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Bucking Tradition
by Robyn Farrell Roulo
Group Show at Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
November 14th - February 14th, 2010
Posted
11/21/09
“Italics: Italian Art Between Tradition and Revolution 1968-2008” sheds light on nearly a half century of contemporary art not otherwise seen outside of Italy. The brainchild of international curator, writer and critic, Francesco Bonami, and co-presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the exhibition gives new insight to the conventional definition of “Italian Art”. Presenting work by more than 100 works from nerly 80 artists, “... [more]
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Artists in Analog
by Dan Gunn
Alex Olson, Lisa Williamson at Shane Campbell Gallery
November 14th - January 9th, 2010
Posted
11/16/09
In Alex Olson’s and Lisa Williamson’s first show at Shane Campbell Gallery they find in each other an interesting analog. Alex Olson’s paintings reference different forms of written text like announcements, editorials, or shorthand writing. Their pictorial flatness emphasizes their texture over an optic space and nods to the paintings’ source material. However, these references appear to be really just a way to organize shapes on a two-dimensional surface, to give it a reason to... [more]
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This Week: SOFA at Navy Pier
by Robyn Farrell Roulo
Posted
11/1/09
From November 6 – 9, 2009, Navy Pier will host the 16th annual Sculpture Objects and Functional Art Fair (SOFA). More than 65 exhibitions from ten different countries will fill Navy Pier’s Festival Hall with objects and creations from established and emerging artists from the world of craft and design. The three-day celebration of fine and decorative arts will feature throngs of dealer booths and gallery displays. Thirty-three different lectures present topics on Fiber Art, emergi... [more]
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Disappearing Act
by Erik Wenzel
Selina Trepp at Andrew Rafacz Gallery
September 11th - October 24th
Posted
10/5/09
Upon entering the dimly lit gallery, one encounters a tasteful pile of smooth rocks under a spotlight. How poetic, in a bad way. But looking up, we see the fire retardant black foil, focusing the flood light into a spot. That is a good relationship, having a very tasteful, Crate and Barrel-like arrangement of attractive stones offset by crude but useful black foil. Many moments in this installation by Selina Trepp allow the utility of makeshift solutions to deflate an otherwise polished... [more]
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A Brief Art History of Wine
by Marla Seidell
Group Exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago
July 11th - September 20th
Posted
9/14/09
On view until September 20, the Art Institute's impressive and wide-ranging exhibition, "A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today," is interesting not only for its plethora of drinking artifacts but for what it says about the history of human interaction with alcohol. What is clear is the dissolute nature of man and woman in regards to drink over the ages. From an ancient Greek terracotta bowl decorated with men reveling in Bacchic frivolity to an English silvered brass wine ci... [more]
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The Projects of #12
by Erik Wenzel
Michael Ruglio-Misurell at Gallery 400
August 25th - October 3rd
Posted
9/7/09
Entering Gallery 400, there is a slight remnant of the foyer which has become a viewing platform from which one may enter Michael Ruglio-Misurell’s Project #12, a seeming mass of junk, destruction and confusion. We enter at our own risk, as a sign attached to a construction saw horse warns. It might be clever or clichéd to make a sign required for liability reasons...as part of the work itself. Within Project #12, the first actual thing that registered with me amidst the overload o... [more]
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Mixed Company
by E-Slant Team
William Marhoefer at The Architrouve
August 7th - September 27th
Posted
8/24/09
The Architrouve is proud to present the solo exhibition Mixed Company by Chicago-based artist, W.K. Marhoefer. Marhoefer returns to The Architrouve, this time presenting a mischievous crew of monkeys, snakes and other daring characters.Many of his works are influenced by his early childhood. As the son of a Chicago meat packer, his memories are of spending time in meat packing plants, slaughterhouses, and wandering the freak shows and side shows of Riverview Amusement Park. Designed and... [more]
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Second Life
by Sonja Srdanovic
at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
June 19th - August 20th
Posted
8/10/09
The phrase “anything goes” appears to be the theme of our dually dismal and volatile financial year in 2009. This is a year that has artists turning to their everyday environment before venturing forth to invest in anything new. At least that seems to be the larger issue tackled by Zolla/Lieberman’s diverse show “Second Stories: Artists Making Do and Fixing Up,” which consists of works almost all produced in 2009. The up-to-date artistic production allows the exhibited... [more]
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All Things Natural
by Robyn Farrell Roulo
Cy Twombly at The Art Institute of Chicago
May 16th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Posted
5/18/09
Saturday, May 16th, marked the inaugural opening of the Modern Wing, but it also premiered the exhibition, "Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works 2000-2007". Located in the new Modern Wing, in the Abbott Galleries off of Griffin Court, the exhibition features over 30 works by the artist. The collection of work showcases more recent developments by the artist over the past decade. The body of work is monumental in size and meaning, a fitting exhibition for Renzo Piano's profoun... [more]
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Fuller's Visions for the Future
by Abraham Ritchie
Buckminster Fuller at Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
March 14th - June 21st
Posted
5/11/09
On view until mid-June at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is the R. Buckminster Fuller exhibit, “Starting with the Universe.” Originating from the Whitney Museum in New York, MCA curators Elizabeth Smith and Tricia Van Eck have organized the Chicago presentation of the exhibition with additional material, including a large reading room.Although an art museum is presenting this exhibition, Fuller was not strictly an artist. He was a renaissance man, taking on roles as architect, engin... [more]
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