff Love" on Friday November 18th from 6-9pm. The show will run through Friday December 2nd with a gallery talk on December 2nd at 11am (room TBA). Parking is free in Parking Lot F the night of the reception only. If parking in Lot F,the closest entrance to the gallery is through Building E. The gallery will be directly on your right. Hope to see you there! Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery http://www.neiu.edu/~art/gal.html 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625 773-442-4944 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-9.html Event date: Thursday Nov 17th, 2011 Please join us for the Black Gossamer opening reception, 5-8pm, Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, First Floor. Black Gossamer showcases the work of black contemporary artists who use and draw inspiration from clothing, fashion, textiles and fabrications to explore and uncover recent revolutions in black identity. Artists will not only present exciting new ways they are working with dress, but also reveal the meanings and hidden codes behind their work - initiating dialogues on where black culture is today, where it is going and what that means. Black Gossamer is curated by Camille Morgan and features the work of Aisha Bell, Sheila Bridges, Myra Greene, Marlon Griffith, Krisanne Johnson, Kalup Linzy, Wangechi Mutu and Ebony G. Patterson Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:23:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11202011-10.html Event date: Saturday Nov 19th, 2011 Lisa Williamson Thinking Objects November 19 - December 31, 2011 Opening reception, Saturday, November 19, 5-7 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:24:04 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/20/2011#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11232011-1.html Event date: Tuesday Dec 6th, 2011 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: SUZANNE LEE Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m. Lecture, SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Drive Free admission Suzanne Lee is the Director of The BioCouture Research Project and Senior Research Fellow in Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (University of The Arts London). BioCouture is a research project harnessing nature to propose a radical future fashion vision. It investigates the use of microbial-cellulose, grown in a laboratory, to produce clothing. The ultimate goal is to literally grow a dress from a vat of liquid. Lee is collaborating with scientists to unite design with cutting edge bio and nano technologies. She is a 2011 TED Fellow. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:36:18 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/23/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11282011-2.html Event date: Wednesday Nov 30th, 2011 Film Screening and Discussion: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth Wednesday November 30, 6-8 pm The acclaimed documentary film "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth"(2011) comes to the Hyde Park Art Center for a free screening. If you missed it at the Siskel Film Center over the summer, now is your chance to see this important film. The film explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they resided. It also traces the personal and poignant narratives of several of the residents of the notorious Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex in St. Louis. The film is directed by Chad Freidrichs and co-produced by Chad Freidrichs, Jaime Freidrichs, Brian Woodman, and Paul Fehler. A discussion led by David Schalliol will follow the screening. This free program is in conjunction with the photography exhibition "No Place Like Home", curated by Dawoud Bey, on view until January 8, 2012. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:41:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/11/28/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1232011-1.html Event date: Thursday Dec 1st, 2011 Gahlberg Gallery/McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Studio Art Faculty Exhibit Dec. 1, 2011 to Jan. 7, 2012 Opening reception: Thursday, Dec. 1, 4 to 6pm The gallery will remain open until 8pm It's free and open to everyone. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Sat, 3 Dec 2011 04:21:51 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/3/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1232011-2.html Event date: Saturday Dec 3rd, 2011 IN THE SPIRIT OF WALSER "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a series of exhibitions inspired by the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Over the course of five months, the gallery will exhibit work from seven different artists responding to Walser's "Microscripts". The first opening exhibit of the series will feature three clay sculptures from the Swiss collaborative PETER FISCHLI and DAVID WEISS. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM - 5:30PM Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Sat, 3 Dec 2011 04:22:00 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/3/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1232011-3.html Event date: Saturday Dec 3rd, 2011 Make a Provocative Print Saturday, December 3 1-3 pm Drop in and make provocative silkscreen prints inspired by Soviet propaganda on view at the Smart Museum of Art. Watch as a crew from Anchor Graphics demonstrates printmaking processes. Then use templates that combine words and images to create your own poster to take home. All printing materials and poster paper provided. You're welcome to bring your own t-shirt or tote bag to screen. Open to adults of all skill levels. Free! smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/vision-and-communism Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Sat, 3 Dec 2011 04:22:02 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/3/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-1.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 Join us for the third annual "Night at the Fine Arts Building" Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, 5-10 pm-Don't miss this month's SPECIAL open studios event on the second Friday of the month. The building's galleries will be open, along with many artists' studios and musicians' studios. There will be special music, dance, and spoken word performances as well as a few exciting surprises. See the art - hear the music - experience the architecture of a 120 year old building. http:www.nightatthefab.com FAB Studios Annual Members' Show Second Floor Gallery Opening Reception 6-8 pm Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-2.html Event date: Friday Dec 16th, 2011 You are cordially invited to an innovative art installation! Hosted By GALLERY SWARM and benefiting CENTER ON HALSTED Friday December 16th, 2011 7 - 10pm Featuring celebrated artists and organizations including Peter Mars, Samuel Gillis, Jim Schneider, Lucky 29 Design Build, Stripp Joynt and WBEZ - Chicago! Live entertainment by General Election Engines and DJ Servoe! Local cuisine and luscious libations! GIFT BAGS for the first 200 guests provided by the Swarm www.centeronhalsted.org www.wbez.org www.galleryswarm.com www.lucky-29.com www.woodcarespecialist.com www.myspace.com/generalelectionengines2 Website: www.djservoe.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/servoe DJ Company http://www.phatttraxxentertainment.com/ Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-3.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 CURATOR TALK: Demands, Attacks, and Declarations December 9, 11:00 a.m. / 1104 S Wabash, 2nd Fl Curator and artist Janeil Engelstad will talk about artist's books and works on paper in the former Soviet bloc countries. Created for political protest, social critique, and to promote independent thought, this work is increasingly relevant today as artists participate in and respond to occupy and other social movements. She will also reflect upon Voices from the Center, a web-based project that stems from a series of interviews that she conducted with people, including artists, designers and writers, in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic about their lives before and after the Berlin Wall. In conjunction with current Spotlight Exhibition: Unfree Freedom: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-4.html Event date: Sunday Dec 11th, 2011 Bibiana Suarez: Memoria (Memory) Opening Reception, December 11, 3-5pm Join us in celebrating Bibiana Suarez's major exhibition "Memoria (Memory)". Since 2005, Suarez has worked on this provocative installation composed of 108 mixed media paintings, drawings and digital prints that borrow the format of the pair-matching card game Memory to discuss the impact that Latinos have had on the cultural and political landscape of the U.S. In doing so, Suarez calls the public to play, remember, concentrate and ultimately, learn about the interwoven histories between Latinos of different origins and mainstream America. This event is free and open to the public. The Sara Lee Foundation is Lead Sponsor of Memoria (Memory) by Bibiana Suarez. Additional support has been provided by DePaul University. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-5.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 Samantha Bittman Perceptual Notions Jason Robert Bell Orpheus Terminals December 9, 2011 through January 21, 2012 Opening reception Friday December 9, 6:00-8:00PM Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:22:53 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-6.html Event date: Tuesday Dec 6th, 2011 At ArtexhibitionLink Gallery UNO opened Yvette Kaiser-Smith's solo show 'Etudes from Pi'. Yvette Kaiser-Smith is one of the established artists represented by Gallery UNO in Europe. The artist qualified for Berliner Liste in 2010, and took part in Gallery UNO's exhibition 'Graffiti Stories' in Rome, Italy and Berlin, Germany, as well as in Gallery UNO's annual Summer Show at Castello S. Severa, near Rome, Italy. Her work is shown regularly at Gallery UNO, Chicago and at Gallery UNO, Berlin. All events on www.artexhibitionlink.com During: December 2011 and January 2012 Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays from 2 - 6 pm or by appointment Info./Appointments with the artist: 773 395 2981 ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 773 301 3895 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:23:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-7.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 No rest for the weary! Holiday Party/Artist's Reception for David Gillanders' MAPS, this Friday, December 9 from 5 - 8 PM. Kathy Halper and Chris Bathgate continue. Kathy will be in attendance. David is from Canada so let's give him a rousing Chicago welcome. Link below for imagery and long text about his work. Please join us. Construction in front of our space is really coming along. Much easier to walk to our space now. Lake Street is still a one way going east and the construction at Lake and Ogden is done they tell me. Soon we'll have an el stop right in front of our space. Gateway to the West Loop? Happy Holidays! We hope to see you this Friday evening, or sometime soon. http://packergallery.com/press/dec9.html Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:23:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-8.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 We moved!!! It is with great excitement and anticipation that we open our doors as Linda Warren Projects in our new location, 327 N. Aberdeen, on December 9th from 6-9 pm, with the solo exhibitions of two long time gallery artists - Emmett Kerrigan and Lora Fosberg. In both shows, Kerrigan's - Grand Ave, (in Gallery Y) and Fosberg's Fallible Memories and Wayward Fictions (in Gallery X), the artists transform what would appear to be the mundane and banal realisms of our lives and landscapes into captivating works full of insight and beauty. