by Guest | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog
by Jessica Cochran In her recent memoir poet laureate Elizabeth Alexander wrote of her deceased husband, “he left us with his eyes on the world.” He was a painter. Deborah Boardman (1958 – 2015), who once described herself as a “painter and…” worked in Chicago for...
by Guest | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog
Bad at Sports would like to congratulate the 2015 Propellor Fund Grant Recipients! Propeller Fund proudly announces the fifteen grant recipients for 2015. Selected from a pool of over one-hundred candidates, these small, self-organized, and radical projects are vital...
by Guest | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
Guest post by Lise Haller Baggesen On Saturday September 19th –while Chicago was hustling and bustling with all things EXPO—the Suburban opened the doors to its new Milwaukee location. Housed in a former Laundromat, which had suffered a total burnout leaving only the...
by Guest | Jul 15, 2015 | Blog
Guest post by Lise Haller Baggesen. The Doris Salcedo show, recently on view at the MCA, was a hard one to watch. Not because it was a bad show; numerous reviews pointed out it is an extremely well curated, beautifully executed, and timely show of the monumental...
by Guest | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog
Guest post by Vanessa Gravenor Fraser Taylor’s show Orchard/Dirge, on view at Threewalls gallery in Chicago, combines sculptures that suggest states of kinesthesis with drawings and paintings blackened to abject states. When entering the main room, one sees a...
