by Paul Krainak | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Visualist Chicago | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog
1. Vikesh Kapoor: See You at Home March 4, 6-9PM Filter Space: 1821 W Hubbard St 2. Dr. Yaoundé Olu: Black Field / White Field March 6, 1-4PM Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston 3. SAM JAFFE: Muscle Memory March 4-April 9, 2022 65GRAND: 3252 W...
by Guest | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog
Randall Szott For many years, when it came to the art world, I felt a lot like the “man who wasn’t there” as in the opening of this William Hughes Mearns poem: Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I...
by Visualist Chicago | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog
1. Jade Williams and Gabriel Chalfin-Piney: Timely Sanctification February 25, 5-8PM Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St Curated by Cristobal Alday 2. An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman February 26-September 4, 2022 Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E...
by Keeley Haftner | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog
From the moment Homo habilis first manipulated stone, humankind has been defined by its use of materials. Of the seven Ages, four were metal: Bronze, Iron, Steel and Aluminum. Metals are as malleable as putty in their molten state, similes for hardness when cool...
by Visualist Chicago | Feb 17, 2022 | Blog
1. Darin Latimer: SuperDeath pt. 1 (Let it Bleed) February 18, 6-9PM Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave 2. It’s the satire that kills the serpent, you know…: Robert Colescott and the Art of Racial Irony February 17, 7-8PM Chicago Cultural Center: Online...
