http://www.artscope.net/ Gallery Announcements, Events and Press Links through ArtScope.net en-us Copyright 2008 ArtScope.net. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:17:49 CST Mon, 12 May 2008 11:17:49 CST editor@artscope.net http://www.artscope.net/images/asnamelogosm.gif http://www.artscope.net/ The Website for the Visual Fine Arts http://www.artscope.net/VANews/192008-6.html Event date: Friday Jan 11th, 2008 Opening Reception 6-9 pm for RUIJUN SHEN'S first solo exhibition, "A Fire Which Burns" Project Space: Academy Records Show runs through February 16th, 2008 In this new series of paintings, drawings, animation and installation, Shen combines traditional Chinese painting methods and style with her experiences from Western culture. Shen writes in her artist statement, "In my paintings, I use incense to burn the silk. The burnt holes suggest absence yet become the most remarkable marks. Burning represents an action of violence; by arranging the marks into a density, they become pretty auras." Academy Records is a co-operative endeavor between Stephen Lacy and a revolving group of visual artists, musicians, and writers whose work is based around the idea of system-specificity and includes vinyl records, Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrengallery.com 1052 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:59:42 CST 192008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/192008-7.html Event date: Wednesday Jan 9th, 2008 Talk Back: Culture and Space At the Hyde Park Art Center Wednesday, January 9, 6-8pm The Art Center hosts the third and last panel discussion with exhibiting artists Mary Brogger, Paula White, and Mendez Harold from the current exhibition Consuming War. Moderated by curator Barbara Koenen, "Talk Back: Culture and Space" aims to consider how each of the artists reference and are inspired by cultural phenomena, and create environments that narrate different experiences of space. This event and admission to the Art Center is free and open to the public. Also this Sunday, January 12, join us for Fun for All, our quarterly free, fun day of family activities! 12-4pm. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:59:59 CST 192008-7.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/192008-8.html Event date: Sunday Jan 13th, 2008 Old Town Art Center is proud to present "Layers of Color", an exhibition of engaging quilted works by Leslie Riley and art cloth by Maggie Weiss. Technical pirouettes combine with the vision of some of the best abstract painters. Reception will be Sunday, January 13, 2-5 pm at the Triangle Center (one block west of Wells and three blocks north of North Ave.). Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. The show will run through January 31. Old Town Art Center http://www.oldtowntriangle.com 1763 N. North Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 312-337-1938 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:59:59 CST 192008-8.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/192008-9.html Event date: Friday Jan 11th, 2008 ARTexhibitionLink's Gallery UNO is participating in the 2nd Friday event at the Fine Arts Building with the artist reception of John Zilewicz solo show "Twisted". "This work was conceived from my interest and familiarity with the figure. I wanted to offer my response to the complex living machine, particularly the human anatomy. Spawned from a central twist, my images deal with grotesque, entangled masses of fleshy matter. Constantly pulling, twisting and stretching, trying to fight their way free from the confines of their captor....." John Zilewicz During: Jan 1 - 31 , 2008 Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays 2 - 6 pm Artist Reception: Friday 11th, 4 - 8 pm Tel./Info. 708 612 1273 ARTExhibionLink.com http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 847 977 0526 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 08:00:05 CST 192008-9.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1102008-1.html Event date: Friday Jan 11th, 2008 PORTIA HEIN January 11 - February 23, 2008 opening reception January 11, 6-9 P.M. Tony Wight / Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of work by Los Angeles-based artist Portia Hein, her first with the gallery. Hein's paintings and watercolors address the poetics that frame our relationship with nature. http://www.bodybuilderandsportsman.com/public-html/current.html Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery http://www.bodybuilderandsportsman.com 119 N. Peoria St Chicago, IL 60607 312-492-7261 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:23:13 CST 1102008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1102008-2.html Event date: Friday Jan 11th, 2008 William Betts -SAFE- January 11-February 23, 2008 artist's reception 5-8pm Friday, January 11 Gallery hours Tue-Sat 10-5:30 Betts explores the sociological and philosophical implications of surveillance in contemporary society with this series of paintings based on found and staged surveillance from a variety of sources. We now live in a world in which surveillance is widely used as both a deterrent and for social control. We have all seen these low res images and inevitably their narrative is not benign. So, when confronted with an image of an anonymous jogger in a park, or an individual with a backpack walking down a corridor, we become alert to a perceived threat. In a world where our safety has become color coded, these paintings toy with our senses, play with our conditioned responses, and their mechanical nature intensifies the pervasive chill of institutional voyeurism. peter miller gallery http://www.petermillergallery.com 118 N Peoria Chicago, IL 60607 312-226-5291 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:23:33 CST 1102008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1102008-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 11th, 2008 Opening at FLATFILEgalleries on January 11th, 2008, 5-9pm Sub-Conscious Loop with paintings by Rhonda Wheatley and sculpture by Lacey Pipher. Still Here with photography and sculpture by Dennis Kowalski. Zendo with photography by Prabir Purkayastha. Courtesy of Bodhi Gallery, NY. Delhi/Varanasi with photography by Nandita Raman and silks from Varanasi, India. FLATFILE http://www.flatfilegalleries.com 217 N Carpenter Chicago, IL 60607 312.491.1190 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:23:33 CST 1102008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1112008-1.html Event date: Sunday Jan 13th, 2008 Hello again... This message is a separate reminder that we will have a book signing with Clive Barker starting at 1 PM and going till at least 3 PM. You have to purchase a book to get it signed and he will sign 2 other items. We will have plenty of his new book, Mister B. Gone. This event is held in conjunction with Barbara's Bookstores. Entrance is free. Clive Barker's reception is still occuring tonite, Friday, January 11 from 5 - 9 PM. This event is also free. A detailed link to all the events follows. There is also a screening of Hellraiser at midnite on Saturday at the Music Box Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at the door. http://www.packergallery.com/ezine/003/psez003.html Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:15:50 CST 1112008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1112008-2.html Event date: Friday Jan 11th, 2008 SEUNG WOOK SIM Black Gravity Mixed Media Constructions/Installations Exhibition Dates: January 11 - February 2, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday January 11th from 5:30 to 8:00pm Carl Hammer Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of work by Sueng Wook Sim. Mr. Sim's current work consists almost exclusively of the production of constructions made entirely of black hot gun glue. Seung Wook Sim's art work defies traditional definition. It is, rather,a production of massivity in art where the end goal is to draw out of the process of creation, energy, atmosphere, the power of the sublime. Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60610 312.266.8512 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:16:05 CST 1112008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1112008-3.html Event date: Saturday Jan 12th, 2008 The group show "Bright" at I space has been extended through January 26th. Artists include Jo Hormuth, Cheonae Kim, Marcus Linnenbrink, John Phillips, and Eric Tucker. I space http://www.ispace.uiuc.edu 230 West Superior Street Second Floor Chicago, IL 60610 312.587.9976 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:16:08 CST 1112008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1142008-4.html Event date: Friday Jan 18th, 2008 January 18 - February 16, 2008 Opening reception: Friday, January 18 from 5-8pm This body of work is about experiencing a spiritual state through the contemplation of the aesthetic sublime found in the complex living structures of trees and our relationship to them. In Harbinger landscape paintings and drawings expand already vast night skies by the juxtaposition of colorful flora and rich painterly reflections on the distance that exists between the two. Sabraw is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Art at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he lives with his wife and daughter. This exhibition celebrates ten years of Sabraw exhibiting with the McCormick Gallery. Thomas McCormick Gallery http://www.thomasmccormick.com 835 West Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607 312-226-6800 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:31:45 CST 1142008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1142008-5.html Event date: Saturday Jan 19th, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *FREE guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Schneider Gallery will lead the tour to: Byron Roche Gallery, Maya Polsky Gallery, Judy A Saslow Gallery and Schneider Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:32:03 CST 1142008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162008-1.html Event date: Wednesday Jan 16th, 2008 Consuming Culture: Panel discussion at the Hyde Park Art Center Wednesday, January 16, 3-5 pm, FREE! Join Dr. Donny George Youkhanna, former Director of the National Museum of Iraq, McQuire Gibson, Professor of Mesopotamian Art at the University of Chicago, and artist Michael Rakowitz for a conversation about the effects of war on art and culture. The panelist will present their latest projects and experiences with the artifacts lost, looted or missing from the National Museum of Iraq. Sponsored by the American Academic Research Institute in Iraq, the discussion is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Consuming War, on view through January 20. Sunday, January 20th, 2-4 pm don't miss "Reading from the Factory Floor". Artist Ellen Rothenberg and a team of cultural workers will produce bundles of recycled camouflage clothing in an effort to "get camo off the streets!" while writers read new works responding to war, consumption, and the exhibition. Event co-sponsored by The Poetry Center of Chicago. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:58:28 CST 1162008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162008-2.html Event date: Friday Jan 25th, 2008 ANNE WILSON: Portable City, Notations, Wind-Up Opening reception: Friday January 25, 2008 5pm-7:30pm Wind-Up: Walking the Warp performance: January 21 - January 25, 10am-4pm Rhona Hoffman Gallery is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by Chicago based artist Anne Wilson. For this exhibition, Wilson presents sculpture, image/sound based works, and performance through three interrelated projects: Portable City, Notations (a Shawn Decker collaboration), and Wind-Up. Preceding the opening of this exhibition, a collaborative team will perform Walking the Warp, the first action of Wind-Up. This performance will convert the front space of the gallery into a five day experience of walking, counting, rolling, and winding as Wilson and nine collaborators engage in the rhythmic act of building a 40-yard weaving warp on a 17 x 7 foot frame. Walking the Warp can be viewed from the 118 Peoria Street sidewalk 10am-4pm daily, from Monday January 21 - Friday January 25, 2008. Rhona Hoffman Gallery www.rhoffmangallery.com 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 312-455-1990 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:59:05 CST 1162008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162008-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 18th, 2008 ThreeWalls Announces: Gallery 2A, SOLO: Heather Mekkelson: Debris Field Gallery 2D, Residency: William Cordova: the house that frank lloyd wright built for atahualpa, fred hampton y mark clark. Opening Reception: Friday, January 18, 2008, 6:00 - 9:00 PM On View: January 18, 2007 - February 16, 2007 CHICAGO: ThreeWalls announces two new exhibitions to start the New Year. On view in Gallery 2D, recent ThreeWalls resident, William Cordova (by way of the CORE program in Houston) and in Gallery 2A, SOLO artist Heather Mekkelson (Chicago). ThreeWalls http://www.three-walls.org 119 North Peoria #2D Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.3972 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:59:05 CST 1162008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1162008-4.html Event date: Wednesday Jan 23rd, 2008 Drawn by Wesley Willis, curated by Jakub Niedorezo January 23 - February 29, 2007 (Opening reception: January 23, 4-8pm) About the show: Willis' drawings on paper and cardboard reveal an affection and urban acuity developed over many years of time spent watching the city through the windows of CTA buses and walking its streetsen route to countless live shows. This site-specific point of view is particularly apparent in compositional aspects of the work. Willis used framing devices such as odd angles, subtle shifts in color and bold patterns to reveal intimate knowledge of Chicago as a truly discursive place. Wesley Willis was a prolific Chicago-based musician and artist, who spentmuch time working and selling artwork in the streets. With a major cultfollowing in the 1990s, Willis recorded over 1,000 songs, toured frequently and sold out hundreds of venues across the city. D.U. is accessible via CTA Blue/Green Line and the North Ave bus O\' Connor Gallery of Art at Dominican University http://www.dom.edu 7900 West Division Street Lewis Hall - Fourth Floor River Forest, IL 60305 708-524-6597 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:59:17 CST 1162008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1192008-1.html Event date: Friday Jan 18th, 2008 THAW... Winter won't last forever. estudiotres is proud to announce its next exhibition, THAW, beginning on January 18, 2008 and continuing through March 7, 2008. