TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/10-3/16)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/10-3/16)

1. Shannon Favia: Uppercut! March 13, 11AM-3PM Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave   2. Laura Catherwood: Book of Yielding March 12, 12-5PM Vertical Project Space: 2006 W Chicago Ave   3. Nick Perr: Floor Paintings, Chair Paintings March 11, 6-9PM Jargon Projects:...
Sub-rural #12, Geographic Mega-parcels

Sub-rural #12, Geographic Mega-parcels

Contemporary art exists under duress in rural America. The artworld still traffics in an obsolete nature vs. culture dichotomy, not through individual works that explore the hybridity of art language or identity, but in nature as synonymous with rural, (what...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/3-3/9)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/3-3/9)

1. Vikesh Kapoor: See You at Home March 4, 6-9PM Filter Space: 1821 W Hubbard St   2. Dr. Yaoundé Olu: Black Field / White Field March 6, 1-4PM Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston   3. SAM JAFFE: Muscle Memory March 4-April 9, 2022 65GRAND: 3252 W...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/14-3/2)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/14-3/2)

1. Jade Williams and Gabriel Chalfin-Piney: Timely Sanctification February 25, 5-8PM Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St Curated by Cristobal Alday   2. An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman  February 26-September 4, 2022 Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E...
Bad at Art Forum #4: Metal as a Foil

Bad at Art Forum #4: Metal as a Foil

From the moment Homo habilis first manipulated stone, humankind has been defined by its use of materials. Of the seven Ages, four were metal: Bronze, Iron, Steel and Aluminum. Metals are as malleable as putty in their molten state, similes for hardness when cool...