TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/31-4/6)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/31-4/6)

1. Natalia Villanueva Linares: Mina April 2, 6-9PM Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave   2. Johanna Winters: BAYTHUR April 1, 6-9:30PM ACRE Projects at Drama Club Gallery: 2439 S Oakley Ave   3. Juan Molina Hernández: regresa, regresa, regresa (return,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/24-3/30)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/24-3/30)

1. Jinn Bronwen Lee: Deviò March 26-May 7, 2022 Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave   2. Theodora Allen Saturnine: A Tale of Today March 26-July 10, 2022 The Richard H. Driehaus Museum: 40 E Erie St   3. Juan Fernandez: Line, Shape, Form, Repeat March 26, 6-9PM...
Bad at Art Forum #5: Art From Art

Bad at Art Forum #5: Art From Art

Artist’s using their own unwanted works to create new artworks is a nearly ubiquitous practice, one most commonly borne out by painters wanting to make good use of expensive frames and canvases, who often prefer “well-used” surfaces to raw ones. Making art from the...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/17-3/23)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/17-3/23)

1. Rose Blouin: To Washington Park, With Love – Exhibition Artist Talk + Closing Reception March 19, 3-7PM Washington Park Arts Incubator: 301 E Garfield Blvd Rose Blouin + Dr. Carol L. Adams in conversation   2. Laura Lynn Hsieh: Mahjong and Dumplings March 19,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/10-3/16)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/10-3/16)

1. Shannon Favia: Uppercut! March 13, 11AM-3PM Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave   2. Laura Catherwood: Book of Yielding March 12, 12-5PM Vertical Project Space: 2006 W Chicago Ave   3. Nick Perr: Floor Paintings, Chair Paintings March 11, 6-9PM Jargon Projects:...
Sub-rural #12, Geographic Mega-parcels

Sub-rural #12, Geographic Mega-parcels

Contemporary art exists under duress in rural America. The artworld still traffics in an obsolete nature vs. culture dichotomy, not through individual works that explore the hybridity of art language or identity, but in nature as synonymous with rural, (what...