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, January 18, 2008 from 6:00-10:00pm. THAW features the work of Rob Bondgren, Samia Mirza, Andrew Winship, Nate Wolf, and Davin Youngs. Estudiotres http://www.estudiotres.com/gallery 5205 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60640 773.271.0533 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:44:53 CST 1192008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1192008-2.html Event date: Saturday Jan 19th, 2008 The Digital Collective, a University of Illinois ensemble that uses diverse multimedia technologies-including wii controllers functioning as instruments-to create hybrid works what combine elements of dance, music, film and visual art will perform January 19 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The first performance of four new collaborative works begins at 3 p.m. followed by a repeat performance at 7:30 p.m., no admission charge. Artists include Guy Garnett, professor of music, Damon Baker, associate curator at Krannert Art Museum and graduate students Ben Smith and Kimber Andrews. For more information please see our press release at http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/08/0107ispace.html Continuing through January 26 Bright with Jo Hormuth, Cheonae Kim, Markus Linnenbrink, John Phillips and Eric Tucker curated by Lela Hersh. I space http://www.ispace.uiuc.edu 230 West Superior Street Second Floor Chicago, IL 60610 312.587.9976 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:44:53 CST 1192008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1192008-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 25th, 2008 KNUT HYBINETTE and TROY RICHARDS: Nowheresville - January 25 through March 8 Opening reception Friday January 25, 6 - 9pm. Thomas Robertello Gallery is pleased to present Nowheresville, a multimedia installation by collaborative Cleveland based artists Hybinette and Richards. Taken from the literal definition of the word Utopia, Nowheresville focuses on the ideas and literary work of the French writer and Utopian socialist Charles Fourier: specifically on the experimental community, Ripon, Wisconsin, which was formed to put his ideas into practice. Ripon was a short-lived experiment but would later become the birthplace of the Republican Party. Presenting a historic trajectory that leads toward the near future, Ripon is portrayed as a Midwestern dystopia, infested by chaotic suburban drug addicts, killers, and societal decay. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an innovative video game created by Hybinette and Richards incorporating video, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and cutting-edge technology. Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 939 West Randolph St Chicago, IL 60607 312-421-1587 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:45:37 CST 1192008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212008-4.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 Exposure: an Introduction / Reception 5 to 8 p.m. Each of the featured sculptors credits a different inspiration (architecture, erosion, tribal culture, the natural world), and the resulting sculptures speak in different tongues. Works begin as a blown glass shape - then, through sandblasting or carving, thesculptor subtracts and hones, refining the finished work by exposinglayers underneath - or in some cases, eliminating them altogether. Embellishment via reduction - it is a very painterly approach, and one wethink is going to gain in importance in the coming years. PRISM Contemporary Glass - 1048 w. fulton market 312.243.4885 - www.prismcontemporary.com Function+Art http://www.functionart.com 1046 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL 312-243-2780 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:34:52 CST 1212008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212008-5.html Event date: Friday Jan 25th, 2008 (c)Rule Britannia' - An exhibition by British artist Mike Salmond at Koscielak Gallery. Opening Reception Friday Jan 25th 6-9pm,Artist Talk Sat Feb 9th 12pm Closing Reception Friday Feb 29th 6-9pm The works in this show are ostensibly about connections, similarities, differences and ultimately 'foreign' places. Across global cities there exists a readable narrative in which similarities form a point of connection which spans geographical distance. In this series of video and interactive works UK artist Mike Salmond explores these cityscapes and their intersections through the similarities which render a place knowable yet different. Gosia Koscielak Studio and Gallery http://www.gosiakoscielak.com 1646 N. Bosworth Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 773.252.9921 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:35:06 CST 1212008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1212008-1.html Event date: Saturday Feb 2nd, 2008 LUDWIG WILDING Stereoscopics Closing Reception: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 Noon to 5 PM NEW WORK (6 pieces) HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED (1/15/08)!! A new Catalog from the 2007 retrospective exhibition of Wilding's work entitled Visuelle Phnomene (Visual Phenomena) that was held at the Museum fur Konkrete Kunst(Museum of Concrete Art) in Ingolstadt, Germany,was included in this recent shipment. Please join us for one last look! NAB Gallery http://www.nabgallery.org 1117 W. Lake Street 3rd Flr Chicago, IL 60607 312-738-1620 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:58:07 CST 1212008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1222008-2.html Event date: Thursday Jan 24th, 2008 Gahlberg Gallery/McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Celebrity and The Peculiar - Industry of the Ordinary Thursday, Jan. 24 to Saturday, March 1, 2008 Industry of the Ordinary is a collective made up of Chicago artists Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson. Through photography, sculpture, text, olfactory vehicles and other means, Industry of the Ordinary is planning a site-specific multi-media event that will examine the occurrence of celebrity in "ordinary" peoples' lives. Opening reception: Thursday, Jan 24, 6 to 9pm FREE Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:42:42 CST 1222008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1222008-3.html Event date: Friday Jan 25th, 2008 Group Exhibition January 25 - February 15, 2008 Opening reception: Friday, January 25, 5:00 - 8:00 pm New work by Jesse Avina, Stephanie Burke, Evan Conley, Five7Five (Meredith Clark and Ira S. Murfin), Szu-Han Ho, John Jines, Eun Hyung Kim, Daniel Lavitt, Takeshi Moro, Juliana Pivato, Ivan Riascos, Alison Rhoades, Lia Rousset, Hyun ja Shin, and Alan Strathmann. Limbo January 25 - February 15, 2008 Opening reception: Friday, January 25, 5:00 - 8:00 pm New work by Carrick Bell, Carolyn Bernstein, Dayton Castleman, Eunhyo Choi, Ben Fain, Tom Gokey, Jinsu Han, Monica Herrera, Asma Kazmi, Myeong Beom Kim, Tet Keong Lee, Heather Mullins, Wee Lit Tan, Johanna Thorkelsdottir, Michelle Tupko, and Jung A. Woo. Gallery 2 and Project Space http://www.saic.edu/art_design/galleries/gallery2/index.html 847 West Jackson Blvd. 2nd floor Chicago, IL 60607 312-563-5162 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:42:42 CST 1222008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1222008-4.html Event date: Saturday Jan 26th, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Perimeter Gallery will lead the tour to: Habatat Galleries, Jean Albano Gallery, Aldo Castillo Gallery and Perimeter Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:42:42 CST 1222008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-5.html Event date: Friday Jan 25th, 2008 GALLERY TALK: Slightly Unbalanced Friday, January 25, 5:30 pm, Yates Gallery Curator Susan Hapgood discusses this exhibition, on view through April 13, that surveys works by several artists who have repeatedly examined neurosis of various kinds in their work. Organized and circulated by iCI (Independent Curators International), New York. PUBLIC CONVERSATION: HereThereEverywhere Saturday, January 26, 2 pm, 1st Floor Garland Room Join in a lively discussion about contemporary cartography in visual art and how it relates to the premise of the exhibition. Featuring co-curator Gregory Knight and participating artists Adelheid Mers and Karen Lebergott from Chicago; Christopher Cozier from Trinidad; and Josh Dorman from New York City. HereThereEverywhere is on view through April 6. Chicago Cultural Center http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 312-744-6630 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:24:13 CST 1242008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-6.html Event date: Friday Jan 25th, 2008 Drive By Opening Reception at the Hyde Park Art Center Friday, January 25, 5-7 pm Join us for the opening reception for Drive By, an exhibition on the Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery featuring video works by MFA students at the University of Illinois Chicago's School of Art and Design. This exhibition is a collaboration between the HPAC and UIC, and is the culmination of a 2007 seminar course that explored media projection and technology, recent developments in public art, and the relationship between art and location. Led by professor and artist Daniel Sauter, the works selected are by Jeremiah Chiu, Christopher Kalis, and Jonathan Sangster; Adam Trowbridge and Jessica Westbrook; Eric Fleischauer and Jesse McLean; Gretchen Schulfer, Sara Bassick, Renata Graw, and Michael Ruberto; Steve Zieverink and Philip Matesic; and Hubert Wayne Weldon. Admission to the Art Center 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, 24 Jan 2008 09:24:28 CST 1242008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-7.html Event date: Saturday Jan 26th, 2008 The inside story of personalities, friendships, and rivalries comes to the fore in "The Cool School," a jazzy saga exploring the role of the Ferus Gallery and its adventurous curator Walter Hopps in L.A.'s transition from the beat-era underdog of the art world to a cutting-edge Pop paradise. Saturday, January 26, 8:00 pm and Thursday, January 31, 8:15 pm "Conversations at the Edge" presents "Zack Stiglicz: posthumously yours," an overview of the career of Chicago filmmaker Zack Stiglicz and a tribute to his vision. Richly textured and visually dense, his films and videos weave together meditations on desire, violence, masculinity, and metaphysics. Thursday, January 31, 6:00 pm Gene Siskel Film Center http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org 164 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60601 312-846-2800 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:24:32 CST 1242008-7.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-8.html Event date: Thursday Jan 31st, 2008 "Adaptation" Opening Reception and Panel Discussion Thursday, January 31, 5:30 - 7:30 pm While adaptation is a common practice in popular culture, it is perhaps less well known as a practice in contemporary art. This exhibition examines the use of adaptation in the recent video work of four leading artists: Guy Ben-Ner, Arturo Herrera, Catherine Sullivan, and Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation. These artists have transformed source material to make their own adapted work of art, re-envisioning classic literature, painting, film, ballet, and even e-mail for new video installations. On Thursday, join us for the opening of "Adaptation" and gain insight into the practice of adaptation during a panel discussion with exhibiting artists Guy Ben-Ner, Arturo Herrera, and Catherine Sullivan. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:25:09 CST 1242008-8.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-9.html Event date: Tuesday Jan 29th, 2008 Black Iron Vatican by Andy Roche, an At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago Project January 29-March 8, 2008 Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 30, 5-8pm In Black Iron Vatican Andy Roche develops an aesthetic examination of the Catholic left. In an installation of multiple films, video works and posters, Roche draws a relationship between the subjectivity expressed in the radical witnessing of Catholic leftists and the reverie of pop culture devotees. Roche's first solo exhibition includes a recitation of the rosary as a howling dub performance, images of nuclear warheads played like marimbas, the arrests that follow the annual protest trespass at Fort Benning, Georgia, and scenes from a Catholic Worker Farm. Also: Don't miss the debut Voices Lecture of the Spring semester featuring Arturo Herrera, noted artist and UIC Alumnus, at Gallery 400. Gallery 400 UIC http://gallery400.aa.uic.edu 400 South Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607 312.996.6114 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:25:09 CST 1242008-9.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-10.html Event date: Sunday Jan 27th, 2008 The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art presents "Things Greater Than Stars: Jurij Solovij Retrospective". WHEN: Opening Reception Sunday, January 27 2-5PM Exhibit runs from January 27 thru March 16 2008 Please join us for this unique showing. This is the first exhibition of Juij Solovij's work since his passing in April 2007. For further information visit www.uima-chicago.org. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art http://www.uima-chicago.org 2320 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 773-227-5522 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:25:09 CST 1242008-10.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1242008-11.html Event date: Thursday Jan 24th, 2008 Capricious and Mercurial Systems Curated by Joan Giroux and Whitney Huber Lazar Opening reception: Thursday, January 31, 5-8 pm This exhibition compiles works of art that reflect concepts of dynamic and open systems, while demonstrating the ability of spatial art forms to make physical such concepts. Bridging techniques and processes from multiple fields of art and design, the artwork consists of a wide variety of materials and forms, functioning as models of geometries, systems, and structures in flux and flow. Capricious and Mercurial Systems will include works by Isidro Blasco, Diana Cooper, Ellen Driscoll, Kenji Fujita, Julia Klein, Tom Lauerman, and Scott Wolniak. Through, February 23rd, gallery hours, T - S, 11 - 5, Th until 8 pm. A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.344.8687 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:25:09 CST 1242008-11.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1272008-1.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 "Sankofa" February 8th - March 1st, 2008 Come in and beat the winter blues with a night of dancing! For the night of February 8th (from 5:30-8:00pm), we will have a grand celebration of Ghanaian music, poetry, and tribal dance performances. During "Sankofa," we continue to feature our previous "AKWAABA" exhibition consisting of Ghanaian paintings. First voice artist and assistant curator Agnes Ntow envisions "Sankofa", an African symbol representing the importance of learning from the past, to be an intergenerational exhibition of art, poetry, and dance celebrating Ghanaian culture in conjunction with Ghana Fest Chicago. The exhibit will journey from pre colonial times into the future, Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Co. http://www.beaconst.org The Fine Arts Building 410 South Michigan Avenue Suite 732 Chicago, IL 60605 312-212-1323 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:35:32 CST 1272008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282008-1.html Event date: Sunday Feb 3rd, 2008 On February 3, from 3-5 pm, join us for the reception for our current exhibitions. On Unstable Ground is painter Kariann Fuqua's exploration of the spatial complexities of Chicago's built environment. Through a Glass Darkly is a mid-career retrospective of Chuck Walker's work. Soft Life is a group show featuring textile work by artists Aviva Alter, Danny Mansmith, Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger, and Rebecca Ringquist. Geoffrey Todd Smith's wall installation, Here's Looking At You Looking At Me Kid, features the artist's signature lively dots. Drive By is a collaboration between the HPAC and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Come meet the artists and explore the shows! Admission to the Art Center 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 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:37:22 CST 1282008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1282008-2.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 BRADFORD HANSEN-SMITH Parts to Whole: folding paper circles Reception: Friday Feb. 8, 5-8pm NAB Gallery is pleased to present BRADFORD HANSEN-SMITH, a show of geometric art by a master of shape manipulation and perception. For Bradford Hansen-Smith, "The symbol of the circle is used as metaphor for nothing and for everything, and endless parts between. The circle folded is not a symbol." The objects in this show are made from folded circles, most of them from paper plates. There is no cutting or measuring, only proportional folding and joining. Folded circles are individual cells within the circle/sphere Whole. NAB Gallery http://www.nabgallery.org 1117 W. Lake Street 3rd Flr Chicago, IL 60607 312-738-1620 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:37:34 CST 1282008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-1.html Event date: Saturday Feb 2nd, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Addington Gallery will lead the tour to: Printworks Gallery, Roy Boyd Gallery, Carl Hammer Gallery and Addington Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:32:56 CST 1302008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-2.html Event date: Thursday Jan 31st, 2008 OPENING RECEPTION: This Land Is Your Land Thursday, January 31, 5 - 7pm @ MoCP Please join us for the opening reception of our new exhibition This Land Is Your Land, featuring work by Roberto Bellini, Peter Granser, Caroline Hake, Christian Jankowski, Simon Roberts, Greg Stimac, and Bryan Zanisnik. GALLERY TALK: Simon Roberts and Bryan Zanisnik Friday, February 1, 3pm @ MoCP Artists Simon Roberts and Bryan Zanisnik discuss their work on view in This Land Is Your Land. The Museum of Contemporary Photography http://www.mocp.org 600 S. Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 312.663.5554 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:32:56 CST 1302008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 ABFORMAL NORMS Artwork by: Lori Brown David Kesting Roger Lootine Paul Shore February 1 - February 16, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, February 1, 2008 from 6:00 - 9:00p Gillock Gallery proudly presents an exhibition featuring the drawings, paintings and sculptures of four emerging contemporary American artists. This show combines the unique abilities of Lori Brown, David Kesting, Roger Lootine and Paul Shore to celebrate the aesthetic pleasures of abnormal forms...and abformal norms. Gillock Gallery http://www.gillockgallery.org 636 Church Street Suite 405 Evanston, IL 60201 312-545-3999 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:32:56 CST 1302008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-4.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 "Faculty Projects" Opening reception: Friday, February 1, 5 - 7 p.m. Exhibition on view through February 29, 2008 This exhibition features work in various media by faculty returning from their sabbatical leaves. Artists include Joe Cavalier, Alan Cohen, Frank DeBose, Garret Eakin, William Harper, Fred Nagelbach, Helen Maria Nugent, Frank Piatek, Roxie Tremonto, Ann Tyler, and Steve Waldeck. Betty Rymer Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and by appointment For more information, call 312.443.3703. Betty Rymer Gallery http://www.saic.edu/bettyrymer 280 S. Columbus Drive School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 60603 312-443-3703 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:33:10 CST 1302008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-5.html Event date: Wednesday Jan 30th, 2008 [C]Spaces of Columbia College is please to announced: Goya Lopez: African Diaspora in Brazil, Reception January 30, 5-7pm, Glass Curtain Gallery, Artist Lecture at 6pm. This exhibition uses textiles and fabric to create the story of the various African cultures and experiences transported to Brazil. Word 3: Type + Image, Reception on Thursday, January 31, 5-7pm, Hokin Gallery, 623 S. Wabash Ave. This exhibition celebrates the union of art and the written word. Word 3 illustrates the different uses of typography in artwork and the interdependence of imagery and text. New Prints:International Print Center New York's 25th New Prints Exhibition, Reception: January 31, 2008 5-7 pm. C33 Gallery, 33 E. Congress. A wide range of printmaking mediums represented by 41 artists from around the world. [C]Spaces at Columbia College Chicago http://cspaces.colum.edu/ 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:33:15 CST 1302008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-6.html Event date: Saturday Feb 16th, 2008 Patterns, Pixels, and Process: Discussing the History of the Computer Print/A Block Museum Symposium Saturday, February 16, 9 am to 4:30 pm This symposium brings together artists and scholars to map out a history of the computer print, from its pioneering stages to its diverse contemporary states. Participants include artists Charles Jeffries and Colette Stuebe Bangert, David Em, Sonya Rapoport, C.E.B. Reas, and Roman Verostko; scholar and artist Freider Nake, scholar Edward Shanken, and Imaging by Numbers curators Paul Hertz and Debora Wood (Block Museum senior curator). Held in conjunction with the exhibition Imaging by Numbers: A Historical View of the Computer Print, now through April 6. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:33:15 CST 1302008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/1302008-7.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 Cya all this Friday from 6-midnight. Thanks, David Leonardis. Howard Finster - Folk Art - paintings and serigraphs- Georgia Marc Hauser - Celebrity and Fine Art Photography- Chicago Mike Winn - Cool robot Paintings - Chicago Andy Kane - Very artistic statements on today's society - Painter- NYC Michel Balasis - Pop paintings with an attitude -Chicago Miro - New POP paintings - Czech Republic Herb Nolan - The 1970-s best Rock, Jazz and Blues photos - Chicago Christopher Makos - Andy Warhol's most sensitive photo shoot - NYC Kristen Thiele - Classical paintings with Dogs and Cats - Florida Mitch Canoff - Fantastic celebrity and Rock and Roll Photos - Chicago Lea Pinsky - Awesome Paintings on wood of Wonder Woman - Chicago David DeRosa - West Coast Pop Art - Chicago Steven Cerio - The Residents psychedelic artist- NYC Rita Akao - Pop Art - Nevada David Leonardis Gallery http://www.dlg-gallery.com 217 W. Huron St. #5 Chicago, Il 60610 312-863-9045 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:33:15 CST 1302008-7.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-1.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 Mike Lash, New Paintings Project Space: Holly Holmes "Distress" February 1 - March 1, 2008 Artist reception: Feb. 1, 2008 from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm GARDENfresh is excited to present long time Chicago artist Mike Lash. Lash's new work is a marked departure from his well-known figurative based paintings. The work pushes the viewer to expect the unexpected, functioning between the boundaries of hard science and inner angst. Lash's materials possess a "ready-made" quality but still maintain the immediate gesture of his rendering style.In the project space we are pleased to present the solo work of Holly Holmes. She is better known in Chicago for her collaborative work as Burtonwood and Holmes. Her installation Distress marks a new chapter in her practice as she returns to exhibiting solo works. GARDENfresh http://www.gardenfresh.org 119 North Peoria #3D Chicago, IL 60607 312-235-2246 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:35:54 CST 222008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-2.html Event date: Thursday Jan 31st, 2008 "Adaptation" Opening Reception and Panel Discussion TONIGHT! Thursday, January 31, 5:30 - 7:30 pm While adaptation is a common practice in popular culture, it is perhaps less well known as a practice in contemporary art. This exhibition examines the use of adaptation in the recent video work of four leading artists: Guy Ben-Ner, Arturo Herrera, Catherine Sullivan, and Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation. These artists have transformed source material to make their own adapted work of art, re-envisioning classic literature, painting, film, ballet, and even e-mail for new video installations. Join us tonight for the opening of "Adaptation" and gain insight into the practice of adaptation during a panel discussion with exhibiting artists Guy Ben-Ner, Arturo Herrera, and Catherine Sullivan. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:02 CST 222008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 John Arndt - Italian for Travelers Opening: Friday, February 1, 6-9pm Exhibition Dates: February 1 - April 5, 2008 - - - - - - - - - - rowlandcontemporary is pleased to present Italian for Travelers, a solo exhibition by Chicago-based artist John Arndt. If a handful of phrases were all a person knew of a foreign language, could anything of real significance be communicated, anything truly meaningful, or would these words be useful only to help one purchase a Pantheon shaped pencil sharpener? Arndt premieres a 30 minute video entitled Italian for Travelers, constructing a script that re-translates commercially available language recordings by sampling text and ambient sound, while linking rearranged dialogue with local Italian imagery. Can't make it? You can learn more about us and this exhibition online at rowlandcontemporary http://www.rowlandcontemporary.com 1118 West Fulton Market Chicago, IL 60607 312-421-6275 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:02 CST 222008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-4.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 BUCKET RIDER GALLERY announces LIVING ROOM PAINTINGS new works by ANNA BJERGER, BRIAN BRESS, KELTIE FERRIS, ANDREAS FISCHER, ANDREW GUENTHER, LESTER MONZON, ANGEL OTERO, CHRISTIAN RIEBEN Artists' reception: Friday, February 1st, 5-8pm Continues through Saturday March 8th Bucket Rider Gallery http://www.bucketridergallery.com 835 W. Washington Blvd. Second Floor Chicago, IL 60607 312-421-6993 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:06 CST 222008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-5.html Event date: Saturday Feb 2nd, 2008 *** AT LAMPO THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2 9:00PM *** *** ALESSANDRO BOSETTI, ITALIAN SOUND ARTIST *** *** NEW SOUND/VIDEO WORK, AND VOICE IMPROVISATIONS *** Alessandro Bosetti (b. 1973, Milan) is a composer and sound artist. He is interested in the musicality of spoken words and unusual aspects of spoken communication, producing text-sound compositions featured in live performances, radio broadcasts and published recordings. He premieres "29," a new sound/video work with footage from Mali, and presents improvised voice pieces using an archive of recordings that interacts with him in real-time during performance. LAMPO http://www.lampo.org 216 W. CHICAGO AVE (BETW FRANKLIN AND WELLS) 2ND FLOOR CHICAGO, IL 60610-3107 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:06 CST 222008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-6.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 Jonathan Gabel, "Warsong: Iliad Cenotaphs" and Joseph Kohnke, "Marked" Free, public reception for the artists: Friday, Feb. 1, 5 to 8 pm Exhibitions run through February 1 through April 18, 2008 "Warsong: Iliad Cenotaphs" comprises painted wood sculptures representing the negative space of fatal wounds suffered by warriors in Homer's Iliad. Throughout the poem, more than 250 warriors are introduced only to be slaughtered on the battleground, the description of their injuries so precise that Gabel has been able to create detailed anatomical models of the flesh displaced by spears and arrows. "Marked" consists of a device that continuously scans a conveyer belt of skin images from which Kohnke has excised every marking. Upon registering a void in the stream of images, the pneumatic mechanism triggers a light representing the marking's original location on a human body or a fawn's. International Museum of Surgical Science Anatomy in the Gallery http://www.imss.org/ 1524 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60610 312-642-6502 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:06 CST 222008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-7.html Event date: Saturday Feb 2nd, 2008 People Who Shape Our World: Gordon-Matta Clark's Legacy Saturday, February 2 1 pm MCA Theater, free admission In the People Who Shape Our World series, you can meet some of the most interesting architects, artists, critics, and designers who shape the way we live, look, and think at the MCA. On Saturday, February 2, independent curator Mary Jane Jacob will moderate a lively discussion with artists and architects whose work is inspired by Matta-Clark. Participants include internationally acclaimed contemporary artists Mark Dion, Sarah Oppenheimer, and Rirkrit Tiravanija as well as Professor of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley, Walter Hood. Visit mcachicago.org or call 312.397.4010 to register. Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.mcachicago.org 220 E Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60601 312-280-2660 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:12 CST 222008-7.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/222008-8.html Event date: Friday Feb 1st, 2008 Intimate companions of childhood days: Stuffed animals, the furry and funny fauna in children's room. Shelter and confort in an extreme powerlessness age. But animals lose their naive charm when we grow up. Questions occur:Why do we eat some of them, kill others with rodent poison, whereas few are pampered and loved, are allowed to share our life?Why do we treat them in such a schizophrenic way? And why are we embarrassed deep inside, when we see animals on canvas, on paper, in books or in Joyce Jackson'current exhibition at ARTexhibitionLink's Gallery UNO? 'It is something I have employed consciously in my work, showing degraded specimens elevated through the use of historically high value media such as silverpoint and oil paint, as well as mezzotint,in compositions basedin the methods and stylistic manners traditionally associated with religious or aristocratic subject matter.' Joyce Jackson During: February 1 - 29, 2008,Artist Reception: Friday, February 8, 5 - 8 pm,Gallery hours: Friday and Saturdays 2 - 6 pm and by appointment Tel.Info. 312 3861649 ARTExhibionLink.com http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 847 977 0526 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:36:14 CST 222008-8.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/232008-9.html Event date: Sunday Feb 3rd, 2008 Fraction Workspace was put to rest on December 31st, 2007. Alex Jovanovich was the funeral director, and he created a beautiful event in memory of Fraction. Please visit www.fractionworkspace.org to view photos from the event, read the eulogy Alex wrote, and navigate the archive. Clare and Dov would like to thank all of you for your support with this project. We invite the artistic community to keep the alternative exhibition space spirit alive. Fraction, Rest In Peace. Fraction Workspace http://www.fractionworkspace.org 1711 N Honore Chicago, IL 60622 771 278-5822 Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:53:12 CST 232008-9.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/242008-1.html Event date: Tuesday Feb 5th, 2008 Art Thing: Chuck Walker's Through a Glass Darkly On Tuesday, February 5th from 4-5 pm, join artist Chuck Walker for wine, cheese, mingling, and a discussion of his exhibition Through a Glass Darkly. Cocktails and Clay Every second Friday, come to the Art Center to play with clay, explore the exhibitions, enjoy drink specials, and dance! Friday, February 8th, 8pm-midnight. Suggested $15 donation. Second Sundays On Sunday, February 10, from 1-4pm, join us for a free drop-in day of family-oriented art activities and performances. Hyde Park Art Center http://www.hydeparkart.org 5020 South Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 773-324-5520 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:27:57 CST 242008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/242008-2.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 6th, 2008 MAPPING TODAY Wednesday, February 6, 6 pm 1st Floor Garland Adrian Holovaty of everyblock.com discusses Google Maps mashups and hyperlocal mapping. GALLERY TALK: "HereThereEverywhere" Thursday, February 7, 12:15 pm Exhibit Hall Co-curators Gregory Knight and Sofia Zutautas discuss this exhibition. HereThereEverywhere Through April 6 Exhibit Hall This exhibition features artists working in different mediums, using maps to explore concepts of boundaries and place. Chicago Cultural Center http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 312-744-6630 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:27:57 CST 242008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/242008-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 "Visual Research" - Varieties of Creative Experience; a year-long series of installations. "If you framed your artistic practice in the language of scientific research, what would be your hypothesis, What is your hoped for result?" (Curatorial questions posed to artists invited to exhibit in Finestra Art Space in 2008). February 5 - 26. "Sight and Insight: Photographs and Paintings" by Richard Caemmerer and Kurt Wiess. Hypothesis: a painter may choose to circumscribe his compositional approach to nature through the lens of another artist's photographs. Hoped for result: a revelation as to the relationship, and the uniqueness, of each media with no judgement as to which is the "finer" art. Opening Reception: February 8th, 5-9PM Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2-6PM and by appointment, 847-977-0526. Opening reception is part of "Second Fridays at the Fine Arts Building." Finestra Art Space http://www.finestraartspace.com 410 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 516 Chicago, IL 60605-1456 847-977-0526 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:56:18 CST 242008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/262008-4.html Event date: Saturday Feb 9th, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Ann Nathan Gallery will lead the tour to: Catherine Edleman Gallery, Schneider Gallery, Jean Albano Gallery and Ann Nathan Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:18 CST 262008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/262008-5.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 Opening reception Friday February 8, 7:00-10:00 Tasty Refeshments Served. Deadtech is psyched to present new work by Chicago artist Chris Reilly! Chris brings the heat with a collection of projects based on political histories of control, information and death. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a full-sized, fully operational recreation of a guillotine, implemented with allegiance to contemporary ideals of eco-friendly sustainability. A windmill mounted out of the gallery window provides power to ratchet the guillotine blade into place, and release it automatically. To compliment this artifact of equal-rights execution, Reilly has included an automatic "text-redacter," which scans, censors and shreds documents in real time. Also featured in the show is a video piece interpreting the State of the Union address as an abstracted video and light event, and several smaller pieces that focus on Reilly's interest in paradoxical politics and guilt. See pics and more info at http://www.deadtech.net Deadtech http://www.deadtech.net 3321 W. Fullerton Ave. 2nd Floor - Top Doorbell. Chicago, IL 60647 773 426-2828 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:32 CST 262008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/262008-6.html Event date: Saturday Feb 9th, 2008 (c) Rule Britannia An exhibition by British artist Mike Salmond Artists Talk: Saturday, February 9, 2008, 12 - 2 pm The works in this show are ostensibly about connections, similarities, differences and ultimately "foreign" places. Across global cities there exists a readable narrative in which similarities form a point of connection which spans geographical distance. In this series of video and interactive works UK artist Mike Salmond explores these cityscapes and their intersections through the similarities which render a place knowable yet different. To this end the threads in these images and visuals become part of a multi-layered narrative exploring global linkages, recording and memory; how we record only that which is different or unique to us. Traveling in these places becomes a performance of these points of intersection, both past and present. Gosia Koscielak Studio and Gallery http://www.gosiakoscielak.com 1646 N. Bosworth Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 773.252.9921 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:32 CST 262008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/262008-7.html Event date: Sunday Feb 10th, 2008 Old Town Art Center is proud to present "Remembering Pat", a tribute to Pat Olson from some of her students who continue to paint. Bernice Held, Sandra Holubow, Pat Lum, Sandra Reibscheid, Holly Sher, and Susan Toppel will exhibit paintings along with several works by Pat Olson. Reception will be Sunday, February 10, 2-5 pm at the Triangle Center (one block west of Wells and three blocks north of North Ave.). Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. The show will run through March 7. Old Town Art Center http://www.oldtowntriangle.com 1763 N. North Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 312-337-1938 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:46 CST 262008-7.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292008-8.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 Cut Paper, Sculpted Paper, Art on Paper KEITH KOSTECKI / NATHANIEL SMYTH Two Person Exhibition: Mixed Media Works on Paper Exhibition Dates: February 8 - March 8, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, February 8, 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. Carl Hammer Gallery gladly presents a two person exhibition showcasing the young talents of recent School of the Art Institute of Chicago grads, Keith Kostecki and Nathaniel Smyth. While dissimilar in most aspects of their execution, both artists respectively push beyond the restrictive boundaries of the medium common to both bodies of work - paper. Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60610 312.266.8512 Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:28:29 CST 292008-8.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292008-9.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 We Construct the Chorus Taking its title from Barbara Kruger's Untitled (we construct the chorus of missing persons) (1983), this exhibition organized by Julie Rodrigues Widholm brings together artists and curators from Chicago, Austin, San Francisco, San Antonio, Seattle, Los Angeles, Houston, New York and Brazil, in an international selection of work by dynamic young female artists. The exhibition includes work by Emily Jacir, Alice Koenitz, Katrina Moorhead, Rivane Neuenschwander, Luz Maria Sanchez in sculpture, drawing, video and sound installations selected by Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Ursula Davila-Villa, Apsara DiQuinzio, Marisa C. Sanchez and Stacen Berg. All of the works are making their Chicago debut. I space is the Chicago gallery of the University of Illinois at U-C. I space http://www.ispace.uiuc.edu 230 West Superior Street Second Floor Chicago, IL 60610 312.587.9976 Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:28:43 CST 292008-9.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/292008-10.html Event date: Friday Feb 8th, 2008 ARTexhibitionLink's GALLERY UNO is participating in the 2nd Friday Event at the FAB Building with the artist reception of Joyce Jackson, currently exhibiting recent paintings and drawings in her solo show "More Fun In the New World" - animals in the arts. Artist Reception: February 8th 2008, 5 - 8 pm Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday, 2 - 6 pm Tel/Info: 312 3861649 ARTExhibionLink.com http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 847 977 0526 Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:28:43 CST 292008-10.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2122008-1.html Event date: Sunday Feb 17th, 2008 Opening of Howard Fonda's Nothing to Live Up To Sunday, February 17 On Sunday, February 17 from 3-5pm, join us for the opening of Nothing to Live Up To, a solo exhibition dedicated to recent paintings by artist and educator Howard Fonda. Fonda's work holds suspect our overly-commercial, superficial, and constructed "world," and explores the interdependent relationships between nature, existence, and time. Fonda uses a direct style called alla prima, in which oil paint is applied wet into wet on the canvas in one sitting. Fonda's work has been collected by the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), and the Museum of Modern Art (New York). The show runs through May 4. Admission to the Art Center 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, 12 Feb 2008 10:53:48 CST 2122008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2122008-2.html Event date: Saturday Feb 16th, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Habatat Galleries will lead the tour to: Perimeter Gallery, Andrew Bae Gallery, Melanee Cooper Gallery and Habatat Galleries. Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:54:02 CST 2122008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2122008-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 15th, 2008 ThreeWalls Announces: William Cordova's Artist Talk and Book Release February 15, 2008 7:30 PM Please join us for William Cordova's artist talk and help us celebrate the release of his exhibition catalogue featuring work from his ThreeWalls exhibition and an essay by Leslie Hewitt. The book costs $5, with all proceeds going to The Safiya-Nuh Foundation. ThreeWalls http://www.three-walls.org 119 North Peoria #2D Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.3972 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:54:09 CST 2122008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2122008-4.html Event date: Thursday Feb 14th, 2008 GALLERY TALK "Slightly Unbalanced" Thursday, February 14, 12:15 pm Sidney R. Yates Gallery Lanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, discusses this exhibition which surveys works by artists who have examined neurosis of various kinds through painting, sculpture, photography, video and performance. The exhibit includes examples from the past two decades by an older generation of artists such as Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman and Mike Kelley, as well as more recent work by artists such as David Shrigley, Sophie Calle and Tony Oursler. Organized and circulated by iCI (Independent Curators International), New York; curated by Susan Hapgood. Chicago Cultural Center http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 312-744-6630 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:54:20 CST 2122008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2122008-5.html Event date: Thursday Feb 14th, 2008 Gahlberg Gallery at College of DuPage Artist Talk: The art duo, INDUSTRY OF THE ORDINARY will talk about their work, past, present and future, Thursday, Feb. 14, 11am, McAninch Arts Center (AC153). The talk is in conjunction with their current exhibit "Celebrity And The Peculiar" in the Gahlberg Gallery (AC100). The lecture is free and open to the public. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:54:27 CST 2122008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2122008-6.html Event date: Saturday Feb 16th, 2008 Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present: ROSEMARIE TROCKEL favorite things Reception for the Artist, Saturday, February 16 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Donald Young Gallery http://www.donaldyoung.com 933 W. Washington Blvd Chicago, IL 60607 312.455.0100 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:54:33 CST 2122008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2132008-1.html Event date: Friday Feb 22nd, 2008 "Looking, Listening, and the Emotional Response to Art: Perspectives from Neuroscience and Network Theory" Friday, February 22, 12 pm Smart Museum of Art Examine the relationship between neural networks and perception, memory, and emotion in this lunch-hour talk with David Bradley, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. The talk is free, but advanced registration is required as seating is limited. Box lunches may be ordered in advanced ($10/$8 Smart Museum members). Sorry, no outside food or drink. To register, contact Kristy Peterson at 773.702.2351 or kristypeterson@uchicago.edu. Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-0200 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:44:32 CST 2132008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2132008-2.html Event date: Friday Feb 15th, 2008 "Re:visions- Zolla/Lieberman Gallery through 32 Years" February 15th - March 29th, 2008 Opening reception: Friday, February 15th, 5-7:30pm Zolla/Lieberman Gallery proudly presents "Re:visions- Zolla/Lieberman Gallery through 32 Years". The exhibition is a retrospective of the gallery's long history in River North as well as a celebration of our ongoing successes. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, February 15th. Zolla/Lieberman Gallery http://www.zollaliebermangallery.com 325 W. Huron Chicago, IL 60610 312-944-1990 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:44:47 CST 2132008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2152008-1.html Event date: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 PHOTOGRAPHER GILLIAN LAUB TO LECTURE AT COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, "LECTURES IN PHOTOGRAPHY", THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21st AT 6:30 P.M. The Photography Department of Columbia College Chicago presents photographer GILLIAN LAUB in the first "Lectures in Photography" of the Spring semester. The lecture will be presented on Thursday, February 21st at :30 P.M. in the College's Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 South Michigan Avenue, first floor. Admission in FREE to the general public. Gillian Laub is a widely exhibited and published photographer whose first book "Testimony: Photographs by Gillian Laub" was recently published by Aperture to critical acclaim. Consisting of Laub's photographs and narratives by both Palestinians and Jews affected by events in that turbulent region, the book is a powerful presentation of sensitive and evocative images and texts. Laub is represented by Bonni Benrubi Gallery. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-344-7321 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:16:30 CST 2152008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2152008-2.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 20th, 2008 "The Religious Show," curated by Ben Russell Wednesday, February 20, 7pm; FREE --------------------------------- In the face of eternal War, unending Famine, and economic Pestilence, we flutter like moths towards the one bright light that might still save us from ourselves. We kneel at the marquee, break popcorn, and raise our eyes to that "sweaty, flaring, rectangular body" of cinema for our (non) secular deliverance, for a brighter reflection of our past/present/future lives. Featuring films by Estus Pirkle, Kenneth Anger, Owen Land, John Marshall, Paul Sharits, and Scott Stark. Coming Up Next: "Relation-Chute: The Gathering," organized by Asma Kazmi Sunday, February 24, 2008, 2-5pm; FREE --------------------------------- "The Gathering" brings together a community of people to participate in an exchange through shared time and space. http://relationchute.aa.uic.edu Gallery 400 UIC http://gallery400.aa.uic.edu 400 South Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607 312.996.6114 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:17:03 CST 2152008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2152008-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 22nd, 2008 Hi... A great pairing of two solo shows. Tim Vermeulen with Maren Erwin, recent BFA/SAIC. Paintings vs. Drawing, Male vs. Female.... Etc Tim Vermeulen The March of Time These oil paintings are small, figurative, autobiographical narratives. The 14 diptychs are based on the Biblical passage Ecclesiastes 3 (A time to be born, and a time to die, etc.). The paired thoughts of each verse become a springboard for a journey or pilgrimage inside the self. Maren Erwin Curiosities These meticulous ink drawings/collages are an imaginative response to mundane, everyday objects/symbols and how they instinctively evolve. The nonsensical can be questioned be rearranging these symbols into varieties of sequences. Actions and reactions collide beyond bodily constraint, leaving the moment vulnerable and silly and the end visual result is a satisfying surrealism. Packer Schopf Gallery http://www.aronpacker.com 942 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 312 226 8984 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:17:03 CST 2152008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2162008-1.html Event date: Friday Feb 22nd, 2008 VESTIGES:Wallin / Ichikawa For February and March, Function+Art proudly presents the work of two artists "drawing" with unconventional materials. Jeff Wallin creates his hazy, dreamlike paintings using fine layers of powdered glass that is baked in a kiln. Etsuko Ichikawa's work is "a continuing investigation of what lies between the ephemeral and the eternal" - Made by imprinting hot glass onto paper. Reception Friday, Feb. 22 - 5 to 8 pm Function+Art http://www.functionart.com 1046 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL 312-243-2780 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:20:34 CST 2162008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2182008-2.html Event date: Friday Feb 29th, 2008 Gillock Gallery Presents: 'Discontinued' New drawings and other interruptions by Roy Robinson Show runs February 29 - March 29, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, February 29, 2008 from 6:00 - 9:00pm Gillock Gallery http://www.gillockgallery.org 636 Church Street Suite 405 Evanston, IL 60201 312-545-3999 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:20:08 CST 2182008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2192008-1.html Event date: Saturday Feb 23rd, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Ann Nathan Gallery will lead the tour to: Stephen Daiter Gallery, Maya Polsky Gallery, Judy Saslow Gallery and Ann Nathan Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:35:57 CST 2192008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2192008-2.html Event date: Saturday Feb 23rd, 2008 Opening reception on Saturday, February 23, from 6 to 9pm for ERIC LEBOFSKY: Sculpture Known primarily for his playful and poignant drawings and paintings, Lebofsky will dedicate his appropriately titled show to recent three-dimensional works in wood. According to the artist, these modestly scaled - "animal sized," to use his term - sculptures work with and against one another as part of a family. In making these works, the artist's studio process was improvisational: he drew inspiration both from the ancient myth of the Golem and from his cathartic and visceral work as the lead singer and saxophone player in the rock and roll band Avagami. The shows run through March 29 More info and a preview image here: http://www.westernexhibitions.com/current/lebofsky08/index.html WESTERN EXHIBITIONS http://www.westernexhibitions.com 1821 W Hubbard Suite 202 Chicago, IL 60622 312.307.4685 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:36:08 CST 2192008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2192008-3.