by Claudine Isé | Mar 27, 2009 | Blog
Are we in the midst of a Shepard Fairey backlash? Not exactly, but there is some sort of reassessment going on. The L.A.-based political poster artist designed an iconographic image that reverberated nationally, along with other forms of viral street art that have...
by Meg Onli | Mar 26, 2009 | Blog
FRIDAY Green Lantern Without You I am Nothing: Cultural Democracy from Providence and Chicago 03.27.09 – 04.25.09 1511 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Second Floor “Without You I am Nothing: Cultural Democracy from Providence and Chicago is an exhibition of works on...
by Meg Onli | Mar 25, 2009 | Blog
About a month ago I was able to catch a showing of the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In after much nagging from my film buff sister. Adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 best selling novel Låt den rätte komma in, the film centers on the...
by Meg Onli | Mar 25, 2009 | Blog
If you listened to this weeks epically long show then you might know that the Southern Graphics Council:Global Implications Conference starts today. If your into printmaking and are in the Chicago area go check out the conference this week, and say “Hi” to...
by Tim Ridlen | Mar 24, 2009 | Blog
You gotta love being friends with Jerry Saltz on Facebook. I’m not friends with Jerry Saltz IRL (In Real Life), but who isn’t friends with him on Facebook? And here’s why: 32 Comments in 53 minutes to a question that I myself am already...
by Claudine Isé | Mar 23, 2009 | Blog, Review
Boston-based artist Matthew Rich’s large-scale paintings on paper at Devening Projects + Editions present a range of enticing contradictions. A few examples: Rich uses an X-acto type blade to cut lines that aren’t always super-straight, he hangs his...
