by Dana Bassett | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog
City Still Reeling from MFA Show Buzz louder than bees This years edition of SAIC’s annual behemoth was as sprawling as ever. Each person’s account sounds like a completely different exhibition than others, but I think we can all agree that SAIC is...
by Steve Ruiz | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog
Welcome to this month’s edition of What You Should Have Noticed, wherein I try to hit the highlights of this month’s art news, paying special attention to those stories that touch on our city on the lake. We’ve got plenty to talk abut, so let’s get started: United...
by stephanieburke | Apr 24, 2014 | Blog
1. It is Now a Matter of Learning Hope at Threewalls Work by Irina Botea. Threewalls is located at 119 N. Peoria St. #2C. Reception Saturday, 6-9pm. 2. 100 100s on the One and a Half at the Chicago Cultural Center Work by Shane Huffman. The Chicago Cultural Center is...
by Meredith Kooi | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
For Heidegger, the work of art is that which sets up a world and sets forth earth; “the work lets the earth be an earth” (Heidegger, “The Origin of the Work of Art,” 1936, 172). He says that the temple that sits atop a hill shows us, for the...
by Guest | Apr 22, 2014 | Blog
Guest post by Daniel G. Baird Tony Tasset’s artworks consistently aim to destabilize and question our understanding of value. Often perceived as humorous, whimsical or playful, the works poetically allude toward confrontations with mortality, timelessness and...
by Paul King | Apr 21, 2014 | Blog
In Activate the Three Artefacts and then Leave, players are left without character; without avatar. Even in traditional first-person-shooters where the avatar is not necessarily shown at every opportunity, there’s a sense of the body: glimpses in mirrors that reveal a...