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 20th, 2008 MAPPING TODAY Wednesday, February 20, 6pm 1st Floor Garland Room Christine Bosacki of Nystrom discusses maps and globes in the classroom. This lecture is part of a four-part series exploring the challenges and fun of mapmaking today. The "Mapping Today" lectures are related to the exhibit HereThereEverywhere, currently on view at the Chicago Cultural Center through April 6, in which maps are used to explore ways in which our world is represented geographically, politically, and aesthetically as it addresses concepts of boundaries and "place." Chicago Cultural Center http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 312-744-6630 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:36:08 CST 2192008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2192008-4.html Event date: Friday Feb 22nd, 2008 Opening Reception 6-9 pm for JOSEPH NODERER'S first solo exhibition Project Space: Works on paper by NINA RIZZO and MICHELLE WASSON Shows run through March 29th, 2008 Joseph Noderer's paintings, boldly simplistic and direct, compellingly deliver mood, mystery and poetry. His subject matter is unpretentious - houses, trees and skies predominate. They can be read as psychological landscapes, even the occasional portrait. Elements from Noderer's immediate environment in Chicago are often used and combined with marks and manifestations from other areas that he has either lived in or visited that resonate deeply for him- especially the land surrounding his beloved hometown area in Western Pennsylvania. Exhibiting in the Project Space are collaborative works on paper by Nina Rizzo and Michelle Wasson. The overlap of the individual practice of both artists includes an investigation of architecture, imagined landscape, Linda Warren Gallery http://www.lindawarrengallery.com 1052 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL 60607 312.432.9500 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:36:14 CST 2192008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2192008-5.html Event date: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 Capricious and Mercurial Systems Curated by Joan Giroux and Whitney Huber Lazar Closing reception, Thursday, February 21, 5-8 pm Gallery talk with artist Ellen Driscoll, 6pm Please join us one last time to explore Capricious and Mercurial Systems. As always, this event is free and open to the public! This exhibition compiles works of art that reflect concepts of dynamic and open systems, while demonstrating the ability of spatial art forms to make physical such concepts. Bridging techniques and processes from multiple fields of art and design, the artwork consists of a wide variety of materials and forms, functioning as models of geometries, systems, and structures in flux and flow. Capricious and Mercurial Systems will include works by Isidro Blasco, A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.344.8687 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:36:18 CST 2192008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2192008-6.html Event date: Saturday Mar 1st, 2008 You are cordially invited to attend The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Gala Opening and Rededication March 1, 2008 at 7 PM Cocktails and Hors D'oeuvres Featuring the private collection of Bohdan Kowalsky and Music by Maverick Ensemble Jason Reynovich Auction and Sale of UIMA Private Collection Pieces Admission $75 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art http://www.uima-chicago.org 2320 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 773-227-5522 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:36:18 CST 2192008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2252008-1.html Event date: Thursday Feb 21st, 2008 FILM SCREENING: Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in our Times WHEN: Thursday, February 21, 6:30 pm WHERE: Hokin Auditorium, 623 S. Wabash, 1st floor This film presents the thoughts of Noam Chomsky, who since the Vietnam War era has been a vocal and consistent critic of the way the United States exercises its power in the world arena, and was once described by the New York Times as "arguably the most important American intellectual alive." This documentary was created from a lengthy interview and a series of public talks that Chomsky gave on the "War on Terror" during the spring of 2002. The Museum of Contemporary Photography http://www.mocp.org 600 S. Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 312.663.5554 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:06 CST 2252008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2252008-2.html Event date: Saturday Feb 23rd, 2008 People Who Shape Our World: Ingrid Schaffner Saturday, February 23 1 pm MCA Theater, free admission In the People Who Shape Our World series, you can meet some of the most interesting architects, artists, critics, and designers who shape the way we live, look, and think at the MCA. On Saturday, February 23, get the inside scoop behind Karen Kilimnik's work and process with Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. Schaffner, a curator and writer, has numerous publications on 20th century art, art reviews in Artforum, and catalog essays. Visit mcachicago.org or call 312.397.4010 to register. Free, but ticketed reservations are required. There is a $3 fee for internet and phone orders. Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.mcachicago.org 220 E Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60601 312-280-2660 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:14 CST 2252008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2252008-3.html Event date: Sunday Feb 24th, 2008 Trisha Donnelly Opening Reception 4-7 pm The Renaissance Society http://www.renaissancesociety.org 5811 S. Ellis Ave 4th floor, The University of Chicago, Cobb Hall Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-8670 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:14 CST 2252008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2252008-4.html Event date: Thursday Feb 28th, 2008 Imaging by Numbers Gallery Talk Led by Block Museum senior curator Debora Wood Thursday, February 28, 6 pm Debora Wood guides an in-depth tour of the exhibition "Imaging by Numbers: A Historical View of the Computer Print." Called "the first 'must-see' exhibition of 2008" and a "feast for the eyes and the mind" by The Chicago Tribune, "Imaging by Numbers" examines the use of computers in drawing and printmaking. Curator Debora Wood will discuss many of the nearly 60 works on display and the issues raised by the exhibition. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu 40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-4000 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:18 CST 2252008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2252008-5.html Event date: Monday Feb 25th, 2008 Artists' Talks at the Hyde Park Art Center-Free! On Monday, March 3 at 6pm, join us for TalkingPoint, an opportunity to chat and learn from an exciting and growing community of creative individuals. This month, come hear from Jennifer Karmin and Kathleen Duffy of Anti Gravity Surprise. Founded in 2001, AGS is a collaborative that produces multimedia public art as a way to inspire dialogue about social and political issues. Also, Tuesday, March 4 from 4-5pm, join us for a talk over wine and cheese with Danny Mansmith, an exhibiting artist in Soft Life, a group show that runs until March 30. Mansmith will discuss his installation "Thread in my Veins" while the audience is asked to take part in his hands-on group project. Admission to the Art Center 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 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:09:22 CST 2252008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2262008-1.html Event date: Saturday Mar 1st, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Roy Boyd Gallery will lead the tour to: Catherine Edelman Gallery, Jean Albano Gallery, Addington Gallery and Roy Boyd Gallery. Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:53:14 CST 2262008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2262008-2.html Event date: Wednesday Feb 27th, 2008 Artist Q&A Session: Andy Roche, in conjunction with "Black Iron Vatican," currently on view through March 8, 2008 Wednesday, February 27, 12 pm ----------------------------- Gallery 400 welcomes artist Andy Roche back to the gallery for an informal conversation about his most recent project, "Black Iron Vatican," which is currently on view in the gallery. "Black Iron Vatican" is part of Gallery 400s "At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago" series, which annually commissions four new projects from Chicago area artists. "At the Edge" develops experimental projects that might not find support elsewhere. Gallery 400 UIC http://gallery400.aa.uic.edu 400 South Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607 312.996.6114 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:53:14 CST 2262008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2262008-3.html Event date: Friday Feb 29th, 2008 JOHN PHILLIPS - New Paintings KEN FANDELL - Part 1: The Most Important Picture Ever February 29 - April 12, 2008 opening reception February 29, 5-8 P.M. Tony Wight Gallery (formerly Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery) is pleased to announce two solo exhibitions by Chicago-based artist John Phillips and Brooklyn / Chicago-based artist Ken Fandell. For more information please see our web site: http://tonywightgallery.com/exhibitions.html Tony Wight Gallery http://www.tonywightgallery.com 119 N. Peoria St Chicago, IL 60607 312-492-7261 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:53:14 CST 2262008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/2282008-1.html Event date: Friday Feb 29th, 2008 Really Rad Videos (part two) Friday, February 29, 2008 Join us for the second installment of Lloyd Dobler's innovative video program featuring new and recent video work from artists all over the country. Screening Times: 7pm and 9pm Featuring: Adult, Julia Hechtman, Jenny Kendler, Diego Leclery, Kyong Park, Steven Rura, Fernando Sanchez, Molly Schafer, H. David Waddell and others. Lloyd Dobler Gallery http://www.lloyddoblergallery.com 1545 W. Division Second Floor Chicago, IL 60622 312-961-8706 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:26:13 CST 2282008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/332008-1.html Event date: Friday Mar 7th, 2008 Shanghai-based artist Zhou Xiaohu returns to the Walsh Gallery for a solo exhibition of new media and photographic works. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the work Concentration Training Camp (2007), an eight-part installation that presents the fictional training practices of the Amway corporation in China. The gross exaggeration of company loyalty and bonding mocks the singular obsession with money present in today's global economy. The opening reception is Friday March 7th from 5-8pm, and the artist will be present at the opening reception. Walsh Gallery http://www.walshgallery.com 118 N Peoria 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60607 312-829-3312 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:14:58 CST 332008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/332008-2.html Event date: Tuesday Mar 4th, 2008 Carla Harryman, Poetry Reading Tuesday, March 4, 5:30 p.m. One of the preeminent Language poets, Harryman is widely acknowledged as an innovator in poetry, prose, and interdisciplinary performance. This event is presented in conjunction with Poem Present. (Classics Hall, 1010 E. 59th St, room 110) FREE. Memory Play by Carla Harryman, Staged Reading Friday, March 7, 8:00 pm In Memory Play "the audience," writes Sara Schulman, "is invited into a whirlwind exploration of hierarchies through the mouths of Bosch-like talking animals." The hierarchies mentioned being social, political, economic, biological and evolutionary. (University Theater,The Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Avenue) FREE. The Renaissance Society http://www.renaissancesociety.org 5811 S. Ellis Ave 4th floor, The University of Chicago, Cobb Hall Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-8670 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:15:15 CST 332008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/332008-3.html Event date: Thursday Mar 6th, 2008 MultiXply Curated by Friedhard Kiekeben Opening reception Thursday, March 6, 5-8 pm Lecture with Alyson Shotz at 6:30 pm, 623 S Wabash, Room 715 MultiXply investigates the production of multiplicity-based forms. Examining multiplicity as the all-pervading phenomenon that it has now become, it brings together an exciting mix of presentations with regard to multiplicity in art, design, architecture, science, and theory. Through this coming together of complementing and diverging parts, the exhibition aims to convey a unified assembly of facets that is more than just the sum of its parts. Featuring the work of Robert Krawczyk, Jesse Seay, and Alyson Shotz. As always, this event is free and open to the public! A+D Gallery http://www.colum.edu/adgallery 619 S. Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 312.344.8687 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:15:15 CST 332008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/332008-4.html Event date: Saturday Mar 8th, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Ann Nathan Gallery will lead the tour to: Andrew Bae Gallery, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Melanee Cooper Gallery and Ann Nathan Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:15:21 CST 332008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/352008-1.html Event date: Wednesday Mar 5th, 2008 INTERSECTIONS "Self, Selves, and Souls: an Exploration of Identity" Wednesday, March 5, 6pm The speakers in this lecture will investigate our intuitive understanding of the modern Western self/soul, and then explore the eastern paradigms of the Self/self distinction. IN>TIME Saturday March 8, 6 - 9 pm IN>TIME will feature artists exploring multiple intersections where the performing body meets text, object, sound, technology and itself. This performance is collaboration between the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and CPN (Chicago Performance Network). Chicago Cultural Center http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 312-744-6630 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:19 CST 352008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/352008-2.html Event date: Thursday Mar 6th, 2008 Gahlberg Gallery/McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage The Work of Michael Piazza March 6 to April 19, 2008 Opening reception: Thursday, March 6, 6 to 9pm Organized by Brian Dortmund, Jim Duignan, and Bertha Husband "The Work of Michael Piazza," a posthumous recognition of the Chicago-based artist and writer whose investigative public work focused on making explicit the divergent experiences of histories contained in a site. Gahlberg Gallery http://www.cod.edu/gallery 425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-942-2321 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:27 CST 352008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/352008-3.html Event date: Thursday Mar 6th, 2008 At 6 pm Spertus Museum will welcome author David A. Hollinger on Post-Jewish Themes in Modern American History In conjunction with Spertus Museum's inaugural exhibition THE NEW AUTHENTICS: ARTISTS OF THE POST-JEWISH GENERATION David A. Hollinger, one of the United States' foremost intellectual historians will discuss the decline of identity politics in the United States. He will explore the emergence of the postethnic era, a cultural climate in which individuals can appreciate and critically engage in ideas and practices that owe much to specific religious and ethnic groups, but are no longer confined by them. Tickets are $8 | $5 Students and Spertus Members Call 312.322.1773 Spertus Museum http://www.spertus.edu 610 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 312-322-1700 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:27 CST 352008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/352008-4.html Event date: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 Voices Lecture: Kori Newkirk, Artist March 11, 2008, 5pm Multidisciplinary artist Kori Newkirk's self-described "ghetto-fabulous conceptualism" is based upon transforming modest materials into a rich miasma of loaded signifiers whose symbolic possibilities are always matched by their formal elegance. His multimedia paintings, sculptural installations, and photographs explore the formal properties of materials, the politics of identity, and the artist's personal history. Newkirk's use of hair pomade, plastic pony beads, neon lights, photographs and other materials deftly blends medium and message. Born in New York in 1970, Newkirk received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA from the University of California at Irvine. Solo exhibitions include "Kori Newkirk: 1997-2007" at The Studio Museum in Harlem. In 2004 he won the William H. Johnson Prize. Gallery 400 UIC http://gallery400.aa.uic.edu 400 South Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607 312.996.6114 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:31 CST 352008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/352008-5.html Event date: Sunday Mar 9th, 2008 Ruth Horwich's 22nd birthday Sunday, March 9, 2-4 pm At the Hyde Park Art Center Join artists and patrons as they gather to celebrate the birthday of leap year baby, Ruth Horwich - a long-time HPAC supporter and great patron of Chicago art. Stop by for live music, a crazy cake, and to see Ruth opening presents of donated artwork by Chicago artists! All are welcome. Also, from 1- 4 pm the Art Center hosts its monthly program "Second Sundays", a free drop-in day of art activities and performances for kids of all ages. Second Sundays treats the entire family to a chance to explore their creativity at the Art Center. The Hyde Park Art Center 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 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:35 CST 352008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/382008-1.html Event date: Friday Mar 7th, 2008 "Good Times, Bad Times", Cammi Climaco and Emily Roz at GARDENfresh Gallery. Artist Reception: Mar. 7, 2008 from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Brooklyn invades GARDENfresh! GARDENfresh Gallery is delighted to feature Cammi Climaco and Emily Roz, two New York City artists with heavy ties to the Williamsburg Brooklyn art scene. With this show Climaco plans to continue her investigation into the small victories and failures of daily life. Her bittersweet work has the capacity to make us laugh and cry with a sense of hope underlined with despair. Roz's work deals with instinctual emotions: anger, violence, hunger, the need to connect all of which serve as a method to delve into the complicated relationships behind family dynamics. GARDENfresh http://www.gardenfresh.org 119 North Peoria #3D Chicago, IL 60607 312-235-2246 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:42:44 CST 382008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/382008-2.html Event date: Sunday Mar 9th, 2008 Old Town Art Center is proud to present collages by Russ Case. Case collects bits and pieces of the city discarded on streets and in alleys and reassembles them for new life as abstract art. Reception will be Sunday, March 9, 2-5 pm at the Triangle Center (one block west of Wells and three blocks north of North Ave.). Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. The show will run through April 3. Old Town Art Center http://www.oldtowntriangle.com 1763 N. North Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 312-337-1938 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:42:53 CST 382008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/382008-3.html Event date: Friday Mar 7th, 2008 BUCKET RIDER GALLERY invites you to an artist's reception for JASON LAZARUS This is gonna take one more night. new photographs in Galleries One and Two opens Friday, March 7th, 5-8pm continues through April 12th Bucket Rider Gallery http://www.bucketridergallery.com 835 W. Washington Blvd. Second Floor Chicago, IL 60607 312-421-6993 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:42:53 CST 382008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/382008-4.html Event date: Friday Mar 7th, 2008 At ARTexhibitionLink's GALLERY UNO opened Myeongbeom Kim's Solo Show "Crown". In the installation a pig skull appears on a dining table. A three-dimensional osseous form: It is waste, oddly precious through the golden crown. The skull reappears on the TV screen and on a canvas: Two-dimensional images: They are sublimated and artificial objects of art. The transformation from nature to aseptic art is perfect, but...... Title: "Crown" Artist: Myeongbeom Kim Curator: Barbara Goebels-Cattaneo During: March 1st - March 31st Gallery hours: Friday and Saturday 2 to 6 pm and by appointment The artist will be present today, Friday 7th of March. Tel/Info 773 469 6699 ARTExhibionLink.com http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 847 977 0526 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:43:00 CST 382008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/382008-5.html Event date: Friday Mar 7th, 2008 ROBERT HEINECKEN Dream/Circles/Cycles: Vintage Works 1964-1973 March 7 - April 12, 2008 Opening reception: Friday March 7, 5:00pm - 7:30pm Rhona Hoffman Gallery www.rhoffmangallery.com 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 312-455-1990 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:43:37 CST 382008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/382008-6.html Event date: Saturday Mar 8th, 2008 ** SOUND INSTALLATION/ELECTROACOUSTIC CONCERT ** VALERIO TRICOLI (U.S. DEBUT) SATURDAY MARCH 8 - 9:00PM ADMISSION OPEN TO ALL AGES Valerio Tricoli (b. 1977, Palermo) is an electroacoustic composer and one of the founders of the Bowindo collective ("arguably the best thing to come out of Italy since Luigi Nono," The WIRE). Here, he'll present a special installation and concert conceived for the new Lampo space. Multi-sensorial, quad sound with Revox reel-to-reel tape player, analogue electronics and strobe lights. More info at lampo.org. LAMPO http://www.lampo.org 216 W. CHICAGO AVE (BETW FRANKLIN AND WELLS) 2ND FLOOR CHICAGO, IL 60610-3107 Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:43:37 CST 382008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-1.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 MARILYN MURPHY, "Wind Mischief", NEW PAINTINGS and DRAWINGS Exhibition Dates: March 14 - April 12, 2008 Artist's Reception: Friday, March 14, 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. Carl Hammer Gallery is pleased to present the masterfully crafted paintings and drawings of Marilyn Murphy in her first solo appearance here. Rich in meaning and paradox, her use of fire, floods, tornados, and air borne bodies characterize her fascination with all things that fly and all things mechanical. As such, the repeated use of images referencing her generation's childhood skillfully exemplifies a psyche always having needed to know how and why things work. Murphy's control with the paintbrush is equaled only by her superb drawing technique. And her bewitchingly surrealistic drawings are all the more compelling due to their eerie, enigmatic, fifth dimensional story-telling effect. Carl Hammer Gallery http://www.hammergallery.com 740 North Wells Street Chicago, IL 60610 312.266.8512 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:17 CST 3122008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-2.html Event date: Saturday Mar 15th, 2008 Starbucks Saturday Gallery Tour *A free guided tour of 4 galleries in the River North district 11 AM - 12:30 PM; 750 N. Franklin St. Meet inside the Starbucks at the corner of Chicago and Franklin This week a representative from Marx-Saunders Gallery will lead the tour to: Judy A Saslow Gallery, Printworks Gallery, Maya Polsky Gallery and Marx-Saunders Gallery Please mind the CTA construction at Chicago and Franklin; galleries are open! Tours have been ongoing since January 2001. They are free and run every weekend of the year, except for major holiday weekends. No reservations are required. Visit www.chicagoartdealers.org for schedule updates. Art Dealers Association of Chicago http://www.chicagoartdealers.org 730 N. Franklin Street Ste. 004 Chicago, IL 60610 312.649.0065 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:25 CST 3122008-2.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-3.