by Lise McKean | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
SOFA aka Sculptural Objects Functional Art and Design turned 23 this year. But that’s not all that Chicago celebrated on SOFA’s opening day. During the pre-opening media viewing, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall buzzed with electricians installing lights atop beeping...
by Visualist Chicago | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog
Every thought in our head is just like every other thought in someone else’s, fleeting and imagined. We can and will be incomplete together, through the reproducible action of sharing the stories of ourselves with one another. Flowing streams of narrative, of...
by Visualist Chicago | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog
1. She Made for Her November 1, 2016, 5 PM Work by: Anna Tsouhlarakis Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society: 5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 2. 40 Years – Part 2: Gender. Race. Identity October 28, 2016, 5-7:30PM Work by: Vito Acconci, Derrick...
by Guest | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
Guest post by Brent Fogt Barnett Newman famously observed that “Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting,” poking fun at sculpture’s secondary status in the eyes of many art lovers. Though painting was definitely king at this year’s...
by Lise McKean | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog
Interview with Lise McKean LM: Let’s jump in the deep end and start by talking about your interest in dada, surrealism, fluxus, and the book your co-edited The Exquisite Corpse: Chance and Collaboration in Surrealism’s Parlor Game. Let’s hear about how these interests...
by Visualist Chicago | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
Mark maker, mark maker, make me a mark. The intentionality of mark making creates a moment where something about the mark maker’s being is revealed. Captured in the mark itself are a litany of codes and codifications that stand beside something unique to that...