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gallery Y: Emmett Kerrigan: Grand Ave. Gallery X: Lora Fosberg: Fallible Memories and Wayward Fictions Gallery O: Featuring miscellaneous gallery artists Opening Reception: Friday, December 9th, 6-9 pm Show runs through January 28th, 2012 Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrenprojects.com 327 North Aberdeen Suite 151 Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:23:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1292011-9.html Event date: Friday Dec 9th, 2011 Justyna Adamczyk and Aleksandra Urban Dark Corner December 9th - January 21st, 2012 opening reception: December 9th, from 6-8pm Justyna Adamczyk will present her very intimate painting which is a combination of organicity (in its literal sense) and surrealistic abstraction. On display will also be a series of graphic works by Alex Urban. These works can remind one of fairy tales in which everyday life and fantasy come together. Both artists escape from the boredom of everyday life into overflowing imagination filled up with a great number of themes. Both artists have a lot in common - fascination with human physiology, the sacral sphere, introversion, but predominantly with the dark side of humanity. EC Gallery http://www.ec-gallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen Chicago, IL 60607 312-850-0924 Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:24:13 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/9/2011#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12132011-10.html Event date: Saturday Dec 17th, 2011 Curator's talk with the artists of No Place Like Home Saturday, December 17, 3 pm "No Place Like Home" curator and photographer, Dawoud Bey, will discuss how the show developed and talk with the artists about their artwork. The photographs in the exhibition raise important questions about how we construct and represent the differences between the ideal and the more complex reality of home. Bey will be joined by photographers Lisa Lindvay, Jon Lowenstein, Jason Reblando, Jessica Rodrigue, David Schalliol, and Leilani Wertens. This event is free and open to the public. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:55:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/13/2011#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12172011-11.html Event date: Sunday Dec 18th, 2011 Lee Groban (1947 - 2001), Memorial this Sunday, December 18, 1 -4 PM at Packer Schopf Gallery. There will be a CELEBRATION OF LEE GROBAN'S S LIFE and WORK on Sunday, December 18, 2011 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Packer Schopf Gallery, 942 W. Lake St., Chicago, IL 60607. We encourage friends and family to bring their stories about Lee, as well as artistic, written or musical tributes, and to dress in Lee's style if you wish. The family asks that donations go to the endowment fund of the Circle Pines Center, 8650 Mullen Road, in Delton, Michigan, 49046. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:37:54 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/12/17/2011#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/142012-1.html Event date: Thursday Jan 5th, 2012 Film Screening of "Scrappers: Recycling the American Dream" (2010) Thursday, January 5th at 6:00 PM Join us for a free screening and discussion of the celebrated film "Scrappers: Recycling the American Dream" by Chicago-based directors. The film has garnered critical attention and was screened previously at the Gene Siskel Film Center to much acclaim. The film follows two Chicagoans, Oscar and Otis, as they troll for scrap metal in the alleys and byways of Chicago, working to support their families. The co-director and co-producers of the film Brian Ashby, Ben Kolak, Courtney Prokopas will be present, and will participate in a conversation following the screening. This program is held in conjunction with the current exhibition No Place Like Home, which closes January 15, 2012. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:43:34 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/4/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-2.html Event date: Friday Jan 20th, 2012 Hosts Legendary Artist Errol Ortiz For The First Show of The New Year Join us Friday January 20 2012 7pm - 10pm and enjoy music by 4 Feet Deep Food and wine by the Swarm P:708.583.1255 www.galleryswarm.com 4 Feet Deep: Larry Holcomb Jr.(Rythym Guitar, Vocals) Bob Giffey (Lead Guitar, Backup Vocals) Tim Misch (Saxophones) Danon (D'jembe) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/4FeetDeep Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:53:28 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 6th, 2012 Reflections From a Looking Glass Exhibition Dates: January 6 - February 18, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday, January 6, 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. John Balsley, Don Baum, "Snowflake" Bentley, Orly Cogan, Don Colley, Eric Daigh, Henry Darger, Mark Dennis, Lee Godie, Cameron Gray, Aristotle Georgiades, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Rick Hards, Irene Hardwick- Olivieri, Alicia Henry, Hernandez de Luna, Kahn/Selesnick, Leonard Koscianski, Keith Kostecki, , Martin Mull, Jan Petry, David Sharpe, Hollis Sigler, Sueng Wook Sim, Elizabeth Shreve, Simon Sparrow, Bill Steber, Bill Traylor, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Chris Ware, Albert Zahn and Mary Lou Zelazny Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654 312.266.8512 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:53:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-4.html Event date: Friday Jan 13th, 2012 IN THE SPIRIT OF WALSER "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present new work by Moyra Davey. The exhibition is the second in a series inspired by the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Over the course of five months, the gallery will exhibit work from seven different artists responding to Walser's "Microscripts". MOYRA DAVEY Friday, January 6 - February 1, 2012 Reception for the artist, Friday, January 13, 2012, 5 - 7PM GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM - 5:30PM Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:53:35 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-5.html Event date: Friday Jan 13th, 2012 3 Solos: White, Hafkenscheid,& Armstrong / Reception 5-8 PM. Wayne White / Spark in the Void / Los Angeles based White is known for his paintings of faux 3D visual text over second-hand, mass-produced lithographs. Non-sequitur phrases, and distorted advertising blurbs are executed Ruscha-esque style into inside jokes and non-jokes. White is also well known as director, producer, writer, designer, and puppeteer for Pee-wee's Playhouse. Toni Hafkenscheid / Relics of the Future / Hafkenscheid explores our erstwhile visions of an American future as seen from a 1950's/60's point of view. These large-scale photographs symbolize that American dream and a feeling of progress, success, and power. Steve Armstrong / Puzzle Keychain / The oversize wood sculptures, (rocket ships, dogs, etc.) are based on a series of key chain puzzles that could be found at the "dimestore". The oversize sculptures are all made out of wood ... Think Pop Art meets Westermann. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-6.html Event date: Friday Jan 13th, 2012 Come visit this historic building and meet the artists, musicians, and other creative types who make up our community on the second Friday of every month. This month's special events include: Studio 310-"Universality Through the Sixth Sense" by Haitian Painter Ernst; "Vibrant Colors" in semi-precious stone jewelry by Designer Chavez; "Tropical Rhythms" sung by well-known Vocalist Roxana Nuquez; Studio 927 Ossia Musical Forum Chamber Class Performance- Corelli and Boccherini at 6pm. Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-7.html Event date: Sunday Jan 15th, 2012 Happy 2012! We are going to be kicking off the year with our Biennial Members' Exhibit, this Sunday, January 15, from 12:30-4:00p.m. Curated by EAC faculty member, David Gista! The exhibit will feature over 80 artists and will be juried by springBoard co-chairs, Lisa Darling and Anne Hayden -Stevens. Cash awards will be announced at the opening! The hanging fee for this year was $10. All proceeds are devoted to providing EAC scholarships to those in need. Visit the link below and check out our springBoard! http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/springboard Evanston Art Center http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60201 847-475-5300 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:57 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1122012-8.html Event date: Sunday Jan 15th, 2012 Conversation with the Artists: Elaine Bradford and Megan Greene Sunday, January 15, 3 pm The artists featured in the current two-person exhibition Stylish Breed will discuss their new work on view. Both artists have independently created strong bodies of work that raise questions about the adaptability of species with humor and elegance. Chicago-based artist, Megan Greene builds her drawings by using the famous 19th c. prints of American birds by J. J. Audubon as a base to dissolve, reassemble, and transform the birds into hybridized forms that meld couture patterns and textures with organic shapes in nature and the environment. Elaine Bradford invents crocheted camouflage for taxidermy squirrels, deer, and antelope and enlivens them in installations as well as photographs of them positioned in the wild. She lives and works in Houston, TX and Stylish Breed is the first exhibition of her work in Chicago. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:57 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/12/2012#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1152012-1.html Event date: Friday Jan 20th, 2012 Joanne Greenbaum January 20 - February 25, 2012 Opening reception, Friday, January 20, 6-8 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:16:26 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/15/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-2.html Event date: Thursday Jan 19th, 2012 Gahlberg Gallery at College of DuPage Kelly Kaczynski: Study for Convergence Performance (ice) Artist reception: Thursday, Jan. 19, 6 to 8 pm Study for Convergence Performance (ice) is the second work in a series that seeks to conflate the artist's studio as a performative site of production, the space of display as the reception of image, and landscape as site for epic but apathetic metaphor. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:18:41 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-3.html Event date: Thursday Jan 19th, 2012 Please join us on Thursday, January 19, 5-7pm for two opening receptions: Empathic Evolution, Arcade, 618 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd fl. Empathic Evolution is an installation-based exhibition focused on the development of empathy, the power of artistic collaboration, and the on-going exploration of human interaction. The innovative and experimental artworks will provide audiences with an opportunity to involve themselves in raw human interaction and creation and the potential to share a genuine state of empathy with those involved. Chicago Curates Columbia: Dan Devening + Fine Art, C33 Gallery, 33 E. Congress, 1st fl. Chicago Curates Columbia is a new curatorial series that is designed to engage arts professionals from various creative industries with the diverse arts and culture makers of Columbia. Chicago Curates Columbia kicks off with curator Dan Devening, director of Devening of Projects and Editions Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:18:45 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-4.html Event date: Thursday Jan 19th, 2012 Turnin' the Tip: Simp Heisters, Flukum, and the Put'n'Take Cannonball Press curated by Anchor Graphics Please join us for the public reception this Thursday, Jan.19th, 5-8 pm Since 1999, Brooklyn based artists Martin Mazorra and Mike Houston have been producing high quality, affordable letterpress, relief and screen prints under the moniker Cannonball Press. More recently they have expanded their repertoire to include large scale, collaborative, print infested sculptures and installations using bold graphics formed from minute detail. As always, this event is free and open to the public! Cannonball Press will be on hand with $20 prints available for sale, and will give an informal gallery talk. Exhibition runs through February 11. A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.369.8687 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:18:57 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212012-5.html Event date: Sunday Jan 22nd, 2012 Curator Tour: Soviet Art Sunday, January 22 2 pm Join us for a closing tour of our Soviet art exhibitions. "Vision and Communism" explores the world of Soviet artist and designer Viktor Koretsky. "Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard" examines the experimental creative process that generated iconic Soviet propaganda in the 1920s and 30s. The tour will be lead by by "Vision and Communism" co-curator Matthew Jesse Jackson, Associate Professor of Art History and the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago, and "Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard" curator Kimberly Mims, Smart curatorial intern and PhD student at the University of Chicago. Free and open to the public. