A Plant as Familiar: The Use of Plants in Contemporary Art

A Plant as Familiar: The Use of Plants in Contemporary Art

Guest Post by Faye Kahn¹ Originally Composed 12/2012   Contemporary society occurs within a system of objects: toasters, cars, latch hooks, extension cords, hair pins, keys, cards, bunk beds, and so on. It is this very system (see also: pile, archive,...
On Courage

On Courage

“Courage is the great enabling virtue that allows one to realize other virtues like love and hope and faith. To have courage is to be willing to look unflinchingly at catastrophic circumstances and muster the will to overcome the fear, never to fully erase and...

Kevin Kurtz Pierce May 16, 1957 – May 2, 2013

It is my sad duty to report the loss of a wonderful guy who along with his wife the delightful Annie Morse put on New Years Day parties of legend. He was a lovely person and I am deeply saddened to hear of his passing. Please keep Kevin and his friends and family in...
What Chicago’s Art Scene Can Learn From Vampire Bats

What Chicago’s Art Scene Can Learn From Vampire Bats

The art world loves community.  Well, the art world loves the word, “community.”  Or, at least, it might, if we could figure out what the “art world” is, anyway, which is by no means a new problem.  The issues may in fact be quite closely related.  The art...