Sub-Rural # 41, Willie Cole, “Perceptual Engineer”

Sub-Rural # 41, Willie Cole, “Perceptual Engineer”

Willie Cole’s sculpture, much of which consists of thousands of discarded, often obsolete objects, including his famed low-vamp womens’ pumps, expand the concept of Pop collage by a mile deploying the morphology of tribal art and design. His flat works, “scorches,”...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/29-9/4)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/29-9/4)

1. Nick D’Alessandro + Yixiao Zhao: I can understand why astronauts find it difficult to readjust to life on earth August 30, 7:30-10:30PM Hardboiled: 1530 N Greenview Ave   2. Thérèse Mulgrew & Wendy S. Rolfe: Breaking Bread August 30-September 28, 2024...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/22-8/28)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/22-8/28)

1.  Hai-Wen Lin: Craning the Neck August 25, 1-4PM FACILITY: 3616 N Milwaukee Ave   2. A. LAURIE PALMER: SOULSTORM Caucus & Memorial August 24, 2-7PM Watershed Art & Ecology: 1821 S Racine Ave     3. Allison Wade: Same Difference August 24,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/15-8/21)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/15-8/21)

1.  Sam Keller: Extra Value Meal August 16, 6-10PM A Very Serious Gallery: 673 N Milwaukee Ave   2. Paige Alice Naylor + TAITAI August 18, 6:30-9PM The Lawn: DM on Instagram for address   3. Calvin Coleman August 16, 6-9PM Gallery Guichard: 436 E 47th St...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/1-8/7)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (8/1-8/7)

1.  Rine Boyer: A Love Letter to Nature in Chicago August 2, 6-9PM Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave   2. Bridgette Bramlage: Future Memories August 3, 7-10PM Yes Project Space: 1029 W 35th St   3. kelli rae adams: Forever in Your Debt August...
Sub-Rural #40, Rebecca Kautz

Sub-Rural #40, Rebecca Kautz

Rebecca Kautz’s solo painting show at Madison’s Art Lit Lab combines an idiosyncratic exploration of personal subjects buried in a palpable vernacularism that seems to be composed by the way images are spoken – a sort of soluble concrete poetry. What’s remarkable is...