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Metropolis II by Chris Burden (the movie) - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llacDdn5yIE Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:19:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/21/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-1.html Event date: Friday Jan 27th, 2012 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition Opening Reception: 4:30-7:00 p.m. This exhibition features select projects by SAIC faculty who are returning from sabbatical, including Susanne Doremus, Phil Hanson, Alan Labb, Jim Lutes, Liat Smestad, and Frances Whitehead. Exhibition continues through February 18. Book Launch: Debra N. Mancoff :: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Join Debra N. Mancoff for the launch of her latest publication: "The Garden in Art." Resulting from Mancoff's sabbatical research, this text reveals the many different ways in which artists from all periods of history-from ancient Egypt to the present day-have employed the motif of the garden. The book approaches its subject thematically, exploring such topics as working gardens, the garden through the seasons, and artists' gardens. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:18:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-2.html Event date: Wednesday Jan 25th, 2012 Game Night with Bibiana Suarez, 6 to 8 pm, Gallery 1 Wednesday, January 25th, Free! Explore Bibiana Suarez's exhibition, Memoria (Memory),by participating in the artist's version of the traditional card game Memory. For this game night, the artworks on view in the gallery have been transformed into several decks of cards for groups to play with and study-finding their own hidden pairs and matching them together. Teaching artist Jeriah Hildwine, will join Bibiana Suarez in leading the discussion by using the group's matches and conversation to explain the key points of the installation. This event is held in conjunction with the current exhibition, "Memoria (Memory)," on display until March 25th, 2012. Space is limited for this free event. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to exhibitions@hydeparkart.org to participate. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:19:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 27th, 2012 Opening reception Friday January 27, 6:00 - 8:00PM JONATHAN DANKENBRING Charlatan January 27 through March 10, 2012 JASON ROBERT BELL The Robert Joseph Bell Institute for the Advancement of the Future January 27 through March 10, 2012 Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:19:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-4.html Event date: Friday Jan 27th, 2012 Tell me a story. Closing Reception: 5-7pm 1104 South Wabash Avenue, 2nd Floor Through the media of recycled paper, pulp casting and artists' books, "Tell me a story" examines the realities of growing up in a rapidly changing China. The exhibition is organized by Rose Camastro-Pritchett (MFA '03) as part an exchange of student exhibitions with Jiujiang University and the Center for Book and Paper Arts. http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Interarts/events/exhibitions/index.php Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:19:21 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-5.html Event date: Tuesday Feb 7th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: SAM LIPSYTE and BEN MARCUS Tuesday, February 7, 6:00 p.m. SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr. Free admission A 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, Sam Lipsyte is the author of the story collection Venus Drive and three novels: The Ask, The Subject Steve, and Home Land. Ben Marcus is the author of four books of fiction: The Flame Alphabet, Notable American Women, The Father Costume, and The Age of Wire and String. Both authors' stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's and The Paris Review. Book signing to follow. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:19:30 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-6.html Event date: Thursday Jan 26th, 2012 Bob Stein: The Future of the Book Thursday, January 26, 7pm Reception immediately prior to lecture at 6:15pm Ferguson Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave. Bob Stein has been engaged with electronic publishing full-time since 1980. In 1984 he founded The Criterion Collection, a critically acclaimed series of definitive films. In 2004 The Macarthur Foundation provided a generous grant with which Stein founded the Institute for the Future of the Book, a small "think + do tank," with the goal of exploring and influencing the evolution of new forms of intellectual expression. In 2005 the Institute published the first "networked books," which were instrumental in the recognition of the important shift to social reading and writing as discourse moves from printed pages to networked screens. Columbia College Chicago - Interdisciplinary Arts http://www.colum.edu/interarts/ 916 S. Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312-369-8785 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:19:30 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-7.html Event date: Thursday Jan 26th, 2012 Geometry and the Artist-Scientist Gallery Talk Thursday, January 26, 6 pm 16th-century Nuremberg goldsmtih Wenzel Jamnitzer was renowned for his virtuoso metalwork. Join Northwestern University grad students Kathleen Tahk and Stephanie Glickman as they discuss Jamnitzer's quest to establish himself as a scientific thinker. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:19:40 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-8.html Event date: Friday Jan 27th, 2012 Tadeusz Bilecki: Painted in 2011 January 27th - February 25th, 2012 opening reception: January 27th, from 6-8pm EC Gallery is pleased to present "Painted in 2011" - an exhibition featuring new works of contemporary Swiss artist - Tadeusz Bilecki. The 'Painted in 2011' exhibition - a new series of abstract portraits painted on paper with a coating of acrylic mixed with a large amount of water - a technique that adds deformity to the paper giving it a sculptural character. The portraits explore the essential theme of Bilecki's abstract figurative large format works. The theme oscillates between abstraction and figuration, grand emphasis and calm composure, strong and moderate color palettes, richness in detail and magnificent gesture. EC Gallery http://www.ec-gallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen Chicago, IL 60607 312-850-0924 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:20:13 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-9.html Event date: Monday Jan 30th, 2012 Creative Capital Free Grant Information Session January 30, 2012, 5:00 p.m. in the SAIC Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave. Hosted by the SAIC Department of Exhibitions, Ruby Lerner, President and Executive Director of Creative Capital, will answer questions regarding Creative Capital's current and upcoming grant rounds. In 2012, Creative Capital will be considering proposals in emerging fields, literature, and performing arts. The online Letter of Inquiry form opens on February 1, 2012 and closes on March 1, 2012. Any working artist with at least five years of professional experience who is a US citizen or permanent legal resident and at least 25 years old is eligible to apply. Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support and a suite of services valued at more than $37,000. The session is free and open to the public. RSVP to grants@creative-capital.org. For more information on Creative Capital, please visit creative-capital.org. Sullivan Galleries School of the Art Institue of Chicago http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 S. State Street 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:20:43 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282012-10.html Event date: Saturday Feb 4th, 2012 Inaugural Exhibition of Bert Green Fine Art in Chicago February 4 < March 1, 2012 Grand Opening "Open House" Saturday February 4, 2012 Yen 12<7 pm Gallery Hours Wednesday Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:20:46 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1/28/2012#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222012-11.html Event date: Friday Feb 3rd, 2012 The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Thomas Schuette. In the Spirit of Walser "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." THOMAS SCHUeTTE Opening Friday, February 3, 2012 Reception for the artist, Sunday, February 26, 12 - 2:30pm GALLERY HOURS Tuesday - Friday: 9:30am - 5:30pm Saturday: 11:00am - 5:30pm Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:15:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/2/2012#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222012-12.html Event date: Friday Feb 10th, 2012 "What Color is Nude?: The Racial Future of Fashion" Friday, February 10, 2012 1:00-3:00pm Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 1st Fl. Please join us for a discussion of race, radicals, and revolutions in fashion with scholars. Using the exhibition Black Gossamer, currently in the Glass Curtain Gallery as a point of departure, the panelists will share their perspectives on the ways that identity influences style and consumerism. This event is co-sponsored with DEPS, and the Departments of Fashion Studies and AEMM. Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:15:16 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/2/2012#12 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222012-13.html Event date: Friday Feb 3rd, 2012 Reception: Friday, February 3rd, 5 pm - 7 pm Exhibition: January 30 - May 25, 2012 Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection Figurism brings together historical and contemporary artworks from the Museum collection that emphasizes the power and the range of the narrative and expressive figure in Midwest art. Curated by Doug Stapleton, Assistant Curator of Art Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/chicago/exhibtions.html 100 W. Randolph Suite 2-100 Chicago, IL 60601 312-814-5322 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:15:16 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/2/2012#13 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222012-14.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 1st, 2012 The Fine Arts Center Gallery at Northeastern Illinois University is pleased to announce "Living By Example" by Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan. "Living By Example" is an exhibition focusing on the continued rise and growing popularity of Chicago-based artist-run "apartment exhibitions." For this exhibition Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan are creating a structure within the confines of a traditional gallery space. The Franklin, the name given to the structure, is being built in the form of a modern shed which, once the exhibition is complete, will reside in the back yard of Soto and Sullivan's home and will act as their version of the common"apartment exhibition" space. The exhibition featured in The Franklin will consist of work from Soto and Sullivan's private collection. The exhibition will open on Tuesday February 14th and run through Friday March 16th. There will be a reception for the artists on Friday February 17th from 6-9pm. Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery http://www.neiu.edu/~art/gal.html 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625 773-442-4944 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:15:25 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/2/2012#14 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222012-15.html Event date: Friday Feb 3rd, 2012 Gallery Y: Alex O'Neal: Delta Donuts, Migraine Weather Gallery X: Nicole Gordon: Asylum Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 2012 from 6-9 pm Show Runs Friday, February 3 - March 10, 2012 Linda Warren Projects is proud to announce the opening of Alex O'Neal's third solo exhibition with the gallery, "Migraine Weather, Delta Donuts" in Gallery Y and Nicole Gordon's second solo exhibition at the gallery, "Asylum", in Gallery X. Axiomatic to both artists are their creation of highly distinct, visually loaded and idiosyncratic subject matter. This includes constructs that are a kind of private, personal theater full of enigmatic characters, narratives, set design and costumes that mesh their individual life experiences and stories with the art historical influences they are both drawn to and compelled by. Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrenprojects.com 327 North Aberdeen Suite 151 Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:15:25 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/2/2012#15 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222012-16.html Event date: Thursday Feb 16th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: EMILY PILLOTON Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series Thursday, February 16, 6:00 p.m. SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr. Free admission SAIC alumna Emily Pilloton (MFA 2005) founded the nonprofit design firm Project H to use creative capital to improve communities and public education from the inside out. Trained in architecture (University of California, Berkeley) and product design (SAIC), Pilloton believes in design as an honest process of building and activism. Pilloton is the author of Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People, and has spoken worldwide, from the TED conference stage to the Colbert Report. