by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog
Here are the Chicago-based collectors on the magazine’s 2009 list, in alphabetical order as listed on ARTnews’ website: Neil G. Bluhm Chicago Real estate Collection focuses on Contemporary art Stefan T. Edlis and H. Gael Neeson Chicago; Aspen, Colorado...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog
Self Portrait Machine, by Jen Hui Liao, is part of an exhibition at the Royal College of Art. The machine takes a picture of the subject and then mechanically renders it. The subject’s hands are “cuffed” to the machine (as pictured below) and then...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog
If Don Colley’s drawings were movies, I’d be first in line to see them. The Chicago-based artist’s noirish, grab-you-by-the-throat depictions of evil clowns, brawling boxcar hobos, and flamboyant carnie types are intensely cinematic, evoking angsty...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog
Breaking news: Art Criticism lives on at the Chicago Tribune! Yes, you heard that right, and Bad at Sports’ own longtime contributor Lori Waxman (who reviewed several Chicago-area shows for last week’s big #200 podcast) is leading the way as the...
by Meg Onli | Jul 5, 2009 | Blog
Featuring work by: Michael Bancroft, Noah Berlatsky, Dayton Castleman, CThrough Outfit, Chelsea Culp, Derek Erdman, Gina Grafos, Jacob C. Hammes, Jaime Lynn Henderson, Hideous Beast, Thaddeus Kellstadt, Paul Mack, Rachel Pollak, Yvie Raij, Oliverio Rodriguez,...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 4, 2009 | Blog
Paper Castle on the Ocean, by Tokyo-based art student Wataru Itou. It’s not fireworks, but it makes me go ‘ohhhhhhhhh! and it’s all pretty and glowy and shit. Happy 4th! Via The Daily What
