by Caroline Picard | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog
Houseplants are our way of corralling nature, organizing it, and preserving it. They make ecology accessible and domestic. Still, houseplants, vegetation, botanical enterprise all have histories and experiences far bigger than me. As a material, their associated context is greater than my conception, but I like that. Plants, as a medium, have an ability to shift the work through various paradigms and intertexts: from fine art, to science, to personal and intimate, to vernacular.
by Caroline Picard | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog
In that philosophical poem, Lucretius asks straightforwardly: What is this place? What is it made of? How does it work? His answers are as helpful now as they were in 50 BCE, in the sense that his curiosity, detailed observations, and empirical imagination still reverberate. He was an early proponent of a DIY ethic: he trusted his own experience to make sense of things.
by Caroline Picard | Dec 27, 2012 | Blog
Last September, DePaul Art Museum hosted an epic group exhibition, featuring Imagist artist work on the first floor and a contemporary generation of artists on the second. While those contemporaries have in many respects plotted their own independent and respective...
by Duncan | Jul 13, 2012 | Blog
Hey universe! Welcome to our residency/art show. Maybe you should come visit? We have a few events coming up in the next 8 days. Saturday 14th noon- 4:30pm Art21 recording session/loop gallery tour. Tuesday 17th 11am-12:30pm Live interview with a special guest...
by Duncan | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog
Bad at Sports needs you to know a few things… 1. Our closing reception at Chicago’s A+D Gallery has been pushed back to the evening of the 19th, 5-8pm. Here is a link to the gallery page which as of this writing has not been updated. 2. This is due to our...