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:15:30 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/2/2012#16 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/242012-17.html Event date: Friday Feb 10th, 2012 Come visit this historic building and meet the artists, musicians, and other creative types who make up our community on the second Friday of every month. Since 1898 the Fine Arts Building has been 'home' to artists - visual artists, musicians, dancers and dramatic artists - as well as architects, interior designers and graphic designers. This ten-story monument to the arts demonstrates the continuing history of the importance of the arts and provides proof to the adage - 'all passes - art alone endures.' For this month's participating studios and gallery openings, please see: http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 06:27:00 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/4/2012#17 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-18.html Event date: Tuesday Feb 7th, 2012 Artist Talk: Kelly Kaczynski will talk about her artwork this Tuesday, February 7th, 11am in Theatre 2 at the McAninch Arts Center/College of DuPage. The artist talk is in conjunction with her current exhibition in the Gahlberg Gallery, it is free and open to everyone. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:15:28 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#18 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-19.html Event date: Thursday Feb 9th, 2012 Poems and Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946-1981) Curated by Kyle schlesinger Opening Reception: February 9, 5-8pm (1104 S. Wabash, 2nd Fl) Poems and Pictures features books, paintings, collages, periodicals, and ephemera that explore fundamental relationships between form and content; seeing and reading; writing and drawing; and the extraordinary occasions when these things and activities fuse, introducing a third element. Poets, artists, and collaborators in this exhibition include Wallace Berman, Joe Brainard, Robert Creeley, Jim Dine, Johanna Drucker, Philip Guston, Joanne Kyger, Emily McVarish, Karen Randall, Larry Rivers, George Schneeman, and many more. www.bookandpaper.org Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:15:52 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#19 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-20.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 8th, 2012 Of Flowers and Autopsies: Making Early Modern Science A Gallery Talk with Northwestern University's Claudia Swan Claudia Swan, associate professor of art history at Northwestern University, discusses the role of botanical and anatomical illustration in the development of the natural sciences as demonstrated in the exhibition Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. Wednesday, February 8, Noon Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe explores the role of celebrated Northern Renaissance artists in scientific discoveries of the 16th century. It is on view through April 8, 2012. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:16:02 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#20 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-21.html Event date: Saturday Feb 11th, 2012 PLAY, CONCENTRATE, REMEMBER: The Interwoven Histories of Latinos and Mainstream USA; 1-3PM with reception following 3-5PM Participate in this free symposium addressing issues of Latinidad in contemporary art and culture. Distinguished scholars engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue on a number of the themes such as: Latino Utopias, the new post-colonial identity, and should the US create a National Museum of the American Latino. Presentations will be made by the following guests moderated by artist, Bibiana Suarez: Delia Cosentino, Juana Goergen, Gilberto Cardenas, Arlene Davila, Maria de los Angeles Torres. For a complete list of topics, bios, times and descriptions see http://www.hydeparkart.org/events. This symposium is held in conjunction with our current exhibition Bibiana Suarez: Memoria (Memory) supported by the Sara Lee Foundation. The reception is sponsored by the Center for Latino Research at DePaul Univ. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:16:02 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#21 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-22.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 15th, 2012 Feast Opening Reception Wednesday, February 15 7:30-9 pm Celebrate the opening of Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. The evening features drinks with artist Tom Marioni as part of his social artwork The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art and a performance by Theaster Gates and the Black Monks of Mississippi. Plus, Michael Rakowitz's Enemy Kitchen (Food Truck) will be parked outside serving regional Iraqi cuisine on paper replicas of Saddam Hussein's china all night long. http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/feast Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:16:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#22 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-23.html Event date: Sunday Feb 12th, 2012 Old Town Art Center is proud to present intaglios by Mary Gehr. Gehr, a longtime resident of Old Town, was a founding artist of the Old Town Art Fair. Reception will be Sunday, February 12, 2-5 pm at the Triangle Center (one block west of Wells and three blocks north of North Ave.). Everyone is welcome. The show will run through March 2. Old Town Art Center http://www.oldtowntriangle.com 1763 N. North Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 312-337-1938 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:16:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#23 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292012-24.html Event date: Friday Feb 17th, 2012 Gallery Swarm Hosts - Master Cuban Painter Pedro Pulido An International Sensation Opening Reception - Friday February 17 2012 7pm - 10-pm Music by DJ Servoe Food and Wine by the Swarm Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:16:08 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/9/2012#24 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162012-1.html Event date: Sunday Feb 19th, 2012 Conversation with the Artist: Bradley Biancardi In the Cleve Carney Gallery Sunday, 3 pm Artist and Art Center Faculty member, Bradley Biancardi talks about his new work presented in the current exhibition "Formless and Devotional." The artist will discuss the paintings, their origin and what's next for his artwork. Questions and comments welcome! This event is free and open to the public. "Bradley Biancardi: Formless and Devotional" is on view until April 1, 2012. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:08:54 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/16/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162012-2.html Event date: Thursday Feb 16th, 2012 The Photography Department of Columbia College Chicago announces its first Lectures inPhotography of the Spring 2012 semester. Noted photographer and filmmaker ARI MARCOPOULOS will give a lecture at 6:00 in CCC's Ferguson Lecture Hall located at 600 South Michigan Avenue on the first floor. Admission is FREE. Ari Marcopoulos was born in Amsterdam and moved to New York in the early 1980s, when he began working as an assistant to Andy Warhol. Artists, snowboarders, musicians, skateboarders, and his own family have been the long term subjects of his deeply intimate and often spontaneous work. He has published over 15 books and zines of his work, and has exhibited extensively thoughout the United State and Europe, including exhibitions at MoMA/ P.S.1, The Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkley Art Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Photografie Museum Amsterdam, among others. His recent publication "Directory" was published by Rizzoli in 2010. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-369-7538 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/16/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162012-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 17th, 2012 ARTIST LECTURE: Sonnenzimmer FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 6:00 P.M. Center for Book and Paper Arts 1104 S. Wabash, room 302 Nadine Nakanishi and Nick Butcher of the design/print partnership Sonnenzimmer will discuss their practice in relation to ultra new technologies like Fonel.cc, an interactive web-based application designed with Sefan Huber of Signalwerk. Bridging the gap between font technology and image the application allows users to design and share a poster both digitally and phyisically using an interactive grid, fonel character set, text and unique export options. Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:13 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/16/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162012-4.html Event date: Friday Mar 2nd, 2012 Rim Lee: "Retrospective" March 1 - March 31, 2012 Opening reception: March 2, 6-8PM. Artist will be present at the reception. kasia kay art projects gallery is pleased to announce our first solo exhibition for Rim Lee entitled "Retrospective." The artist's work finds primary source material within the realms of performance and photography while her oeuvre focuses on the intensity of human emotions. Rim Lee is becoming an important upcoming internationally Korean artist having recently participated in Korean Eye at MAD, NYC, as well as in Korean Eye-Fantastic Ordinary (2010) and Korean Eye-Moon Generation (2009), both at Saatchi Gallery in London. She has also been nominated in 2010 for the Perrier Jouet Award. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:19 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/16/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162012-5.html Event date: Sunday Feb 19th, 2012 Crossing Wires: Technology and Play Exhibition Opening: Sunday, February 19, 1-4 p.m. Curators: Barbara Blades and Debra Tolchinsky Exhibition Runs: February 19 - April 15, 2012 Technology has traditionally been used to make what functions function faster, easier and more efficiently. We expect computers, robots and machines to continue to take over the performance of chores and ramp up the production of goods. But what happens when technology is used for the non-functional, to make what is functional less functional? What happens when technology, especially high technology, is used for art or for play? Selected artists are: Christopher Baker, France Cadet, Chaz Evans, Christopher Furman, Tiffany Holmes, Joseph Kohnke, Ozge Samanci, Dave Tolchinsky and Dan Silverstein, and Toby Zallman. Evanston Art Center http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60201 847-475-5300 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:19 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/16/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162012-6.html Event date: Friday Feb 17th, 2012 Please join us for a reception for Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan in celebration of their exhibition "Living By Example." The reception is this Friday from 6-9pm in the gallery. "Living By Example" is an exhibition focusing on the continued rise and growing popularity of Chicago-based artist-run apartment exhibitions. For this exhibition Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan have created a structure within the confines of a traditional gallery space. "The Franklin," the name given to the structure, is built in the form of a modern shed which, once the exhibition has ended, will reside in the backyard of Soto and Sullivan's home and will act as their version of the common "apartment exhibition" space. On Thursday February 23rd, Catie Olsen and Erik Brown will be giving a talk entitled "Domestic Spaces and Alternative Venues" and Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan will follow with "Artists as Collectors." Northeastern Illinois University Art Gallery http://www.neiu.edu/~art/gal.html 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625 773-442-4944 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:09:19 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/16/2012#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2262012-7.html Event date: Friday Feb 24th, 2012 Three Solos: Iemmolo, DeAno, and Mladenoff. Artists' Reception 6-9 PM Link here for details....http://www.packergallery.com/press/feb24.html Camille Iemmolo is doing a 10 ft high house covered with band-aids! Not the flesh part but the packaging... So it makes a really interesting red, white, and blue pattern. Of course that is only one of the works she is doing... there are many mediums at work here: film, drawing, painting, and sculpture. Nancy Mladenoff's post/folk art painting exploration is thoughtful and charming. Paintings of unknown or might as well be unknown women in the humanities/sciences....mostly from the past but the image featured is Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth. Dana DeAno's work is the quiet element in the show.... She draws in collage with elements like packing tape, little fiber snips, and cotton. Things like that..... Very poetic and elegant. Please join us! Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:51:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/26/2012#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2262012-8.html Event date: Sunday Feb 26th, 2012 On the occasion of the exhibition "In the Spirit of Walser" the Donald Young Gallery, together with the Goethe-Institut Chicago, and with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Consulate Chicago, will host a symposium on Robert Walser at 3 PM on February 26, 2012. The symposium will be held at the Goethe-Institut located at 150 N Michigan Ave #200 Chicago, IL 60601, and will be preceded by a reception for Thomas Schuette at the Donald Young Gallery from noon until 2:30 PM. Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:52:37 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2/26/2012#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-9.html Event date: Thursday Mar 1st, 2012 Gahlberg Gallery/McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Letter to the Night: A new installation by Dana Carter March 1st through April 7th. Opening Reception: Thursday, March 1st, 6pm - 8pm. Dana Carter considers the line between the rituals of observation and material experimentation in the studio. Working across disciplines to blur her interest in light, landscape and language, her work raises questions of movement and communication across a vast distance and reveals that the atmosphere is a faulty lens. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:13:28 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-10.html Event date: Friday Mar 2nd, 2012 Rim Lee: Retrospective March 1 - March 31, 2012 Opening reception: March 2, 6-8PM. Artist will be present at the reception. Retrospective - solo exhibition of new paintings and photographs by Rim Lee. The artist's work finds primary source material within the realms of performance and photography while her oeuvre focuses on the intensity of human emotions. Rim Lee is an important and internationally collected Korean artist having recently participated in Korean Eye at MAD, NYC, as well as in Korean Eye-Fantastic Ordinary (2010) and Korean Eye-Moon Generation (2009), both at Saatchi Gallery in London. She has also been nominated in 2010 for the Perrier Jouet Award. For more information please contact Kasia Kay at info@kasiakaygallery.com Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:13:42 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-11.html Event date: Saturday Mar 3rd, 2012 Alex Olson Selected Coats March 3 - April 21, 2012 Opening, Saturday, March 3, 6-8 pm Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:13:43 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-12.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 29th, 2012 Gallery Talk: Printed Scientific Instruments Suzanne Karr-Schmidt, the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, and Bruce Stephenson, curator at the Adler Planetarium, examine sundials, globes, astrolabes and other navigational and time-keeping devices composed from printed sheets of paper from the exhibition Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. Wednesday, February 29, 6 pm Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:13:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#12 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-13.html Event date: Monday Mar 12th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: MARILYN MINTER Monday, March 12, 6:00 p.m. The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr. Free admission Marilyn Minter's paintings, videos, and photographs explore humanity's search for pleasure by depicting lushly rendered high heels, mouths, or babies. Her recent work, created by placing a pane of glass between herself and her subject, becomes splattered with glistening paint, infusing her hyper-realistically rendered work with oozing abstraction. Her solo exhibitions include Salon 94, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany and the 54th Venice Biennale. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:14:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#13 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-14.html Event date: Thursday Mar 1st, 2012 PANEL DISCUSSION Poems and Artists: Visible Meaning THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 6:00 P.M. 1104, South Wabash, Room 506 Join Kyle Schlesinger, curator of the exhibition Poems and Pictures for a discussion of dynamic collaborations between poets and artists - how word, sequence, and image can combine to become more than the sum of their parts, and how creative partnerships happen. Moderated by Steve Woodall, Director of the Center for Book and Paper Arts, panelists include Don Share, Senior Editor of Poetry magazine, and Lewis Warsh, director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Long Island University. Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:14:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#14 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-15.html Event date: Thursday Mar 1st, 2012 Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond Curated by Neysa Page-Lieberman Public Reception: March 1st, 5-8pm Presented at both A+D Gallery (619 S Wabash) and Glass Curtain Gallery (1104 S Wabash) at Columbia College Chicago this exhibition of Guerrilla Girls, a major presentation of the collective, illuminates and contextualizes the important past and ongoing work of these highly original, provocative and influential artists who champion feminism and social change. A selection of the group's most iconic campaigns and actions from the 80's and 90's foregrounds their most daring and rarely seen international projects, which trace the Guerrilla Girls' artistic and activist influence around the globe. Public Conversation: March 1st, 6:00-7:00 pm, The Conaway Center, 1104 S. A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.369.8687 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:15:02 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#15 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3012012-16.html Event date: Friday Mar 23rd, 2012 Gallery Swarm Hosts Chicago's own Roger Moy Love and why I flunked out of trade school Opening Reception Friday March 23 2012 7pm - 10pm Music by General Election Engines Food and Wine catered by the Swarm www.galleryswarm.com http://www.facebook.com/generalelectionenginges Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:15:07 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/01/2012#16 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/372012-17.html Event date: Sunday Mar 11th, 2012 Conversation with the Artist: Bibiana Suarez Sunday, March 11, 3 pm Wondering what the current exhibition "Memoria (Memory)" is all about? Join exhibiting artist Bibiana Suarez as she explains her latest body of work in the context of her own personal history and larger questions of Latino immigration policy. Contending with questions of latinidad (or the concept of an all-embracing latino identity in the USA), Suarez addresses current issues of cultural identity and synthesis through the playful lens of the famous children's game by the same name. This event is free and open to the public and is held in conjunction with the solo exhibition "Bibiana Suarez: Memoria (Memory)", on view at the Hyde Park Art Center until March 25. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Wed, 7 Mar 2012 05:29:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/7/2012#17 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/372012-18.html Event date: Friday Mar 9th, 2012 The Fine Arts Building Second Fridays Open Studios Friday, March 9, 2012, 5-9 pm The public is invited to tour ten stories of this National Landmark Building, an historic artist's haven since 1898. Special events this month include: 310 International Gallery: Contemporary Photo Exhibit by Andi Lantz Photography,Abstract Paintings by Kim Massa, Handcrafted Artisan Jewelry by Leslie Lantz McBride of Stranded Pearl; 541 Art Exhibition Link/Gallery Uno: Annalee Levin Embroidery and Video Installation; 632F Studio of Tiffany Gholar Oil Paintings by featured guest artist Lessie Vernardo Dixon Fine Arts Building Studios http://www.fineartsbuildingstudios.com 410 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312.339.8415 Wed, 7 Mar 2012 05:29:31 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/7/2012#18 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3102012-19.html Event date: Sunday Mar 11th, 2012 Old Town Art Center is proud to present Carolyn Cronin Hughes. Hughes deconstructs and reassembles books creating low relief wall pieces. Reception will be Sunday, March 11, 2-5 pm at the Triangle Center (one block west of Wells and three blocks north of North Ave.). Everyone is welcome. The show will run through April 5. Old Town Art Center http://www.oldtowntriangle.com 1763 N. North Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 312-337-1938 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:35:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/10/2012#19 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3102012-20.html Event date: Saturday Mar 10th, 2012 IN THE SPIRIT OF WALSER "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present new work by Rosemarie Trockel. The fourth exhibition in a series of work responding to the Swiss writer Robert Walser, the opening will take place during normal business hours on Saturday, March 10, 2012. ROSEMARIE TROCKEL Saturday, March 10 - Saturday, April 7, 2012 GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM - 5:30PM Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:35:45 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/10/2012#20 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3102012-21.html Event date: Friday Mar 9th, 2012 At Artexhibitionlink Gallery UNO opens Annalee Levin's show '.....to a company that made something'. ARTexhibitionlink supports young international art and provides the opportunity for young emerging artists to realize their first solo exhibition in the gallery spaces in Chicago and Berlin . This is the first instructor/student show where instructor/student cooperate to set up an exhibition. Instructor: JIN SOO KIM, School of the Art Institute, Chicago Student: Annalee Levin, MFA candidate School of the Art Institute, Chicago Text and images of the show on www.artexhibitionlink.com During: March 2012 Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday, 2 - 6 pm or by appointment Opening: March 9th, 5 - 9 pm ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 773 301 3895 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:35:54 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/10/2012#21 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-22.html Event date: Thursday Mar 15th, 2012 Jen Heaslip: New Paintings. Opening Reception Thursday March 15, 2012 Yen 5-7 pm. Show runs through April 14. Bert Green Fine Art is pleased to present Jen HeaslipOs fourth solo show, and the first ever solo exhibition at our new Chicago gallery space. Jen Heaslip is a painter of the nude male form; her figures are alluring: mysterious, shadowy, grounded and earthy. Via a dark, almost monocolor palette, these men posit their existence as impassioned participants in the circle of life. The artist has provided no written statement explaining the work N it is meant to be experienced entirely as a visual experience with no mediation, no explanation, no guides. Accompanying the figurative works are a series of very small-scale skycaps. Gallery Hours Wednesday Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:00:50 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#22 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-23.html Event date: Thursday Mar 15th, 2012 Please join us on March 15, 5-7pm for two exhibition receptions: First Generation: A Revolution of Thought, The Arcade, 618 S. Michigan Ave, 2nd floor- A group exhibition that explores the idea of cultural origin and what it means to be the "first" in a family or community to push, question or reinvent familial culture, structure or traditions. Reveal: Secrecy And The Public Sphere, C33 Gallery, 33 E. Congress, 1st floor- This site-specific installation is the result of a collaboration between students of Interior Architecture and Cinema Production Design. With the viewpoint in the focus, students explored ideas around "truth and trust", the outcome being an immersive environment that exhibits the idea of secrecy in the public sphere through a personalized spatial experience. Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces, Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu/deps 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:00:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#23 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-24.html Event date: Friday Mar 16th, 2012 Jason Robert Bell The One Man Army Corpse March 16 - April 28 Mike Nudelman Lookin' Out My Back Door March 16 - April 28 Opens Friday March 16, 6:00 - 8:00PM Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:00 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#24 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-25.html Event date: Friday Mar 16th, 2012 Gallery Y: Joseph Noderer: Ain't No Reason to Hang My Head Gallery X: Nina Rizzo: Mystery Spot Opening Reception: Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 6-9 pm, Show Runs Through April 21, 2012 Linda Warren Projects is proud to present Joseph Noderer's third solo exhibition in the gallery, "Ain't No Reason to Hang my Head" and Nina Rizzo's second solo exhibition "Mystery Spot". "Ain't No Reason to Hang My Head" is a show that fulfills its titles true meaning, as it offers hope in the medium of painting as a tool for reshaping reality, and its ability to not just embrace the solemn or less perfect sides of life, but to transform them into something compellingly haunting and beautiful. Rizzo's work continues to find inspiration in the forms of the natural world to create monumental paintings that lavish in their painterly strength and physicality. Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrenprojects.com 327 North Aberdeen Suite 151 Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:18 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#25 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-26.html Event date: Friday Mar 16th, 2012 Spring Undergraduate Exhibition School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sullivan Galleries March 17-April 4 Reception: Friday, March 16, 7:00-9:00 p.m. More than 200 SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees this spring exhibit their innovative work in a variety of media. SAIC promotes crossing disciplines and challenging received assumptions, and the results of this approach are showcased in this exhibition. Sullivan Galleries School of the Art Institue of Chicago http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 S. State Street 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:23 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#26 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-27.html Event date: Thursday Mar 15th, 2012 Triple Canopy Publication IN THE EXPANDED FIELD (Public Lecture) Thursday, March 15, 7pm Ferguson Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave. Triple Canopy is an online magazine, workspace, and platform for editorial and curatorial activities. Working collaboratively with writers, artists, and researchers, Triple Canopy facilitates projects that engage the Internet's specific characteristics as a public forum and as a medium, one with its own evolving practices of reading and viewing, economies of attention, and modes of interaction. In doing so, Triple Canopy is charting an expanded field of publication, drawing on the history of print culture while acting as a hub for the exploration of emerging forms and the public spaces constituted around them. Presented by the Interdisciplinary Arts Dept Visiting Artist Program. Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:23 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#27 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-28.html Event date: Wednesday Mar 28th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: BRENT GREEN Wednesday, March 28, 6:00 p.m. The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr. Lecture, Live Musical Performance, Screening of Animated Shorts Free admission Brent Green is a visual artist, filmmaker, and storyteller. His rickety, folk/punk style has taken many forms. He will screen animated shorts, including "Too Many Men Strange Fates Are Given," which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, with live narration and live musical accompaniment by members of Califone and Iron and Wine. Green's film "Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then" was just acquired by MoMA. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:23 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#28 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3182012-29.html Event date: Saturday Mar 17th, 2012 Utopias and Dystopias A Film Screening and Live Dance Performance by Synapse Arts Studio 7, 1-4 pm Current artist-in-residence at the Hyde Park Art Center, Sarah Best presents a series of dance films she curated on the topic of Utopias and Dystopias. The films will play interspersed with a live dance performance entitled "Diamonds and Mines" by Synapse Arts. Different every time it's performed, this live amplification of dancing humans can only be experienced first-hand. Synapse Arts is a Chicago-based performance group that focuses on developing new works and new artists through a laboratory process involving improvisation, feedback, and multimedia collaboration. This event is held in conjunction with Dance Films Kino, a free admission festival (March 4 - 25) celebrating innovative collaborations between movement artists, activists, and filmmakers at the Art Center. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:01:27 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/18/2012#29 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3192012-1.html Event date: Sunday Mar 25th, 2012 Tour with Curator John Mckinnon Sunday, March 25th, 3 pm, Free! Explore the exhibition "Someone Else's Dream" with curator John Mckinnon. Don't miss this chance to get an inside view of the curatorial process! Featuring work from the original Hairy Who artists as well as contemporary artists, "Someone Else's Dream" presents a vibrant mix of works that boldly blur reality and fiction. The exhibition is filled with references to high and low art, the recognizable human form and the psychological realm. Exhibiting artists include: Arturo Herrera, Richard Hull, Jose Lerma, Hector Madera-Gonzalez, Martin McMurray, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Christina Ramberg, Peter Saul and T.L. Solien. This event is free and open to the public. "Someone Else's Dream" will be on display until May 6, 2012. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:18:21 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/19/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3272012-2.html Event date: Wednesday Mar 28th, 2012 Chicago artist, Dana Carter will talk about her work Wednesday March 28th at 11am in the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage. The talk is in conjunction with her exhibition "Letter to the Night" in the Gahlberg Gallery that runs through April 7. The talk is free and open to everyone. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:42:12 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/27/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3272012-3.html Event date: Thursday Apr 5th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: KELLIE JONES: "EyeMinded; the lives of a curator" Thursday, April 5, 6:00 p.m. SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr. Free admission Dr. Kellie Jones is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. Her writings have appeared in Artforum, Flash Art, and Third Text. Dr. Jones's book EyeMinded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art was named one of the top art books of 2011 by Publishers Weekly. She has also worked as a curator with more than 25 major national and international exhibitions to her credit, including "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980," for the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:42:16 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/27/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3272012-4.html Event date: Sunday Mar 25th, 2012 Gene Siskel Film Center premieres "Gerhard Richter Painting" Sun, Mar 25, 2:45pm and Wed, Mar 28, 8:15 pm Often considered the greatest living painter, Richter is notoriously camera-averse and taciturn...which makes it all the more remarkable that director Corinna Belz was given unprecedented access to film this up-close documentary over a period of three years. She patiently gets Richter to open up about his art and life, including a moving recollection of his complete break from his East German past. But the most astounding revelations are done silently, with squeegee in hand, as we watch him evolve two new paintings in a never-ending process of dissatisfaction and revision. Gene Siskel Film Center http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org 164 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60601 312-846-2800 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:42:18 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/27/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3272012-5.html Event date: Wednesday Mar 28th, 2012 Dana Carter's artist talk at College of DuPage has been CANCELLED. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:44:45 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/27/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3302012-6.html Event date: Saturday Mar 31st, 2012 Undergraduate Thesis Performances School of the Art Institute of Chicago 280 South Columbus Drive, room 012 (lower level) Saturday, March 31 at 7 pm Experience new performance art projects by students completing their BFA degrees at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Featuring work by: Kaley Cross, Jess Mazza, Lauren McCarthy, and Joey Moran Guest MCs: Stephanie M. Acosta and Meghan Moe Beitiks Free and open to the public. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:50:04 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/30/2012#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3302012-7.html Event date: Saturday Apr 7th, 2012 Katherine Desjardins Solo Project: A Provisional Proposition April 5-10, 2012 Performance/Reception with the artist: Saturday, April 7, 5-7pm. Desjardins creates a site-specific drawing/performance at the intersection of art, meat, and commerce. Her Chicago debut/performance/mashup on Saturday April 7th brings together a trio of meat packers and a 100-foot drawing with the intention to delight and confound. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:50:09 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/30/2012#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3302012-8.html Event date: Saturday Mar 31st, 2012 Afternoon Reception: 1 - 4 PM this Saturday. Show also extended one week till the 7th of April. Mladenoff, DeAno, and Iemmolo. The train station is almost done... They are talking June 1st.... Then you can take the Green Line right to my door..... Here's a link for images of the great Band-Aid house by Camille Iemmolo, and I've decided that Dana DeAno is the Richard Tuttle of the obscure landscape collage... and that Nancy Mladenoff is the most high concept folk portrait painter I know! Also in the link are notes on a Renee McGinnis show at Lula Cafe, and a show at Elmhurst Art Museum by Peggy Macnamara. http://www.packergallery.com/press/march31.html Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:50:24 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3/30/2012#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-9.html Event date: Saturday Apr 7th, 2012 Katherine Desjardins Solo Project: A Provisional Proposition April 5-10, 2012 Performance/Reception with the artist: Saturday, April 7, 5-7pm. Desjardins creates a site-specific drawing/performance at the intersection of art, meat, and commerce. Her Chicago debut/performance/mashup on Saturday April 7th brings together a trio of meat packers and a 100-foot drawing with the intention to delight and confound. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:13:47 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-10.html Event date: Wednesday Apr 18th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: PEARL FRYAR Wednesday, April 18, 6:00 p.m. SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr. Free admission Pearl Fryar is a sculptor who uses live plant material to create original, elegantly abstract forms of topiary. Self-taught, he takes risks which are outside the normal bounds of horticulture, and has been said to "tame trees." Born in 1939 in rural North Carolina, Fryar came of age in the racially segregated South. After college, military duty, and working for 36 years at a soda can factory, his garden has brought him the most satisfaction. It is a Preservation Project of the Garden Conservancy, a national not-for-profit that preserves exceptional American gardens. