Re-introducting: Writer-in-Residence Randall Szott

Re-introducting: Writer-in-Residence Randall Szott

I don’t want art to ask any questions, unless it is “what would you like for dinner?” I want art to be predictable, like a romantic comedy that leaves you crying on the couch even though you knew they would end up together. I’d like it to sit in my lap and purr. Art...
Episode 790: Lan Tuazon

Episode 790: Lan Tuazon


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On this week’s Bad at SportsCenter we chatter about with Lan Tuazon. A Chicago-based sculptor, Tuazon discusses the culmination of her 10 year trilogy, Shift in the Order of Things, recently concluding at the Hyde Park Art Center. From Michael Reynolds’ Earthship to Alfred Heineken’s brick bottles, we unpeel a metaphorical onion to reveal the genius at the center of this epic series of “documentation sculpture”. Also, Jesse dubs the nickname “Chi Chi” for this human settlement we call Chicago. Call in and let us know your thoughts.

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/3-2/9)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (2/3-2/9)

1. Erol Scott Harris: LORE February 5, 12-4PM Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St,   2. Anything Can Be A Dragon, Anything Can Be A Snake February 3, 5:30-8:30PM NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery: 5500 N St Louis Ave Work by: Kristin Abhalter Smith and Kristin...
Sub-rural #12, Scott Espeseth

Sub-rural #12, Scott Espeseth

  Scott Espeseth’s sedate composition, “Aluminum Storm” embodies the artist’s punning sound-images, ashen palette, and generally understated rendering of his immediate environment. “Storm” depicts the stark metal siding of a neighbor’s unassuming frame house and...