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 Undergraduate Exhibition March 15 - April 4 Opening reception: Friday, March 14, 7:00 - 10:00 pm Extended viewing hours: March 19 and April 4, 11:00 am - 9:00 pm 250 talented SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees this spring exhibit their innovative work in a range of media including ceramics; designed objects; fashion design; fiber and material studies; film, video, and new media; painting and drawing; performance; photography; printmedia; sculpture; and sound. Gallery 2 and Project Space http://www.saic.edu/art_design/galleries/gallery2/index.html 847 West Jackson Blvd. 2nd floor Chicago, IL 60607 312-563-5162 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:27 CST 3122008-3.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-4.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 Vestiges Etsuko Ichikawa's pyrographs are "a continuing investigation of what lies between the ephemeral and the eternal". Made by imprinting hot glass onto paper, her pyrographs capture "moment and memory, absorption and evaporation, light and shadow", and the passage of time and motion. Reception: Friday, March 14, 5-8 p.m. Function+Art http://www.functionart.com 1046 W. Fulton Market Chicago, IL 312-243-2780 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:30 CST 3122008-4.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-5.html Event date: Monday Mar 10th, 2008 FINESTRA ART SPACE - "Visual Research: Not a Lifesaving Device." An installation by Joel Sheesley, testing his hypothesis that visual connections found among diverse elements may lead to poetic insight about a larger reality. The show runs March 3 - 30 with an opening reception on Friday, March 14th from 5:00 - 9:00 PM. This show is part of our 2008 curatorial series: "Visual Research - varieties of creative experience." The opening reception is a part of "Second Fridays at the Fine Arts Building" when all of the building's galleries will be open, along with many artists' studios, musicians' studios and our resident theatre company. So come for our reception and stay for the rest! Finestra Art Space http://www.finestraartspace.com 410 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 516 Chicago, IL 60605-1456 847-977-0526 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:34 CST 3122008-5.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-6.html Event date: Wednesday Mar 12th, 2008 MAPPING TODAY Wednesday, March 12, 6 pm In this program related to the "HereThereEverywhere" exhibit, Peter Haas of the Center for Neighborhood Technology will discuss geographic information systems and how they can aid community groups. The exhibition continues through April 6. GALLERY TALK Petronele Gerlikiene: Embroidered Myths and Everyday Stories Thursday, March 13, 12:15 pm Assistant Curator of Exhibitions Sofia Zutautas discusses the life and work of Petronele Gerlikiene, one of the most acclaimed self-taught Lithuanian-American artists. The exhibition continues through April 6. Chicago Cultural Center http://www.chicagoculturalcenter.org 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 312-744-6630 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:37 CST 3122008-6.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-7.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 McArthur Binion "Simplicism II: Gouache Work" March 14 - April 18, 2008 Opening reception: Friday, March 14, 6-9PM with special musical guest Ari Brown Audible at ESS 5925 N Ravenswood, Chicago Inspired to experiment with gouache by much of Wifredo Lam's works on paper, Binion has created pieces for this show that both stand alone as pure studies in color and connect distinctly with his existing bodies of work that engage the dialectic between the canon of modern abstraction and the legacy of his family's labor. Experimental Sound Studio http://www.ExSoSt.org 5925 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL 60660 773-769-1069 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:43 CST 3122008-7.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-8.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 Come and have a whiskey with Lilly Friday 6-9pm. Thomas Robertello Gallery is pleased to present Lilly McElroy - I throw myself at men, a project incorporating performative photographs of Lilly going to a lot of bars where she literally throws herself at men. She uses her body as a projectile hurling herself toward strong, vulnerable hominis-cum-receptaculi waiting to catch her. Perfectly poised in a perpetual state of social awkwardness and in full possession of the ability to subvert stereotypical gender roles, McElroy poses questions concerning relationships, social connecting, sex, gender, and the desire to form relationships quickly that are both intense and long lasting. The project initially started after Lilly placed ads on Craigslist.org looking for men who would meet her blind date style in bars and allow her to throw herself at them. Thomas Robertello Gallery http://thomasrobertello.com 939 West Randolph St Chicago, IL 60607 312-421-1587 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:56:43 CST 3122008-8.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-9.html Event date: Thursday Mar 13th, 2008 Artist Eileen Cowin presents "Lecture in Photography" at Columbia College Chicago, Thursday, March 13th at 6:30 PM The Photography Department of Columbia College Chicago presents the influential artist EILEEN COWIN in "Lectures in Photography" this Thursday, March 13th at 6:30 PM. The lecture will held in the College's Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 South Michigan Avenue, first floor, and is FREE to the general public. EILEEN COWIN first came to prominence with her seminal staged photographic works of the 1970s and 80s,and later through her work invideo. It was her color pictures that introduced the idea of the staged photographic narrative into contemporary discourse. She has exhibited her works in numerous venues throughout the US and abroad, and her works are included in numerous important museum collections. Columbia College Photography Department http://www.colum.edu 600 South Michigan Avenue 12th floor Chicago, IL 60615 312-344-7321 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:57:57 CST 3122008-9.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-10.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 Into the Mouth of the Wolf Opening reception: March 14th 6-10pm Continues through April 26th Regular hours: Tuesday and Thursday 6-9pm and Saturdays 12-5pm New and recent work by Matt Carr, Ian Hokin, Brendan Larsen, Dawn Kasper, Helena Kvarnstrom, Matthew Woodson and Xela. This exhibition investigates the role of horrific imagery and disturbing content in contemporary art through performance, sound, painting, lithography and photography. www.lloyddoblergallery.com Lloyd Dobler Gallery http://www.lloyddoblergallery.com 1545 W. Division Second Floor Chicago, IL 60622 312-961-8706 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:57:57 CST 3122008-10.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-11.html Event date: Tuesday Mar 18th, 2008 School of Art and Design MFA Thesis Exhibitions March 18-April 12, 2008 First of three shows -------------------- First Show: March 18-22, 2008 Reception: Wednesday, March 19, 5-8pm Artists include: * Clare Britt * Heather Mekkelson * Mathew Paul Jinks * Luis Sanchez Ramirez Gallery 400 UIC http://gallery400.aa.uic.edu 400 South Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607 312.996.6114 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:58:06 CST 3122008-11.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-12.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 Cocktails and Clay Friday, March 14, 8pm - 12am Hyde Park Art Center Join us for an evening of making, meeting, chatting and dancing - for adults. From 8pm to midnight, come play with clay, explore the exhibitions, enjoy drink specials by Bar Louie, and dance to the sonic magic of The Kid From Left Field (aka Blake Bradford). Donation suggested, but never required. Also, don't forget to see "Newsworthy", the video work by UIC graduate students Sara Bassick, Renata Graw, Eric Mika, Michael Ruberto, and Gretchen Schulfer on the Jackman Goldwasser Catwalk Gallery from March 10 - 23. This live interactive artwork invites the public to comment on the hottest news topic of the day, turning a scrolling news monologue into a community dialog. Visit www.newsworthychicago.com to add your opinion or stop by to tell us what's on your mind by using the on-site consoles. Admission to the Art Center 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 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:58:06 CST 3122008-12.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-13.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 Friday March 14th 8PM-11PM. Deadtech is psyched to announce "24 Hour Riot" an interactive video installation by Sabine Gruffat. Tasty refreshments will be served. 24 Hour Riot is a controlled demonstration of mediated upheaval. An interactive video installation emphasizes the problematic relationship between media imagery and political engagement by allowing viewers localized and temporary playback control of electronic noise machines and televised depictions of civil unrest within the hermetic space of the gallery. Viewers moving around the space randomly trigger a variety of dissonant electronic noises and in turn, incrementally provoke and effect minor disturbances in the diffusion of the video riot. Similar to the continuously archived news footage documenting uprisings worldwide, the ensuing outcry and dissonance of 24 Hour Riot is abetted and disaggregated by the technological conditions of its (non)release. More info, a map, and public transport stuff at http://www.deadtech.net Deadtech http://www.deadtech.net 3321 W. Fullerton Ave. 2nd Floor - Top Doorbell. Chicago, IL 60647 773 426-2828 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:58:13 CST 3122008-13.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-14.html Event date: Thursday Mar 13th, 2008 Everyday Runway: Asian Street Fashion and Beyond Reception Thursday, March 13, 5-7pm C33 Gallery, 33 East Congress, 1st floor Everyday Runway: Asian Street Fashion and Beyond provides a snapshot of the fast-changing look of Asian street fashion. Through garments, accessories, videos, fashion magazines, illustrated personal stories as well as photographs, this exhibit reflects on the formation, display and performance of Asian urban aesthetic and youth identity and its influence on American popular culture. Organized by the Center for Asian Arts and Media, this exhibit features a wide array of works by photographers, designers and street artists as well as collaborations with local collectors and boutiques. Everyday Runway captures the urban, cosmopolitan and multicultural spirit of contemporary style in Japan and Korea while taking a look at the trends and influences of street fashion in American pop culture. [C]Spaces at Columbia College Chicago http://cspaces.colum.edu/ 1104 South Wabash Ave. 1st floor, Glass Curtain Gallery Suites Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7696 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:58:13 CST 3122008-14.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3122008-15.html Event date: Thursday Mar 13th, 2008 Free Concerts at The Renaissance Society: Thursday, March 13, 8:00 p.m. Jack String Quartet Performing Georg Friedrich Haas' Third String Quartet, a roughly 45-minute work of mind-numbing beauty in which no two performances could ever be the same. Saturday, March 15, 8:00 p.m. Ensemble Dal Niente, A Luciano Berio Recital Dal Niente is quietly building a reputation as one of the finest chamber ensembles in Chicago. Featuring an all-Berio bill, with Alejandro Acierto(clarinet), Isabel Castellvi (cello), and Amanda DeBoer (soprano). Sunday, March 16, 8:00 pm Millenium Chamber Players, guest soloist Victoria Bass (cello) The Renaissance Society http://www.renaissancesociety.org 5811 S. Ellis Ave 4th floor, The University of Chicago, Cobb Hall Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-8670 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:58:13 CST 3122008-15.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3142008-1.html Event date: Friday Mar 14th, 2008 ARTexhibitionLink's Gallery UNO is participating in the 2nd Friday Open Studios Event at the FAB Building with the artist reception of MyeongBeom Kim currently showing his installation "Crown" at Gallery UNO. Artist Reception, Friday March 14th, 4 to 9 pm Tel./Info: 773 469 6699 ARTExhibionLink.com http://www.artexhibitionlink.com 410 S. Michigan Av, FAB Building, Suite 541 Chicago, IL 60605-1471 847 977 0526 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:56:25 CST 3142008-1.html http://www.artscope.net/VANews/3142008-2.html Event date: Thursday Mar 20th, 2008 CLOSING RECEPTION AND ARTISTS' TALKS: Peter Granser and Greg Stimac Thursday, March 20, 5 -7 pm Please join us for a closing reception for This Land Is Your Land. Exhibiting artists Peter Granser and Greg Stimac will discuss their work at 6 pm. The Museum of Contemporary Photography http://www.mocp.org 600 S. Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 312.663.5554 F