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:13:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-11.html Event date: Friday Apr 13th, 2012 Hello...3 Solos: Artists' Reception: Friday, April 13, 2012, 5 to 8 PM Paul Lamantia / Global Blindness / Lamantia's paintings are in a constant state of flux where narrative and psychological possibilities are set in motion and clairvoyant and hallucinatory occurrences can become painted realities. Matthew Cox / Heartthrobs and Avatars / Redefinition and combination of materials motivates Cox to create embroidered x-rays. By joining the cold, blue, medically technical plastic of the x-ray with the colorful, decorative and tactile embroidery thread, each is removed from its original intention and creates a new entity. Brett Eberhardt / Plain Sight / The imagery in Eberhardt's paintings invite the type of reflection that occurs when one slowly observes one's surroundings and realizes the human activity, both intentional and unintentional, that led to the current physical state of an interior space and the objects within it. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:50 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#11 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-12.html Event date: Saturday Apr 14th, 2012 IN THE SPIRIT OF WALSER "We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see so much." The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present new work by Tacita Dean and Mark Wallinger on April 14, 2012. The exhibition will be the fifth in a series responding to the writings of Robert Walser's "Microscripts". TACITA DEAN and MARK WALLINGER Saturday, April 14 - May 12, 2012 11AM -5:30PM GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday: 9:30AM - 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM - 5:30PM Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#12 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-13.html Event date: Saturday Apr 28th, 2012 Doug Garafolo Memorial Event April 28, 4 - 7 pm, Free! The Hyde Park Art Center is honored to host a public memorial celebrating the life and work of visionary architect Doug Garofalo. The organization is especially grateful to Doug for his Chicago AIA- and Driehaus Award-winning design of the Art Center facility - a design which demonstrated Garofalo's nuanced understanding of the Art Center's core values. Doug's tremendous contributions to architecture in Chicago will remain the remarkable legacy of an extraordinary man and a stunning career. Join us to celebrate his memory while enjoying one of the spaces he created. This event is free and open to the public. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:15:58 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#13 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-14.html Event date: Friday Apr 13th, 2012 ARTBASH 2012: Contemporary Practices Exhibition School of the Art Institute of Chicago 280 South Columbus Drive April 14-27 Reception: Friday, April 13, 4:30-7:00 p.m. Performances: Friday, April 13, 7-8 p.m. In this end-of-year exhibition first-year students from the Department of Contemporary Practices have the opportunity to propose and create site-specific work to be presented in and around SAIC's Columbus building. The April 13 reception is accompanied by live performances beginning at 7 pm. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:16:04 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#14 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-15.html Event date: Friday Apr 13th, 2012 At ARTexhibitonlink Gallery UNO opens Matthew Groves show 'Harvest' - new work created in response to the event of 9/11. Matthew Groves is teaching at Loyola, Department of Fine Arts and Performing Arts, Lake Shore Campus and is participating in ARTexhibitionlink's Instructor/Student shows. He will introduce one of his students in the comming month. Text and images of the show on www.artexhibitionlink.com During: April 2012 Gallery hours: Saturdays 2 - 6 pm and by appointment Tel. and Info. 773 508 2690 ARTExhibionLink - Gallery UNO Chicago http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 773 301 3895 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:16:11 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#15 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-16.html Event date: Sunday Apr 15th, 2012 Old Town Art Center is proud to present Shared Studios, Shared Lives. Paintings and drawings by Carol and Phillip Renaud hang side by side as they were created. This tribute is to honor Phillip, a long-time much revered instructor at the Old Town Art Center who passed away some months ago, and his wife, Carol. The reception will be Sunday, April 15, 2-5 pm at the Triangle Center (one block west of Wells and three blocks north of North Ave.). Everyone is welcome. The show will run through April. Old Town Art Center http://www.oldtowntriangle.com 1763 N. North Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 312-337-1938 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:16:14 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#16 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-17.html Event date: Friday Apr 13th, 2012 Hebru Brantley - Trapped in What I Made Believe April 12 - May 12, 2012 Opening reception: April 13, 6-8 pm. We are pleased to announce the gallery's first solo exhibition by Hebru Brantley, "Trapped in What I Made Believe". Working in two and three dimensions with paint and found objects, the Bronzeville-native explores personal and cultural memory. His work delves into political and social issues with a conscious focus on playful insight and the optimism and possibilities of youth. Recognized nationally for public works and solo shows in Chicago, Hebru Brantley has exhibited in Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, and was most recently featured in the Fountain and Pool fairs in March 2012. Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery http://www.kasiakaygallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, IL 60607 312-944-0408 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:16:14 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#17 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-18.html Event date: Tuesday Apr 24th, 2012 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program Presents: TEHCHING HSIEH Tuesday, April 24, 6:00 p.m. The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr. Free admission Born in Taiwan in 1950, Tehching Hsieh began work on his iconic series of One Year Performances starting in the late 1970s. Using long durations, making art and life simultaneous, Hsieh spent one year locked in a cage, one year punching a time clock every hour, one year completely outdoors, and one year tied to another person. For his final performance, Thirteen Year Plan, Hsieh intentionally retreated from the art world between 1986-99. Since 2000, Hsieh has exhibited and lectured in North and South America, Asia, and Europe. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Visiting Artists Program http://www.saic.edu/vap 37 S. Wabash Ave., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-899-5185 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:16:14 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#18 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4122012-19.html Event date: Sunday Apr 15th, 2012 Please join us for a panel discussion at the Evanston Art Center on April 15th from 1-5 p.m. New Art Examiner co-founder Derek Guthrie and an intergenerational panel of local art writers discuss the historical significance and future of art criticism in Chicago. The dialogue will touch upon the current discourses of modern and postmodern approaches to art criticism, art writing, new arts journalism, institutional authority and influence (art schools, art museums, etc.) as well as contemporary art strategies that are shaping culture now. The perceived goal of this event is to establish certain histories and commonalities that can move our city forward. Panelists currently include: Kathryn Born, W. Keith Brown, William Conger, Andrew Falkowski, Derek Guthrie, Annie Markovich, Bert Stabler, Diane Thodos, and Lauren Weinberg Evanston Art Center http://www.evanstonartcenter.org/ 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60201 847-475-5300 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:16:27 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/12/2012#19 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4182012-20.html Event date: Thursday Apr 19th, 2012 Scott Horsley: Natural History April 19 < May 18, 2012 ArtistOs Reception Saturday April 28, 2012 Yen 4<7 pm Gallery hours are Wednesday Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:57:24 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/18/2012#20 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4182012-21.html Event date: Sunday Apr 22nd, 2012 Exhibition Reception for "Hairy Blob" Sunday, April 22, 3 - 5 pm Curated by Adelheid Mers, "Hairy Blob" features work by: Becky Alprin, Nadav Assor, Deborah Boardman, Lauren Carter, Ashley Hunt in collaboration with Taisha Paggett, Sarah FitzSimons, Judith Leemann, Kirsten Leenaars, Faheem Majeed and Emily Newman. Design contributions by Tristan Sterk, Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook. Join many of the artists and the curator from the exhibition "Hairy Blob" in celebrating their latest achievements. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public. Hairy Blob is on view until July 29, 2012. Please visit www.hairyblob.net for an impressive list of performances and events as well as lively discussion about the show. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:58:26 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/18/2012#21 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4182012-22.html Event date: Friday Apr 20th, 2012 Interdisciplinary Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition PUBLIC OPENING: Friday, April 20, 5-7PM On view through MAY 17, 2012 The MFA Thesis Exhibition features projects by students graduating in the Interdisciplinary Arts Department. Work on view will represent book and paper practices, performance and media. Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Temple Jantu-tu Cunningham, Jenny Louise Garnett, Michelle Graves, Michael Chad St. John Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts Kaitlin A. Kostus, April Llewellyn, Daniel Anthony Lubniewski, C.J. Mace, Trisha Martin, Haley K. Nagy, Amy J. Rabas, Don Widmer Center for Book and Paper Arts (Columbia College Chicago) http://www.bookandpaper.org 1104 South Wabash Ave 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 312-639-6630 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:58:32 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/18/2012#22 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4182012-23.html Event date: Thursday Apr 19th, 2012 LAUREL NAKADATE will be presenting the final Lectures in Photography of the spring semester on Thursday, April 19 at 6:00 PM in Columbia College's Ferguson Lecture Hall, located at 600 S. Michigan Avenue, 1st floor. Admission in FREE to CCC students, staff and the general public. Laurel Nakadate has received widespread critical acclaim for for photography and film based work. Her work was recently featured in a one person exhibition at MoMA/P.S. 1, "Laurel Nakadate: Only the Lonely," and has appeared in museums and galleries worldwide. Nakadate is known for her works in video, photography, and feature-length film, which examine issues of voyeurism, loneliness, the manipulative power of the camera, and the urge to connect with others, through, within, and apart from technology and the media. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-369-7538 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:58:32 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/18/2012#23 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4222012-24.html Event date: Saturday May 5th, 2012 Symposium: Of Hospitality Saturday, May 5 Dig into questions about hospitality in the realm of art and culture during this day-long symposium that combines discussions, performances, and meals. Highlights include the premiere of The Identical Lunch Symphony by Alison Knowles * Food trucks that blur the line between culinary experience and art * Keynote lecture "To All Those Who Set the Stage" by critic and theorist Jan Verwoert * Dinner reception created by Soup and Bread Chicago * And much more! RSVP for FREE at http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/symposium Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:41:43 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/22/2012#24 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4222012-25.html Event date: Saturday Apr 28th, 2012 Scott Horsley: Natural History: April 19 < May 18, 2012 ArtistOs Reception Saturday April 28, 2012, 4<7 pm Gallery Hours Wednesday Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:41:50 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/22/2012#25 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4222012-26.html Event date: Friday Apr 27th, 2012 Gallery Swarm is proud to host Chicago's own Chris Thiel Opening Reception Friday April 27 7-10pm Her works of imaginary painted mixed collage is very unique, whimsical, edgy and personal to the artist. Wine a Hor' dourves by the Swarm See you then Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:41:50 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/22/2012#26 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4282012-27.html Event date: Friday Apr 27th, 2012 April 27 - June 15, 2012 Gallery Y and Gallery O: Tom Torluemke: Ring Around The Rosie Gallery X: Jeriah Hildwine: Living Dead Girls Opening Reception: Friday, April 27, 2012, 6-9pm Linda Warren Projects is excited to announce the opening of two first time solo exhibitions at the gallery - Tom Torluemke's "Ring Around the Rosie", in Gallery Y and O, and Jeriah Hildwine's "Living Dead Girls" in Gallery X. In these wildly fantastical shows, both artists push the boundaries of their imaginations, mediums, and skills, to a dizzying breadth and depth. Ascribing their influences to both the personal and cultural, they flirt with a gamut of emotions and ideas and employ fully intended mechanisms to engage the viewer in an extraordinarily powerful visual experience. Full of awe and humor, passion and violence, beauty and ugliness, hope and despair - their underlying stories, whether based in reality or merely in fantasy, expound on universals that relate to us all. Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrenprojects.com 327 North Aberdeen Suite 151 Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:21:24 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/28/2012#27 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4282012-28.html Event date: Saturday Apr 28th, 2012 IMPACT: Graduate Performance Festival Saturday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. - program repeats - Sunday, April 29, 7:00 p.m. Performance Space, 280 S. Columbus Dr., room 012 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Free and open to the public Graduate students completing their degrees at SAIC present their live performance thesis works, which cross the borders of theater, movement, and the visual arts, and collectively present a vision of the next wave of performance art. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 South State Street School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:21:29 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/28/2012#28 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4282012-29.html Event date: Friday Apr 27th, 2012 2012 MFA Exhibition Sullivan Galleries School of the Art Institute of Chicago April 28 - May 16 Reception: Friday, April 27, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Free and open to the public A must-see presentation of the next generation of artists and designers, this exhibition features work by more than 130 students completing their MFA degrees at SAIC. Guest curators Steven Bridges, grupa o.k. (Julian Myers and Joanna Szupinska), Tumelo Mosaka, and Pablo Helguera transform the galleries into series of visual encounters and unconventional experiences. Sullivan Galleries School of the Art Institue of Chicago http://www.saic.edu/exhibitions 33 S. State Street 7th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 312.629.6635 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:21:29 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/28/2012#29 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4282012-30.html Event date: Sunday Apr 29th, 2012 Jon Pestoni works on paper April 29 - June 10, 2012 Opening, Sunday, April 29, 2-4 pm ****Please note, this exhibition is at the Oak Park location Shane Campbell Gallery 125 N. Harvey Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302 Shane Campbell Gallery http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com 673 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60642 312-226-2223 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:22:29 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/4/28/2012#30 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/522012-1.html Event date: Friday May 4th, 2012 LAURA FAYER Treasure SARAH HICKS The Earth is Blue Like an Orange May 4 - June 2, 2012 Opens May 4, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 27 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607 812-345-1886 Wed, 2 May 2012 06:04:03 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/2/2012#1 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/572012-2.html Event date: Friday May 18th, 2012 Join us at the Swarm for the Struggle Series Sculpture by Peter Dallos Opening Reception May 18th 7pm-10pm http://www.galleryswarm.com/master-page-7 www.galleryswarm.com DJ Servoe http://www.djservoe.com/ playing jazz greats Gallery Swarm http://www.galleryswarm.com 2902 N Clark St Part of Olson Rug Chicago, IL 60657 708.583.1255 Mon, 7 May 2012 08:26:30 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/7/2012#2 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/572012-3.html Event date: Wednesday May 9th, 2012 Special Gallery Talk by Exhibition Curator, Doug Stapleton Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection exhibtion Noon to 12:45 p.m. Please join us for a curator gallery talk of the Figurism exhibition. Figurism brings together historical and contemporary artwork from the museum collection that emphasizes the power and the range of the narrative and expressive figure in Midwest art. Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/chicago/exhibtions.html 100 W. Randolph Suite 2-100 Chicago, IL 60601 312-814-5322 Mon, 7 May 2012 08:26:43 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/7/2012#3 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5122012-4.html Event date: Thursday May 10th, 2012 Brooks Cashbaugh: Demotic Emolument (of The People, a reward for Good Work) May 12 - July 7, 2012 artist's reception, Thursday, May 10th, 5-7pm "There is a spirit in the figures from history that seems to be forgotten. Many of their names are little known or unknown and I think that's a problem. The legacies of figures are ripe for revival. It's time to look back at these icons with new eyes in hopes of inspiring new ideas and spurring new actions. The paintings seek to remind us of these forgotten currents of American identity by utilizing the misused or overlooked elements of different forms of visual art that compliment the ideals of these figures." Brooks Cashbaugh, April 2012 peter miller gallery http://www.petermillergallery.com 118 N Peoria Chicago, IL 60607 312-226-5291 Sat, 12 May 2012 03:49:42 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/12/2012#4 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5122012-5.html Event date: Saturday May 12th, 2012 On Saturday May 12 from Noon to 5:00pm we will be participating in EXPLORE FULTON MARKET. It's a great day and more than just galleries are participating. Tour Chicago's original produce district situated between Green and Racine Streets, Kinzie and Randolph. The Green Line "EL" Stop at Morgan is almost done. June 1st is the happy guess. This is literally in front of our gallery. We will now be the gateway to all things West Loop! Lake St. is going back to a 2-way and there will better parking in the hood again. Artist Matthew Cox was mentioned as one of the must sees at Pulse NYC this past week on Art Observer. Blogged in the NYC Daily News and Paul Klein's ARTLETTER. We have 11 works here at the gallery. Matthew Cox's show along with Paul Lamantia and Brett Eberhardt are up through May 26th and their images are up on our site as well. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Sat, 12 May 2012 03:50:39 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/12/2012#5 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5212012-6.html Event date: Wednesday May 16th, 2012 The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by James Welling. Opening reception, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 5 to 7PM GALLERY HOURS Tuesday-Friday: 9:30AM to 5:30PM Saturday: 11AM to 5:30PM The reception is free and open to the public. If you would like more information, please contact Emily Letourneau at 312.322.3600 or gallery@donaldyoung.com. Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 224 S Michigan Avenue Suite 266 Chicago, IL 60604 312.322.3600 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:54:27 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/21/2012#6 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5212012-7.html Event date: Friday May 18th, 2012 Teiji Hayama : Inno-scents May 18th - June 2012 Opening reception: May 18th, 6-8 pm The EC Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by Japanese artist Teiji Hayama in "Inno-Scents".Please join us for the opening night reception on Friday, May 18th, 6 pm - 8pm. For his exhibition at the EC Gallery Hayama will present a selection of new works, including oil paintings and a works on paper. The works depict young girls evolving into women. They represent messengers whose glassy, ambiguous gazes remind the viewer of the importance of life. The portraits are pure and uncovered. Nudity is not nakedness, but a form of innocence - one and unique entity showing the purest essence of the human being. EC Gallery http://www.ec-gallery.com 215 N. Aberdeen Chicago, IL 60607 312-850-0924 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:55:27 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/21/2012#7 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5212012-8.html Event date: Friday May 18th, 2012 Gene Siskel Film Center presents "Gerhard Richter Painting" One week only - May 18-24 "Gerhard Richter Painting" is a documentary about the art and life of the Richter, often considered the greatest living painter. Notoriously camera-averse and taciturn, he opens up about his art and life, including a moving recollection of his complete break from his East German past. Most revealing is the artist at work as he creates two new paintings in a never-ending process of dissatisfaction and revision that compellingly illustrates his credo that "painting is another form of thinking." Gene Siskel Film Center http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org 164 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60601 312-846-2800 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:55:51 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/21/2012#8 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5212012-9.html Event date: Monday May 21st, 2012 Fluids @ The Block Northwestern's Department of Art Theory and Practice Reinvents a Happening by Allan Kaprow Monday, May 21, 1 to 4 pm DURING THREE HOURS, TWO CUBIC STUCTURES OF ICE BLOCKS (MEASURING ABOUT 10 FEET LONG, 10 WIDE, AND 8 HIGH EACH) WILL BE BUILT AT THE BLOCK MUSEUM. THEIR WALLS ARE UNBROKEN. THEY ARE LEFT TO MELT. Those interested in participating should meet outside The Block Museum at noon. Participants include artist and professor Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, his students, and possibly you. You can also come to watch or explore the cubes when they are done. tinyurl.com/fluidsnu Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:56:15 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/21/2012#9 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5212012-10.html Event date: Friday May 25th, 2012 Feasting Across Time: Hospitality and Feasts in the Ancient World a free lunch-hour talk by Geoff Emberling Friday, May 25, 12 pm Throughout our long history, feasts have taken many different forms within cultural traditions. In this free talk, archaeologist Geoff Emberling explores a range of banquets in early Mesopotamia and asks whether these ancient feasts continue to inform politics and food in the more recent history of the Middle East. Presented in conjunction with Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, on view at the Smart Museum through June 10. Free. Space is limited. Please register at http://bit.ly/JOLnXE Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:56:18 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/21/2012#10 http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5212012-11.html Event date: Saturday May 26th, 2012 Ansel Adams: Los Angeles May 24 < June 30, 2012 Opening Reception Saturday May 26, 2012, 3<7 pm Bert Green Fine Art is honored to present, in association with drkrm in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), Ansel Adams Los Angeles, rarely seen photographs that reveal the lost landscape and lifestyle of a prewar Los Angeles. These nostalgic images from the archives of The Los Angeles Public Library Ansel Adams Collection represent Ansel Adams as a photojournalist on assignment for Fortune Magazine in 1940. All prints are available for sale, and 3 images have been made into inexpensive posters for $20. Details at http://bgfa.us/anseladams Bert Green Fine Art http://www.bgfa.us 8 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60603 312-434-7544 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:56:33 CST http://www.artscope.net/VANews/5/21/2012#11