CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS FALL 2017
FAHEEM MAJEED IS MAKING WAVES NICK CAVE + JEANNE GANG JOIN FORCES FOR EXPO + THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL CARRIE SECRIST TURNS 25 THE COLLECTION OF IRVING STENN THE ARTISTS BEHIND TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID CHICAGO’S CULTURE WIZARD MARK KELLY
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FEATURING DANIEL ARSHAM, CARLOS ROLÓN/DZINE, CODY HUDSON, JEN STARK, AND MORE
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Alex Senna, “The Brothers”, 2017
TWOONE, “Left Culture”, 2017
Chicago’s premier urban-contemporary art gallery September 2 - 23 | Alex Senna | Anamnesis October 7 - 28 | TWOONE | Bright Future November 4 - 25 | Chicago Culture Couple Curates | Group Show December 1 - 30 | Holiday Group Show | Portrait December 5 - 10 | Ben Frost | SCOPE MIAMI BEACH
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Stinkfish, Ben Frost, XOOOOX, Jana & JS, My Dog Sighs,
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Also featuring work from Hebru Brantley, Blek le Rat,
Xenz, OAKOAK, LIE, Joseph Renda Jr., and more.
Artwork by Sylvester Sims
The Love Affair Continues…
Save the Dates: October 12-14, 2018 Collectors’ Invitational Exhibition, DuSable Museum Collectors’ Home Tour Collectors’ Auction www.diasporalrhythms.org
Anna Kunz Yellow Pinto new paintings
McCormick Gallery Sept. 15 - Oct. 28 thomasmccormick.com
Tonight (detail), 2017, acr ylic on canvas, 72 x 78 inches
November 3-5 Opening Night, Nov. 2 Navy Pier
Peter Olson, courtesy of Duane Reed Gallery
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World on the Horizon Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean This exhibition has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor
Fall 2017 Exhibitions Coveting Nature: Art, Collecting, and Natural History in Early Modern Europe Propositions on Revolution (Slogans for a Future) Provenance: A Forensic History of Art School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition J.P. Fernandes, Ostafrikanische Schรถnheit (present-day Tanzania) (detail), Photograph before 1900; postcard printed ca. 1912. Colored collotype on postcard stock. Collection of Christraud M. Geary.
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Emmanuel Pratt Radical [Re]Constructions September 12, 2017–Spring 2018
Emmanuel Pratt, Concept sketch for Radical [Re]Constructions, 2017. Courtesy of the artist.
Jayna Zweiman Welcome Blanket through December 17, 2017 Handmade blanket created for Welcome Blanket.
Olga Chernysheva, still from March, 2005, Video, 7:30 minutes. Courtesy: Diehl, Berlin; Pace, London; Foxy Production, New York.
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Michael Rakowitz, May the Arrogant Not Prevail, 2010. Found Arabic packaging and newspaper, glue, cardboard, and wood; 194 ¼ × 235 ¼ × 37 ½ in. (493.4 × 597.5 × 95.3 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Marshall Field’s by exchange, 2015.4. © 2010 Michael Rakowitz. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.
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BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST
Lead support for Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West is provided by the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris: Caryn and King Harris, Katherine Harris, Toni and Ron Paul, Pam and Joe Szokol, Linda and Bill Friend, and Stephanie and John Harris; the Margot and W. George Greig Ascendant Artist Fund; R. H. Defares; Helen and Sam Zell; Anne L. Kaplan; and Cari and Michael Sacks. Major support provided by Nancy and Steve Crown, Kovler Family Foundation, and Elissa Efroymson and Adnaan Hamid. Generous support is provided by the Shulamit Nazarian Foundation, Jack and Sandra Guthman, The Fine Foundation, Helyn D. Goldenberg and Michael Alper, The Malkin Family, Vicki and Bill Hood, Lisa Yun Lee, Paul Gray and Dedrea Armour Gray and Richard Gray Gallery, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, and Lynn Hauser and Neil Ross.
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FALL 2017 HIGHLIGHTS 20 OPENINGS This season’s opening receptions
38 Into the Neighborhoods with Faheem Majeed 41 Eat Local Food, See Local Art 42 Collector Irving Stenn, Jr.
22 SOCIAL CALENDAR
46 Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Chicago
24 SEASON PREVIEWS
50 Michelle Boone’s New Navy Pier
Highlights from our listings 26 ART FAIR SEASON
INTERVIEWS + FEATURES 28 Nick Cave + Jeanne Gang Join Forces 32 Making New History at the Chicago Architecture Biennial 34 Carrie Secrist Turns 25
52 DCASE Commissioner Mark Kelly’s Plans for Chicago Culture 55 Seth Stolbun: Collector and Patron
DIRECTORY 57 ART SERVICE INDEX 58 GALLERY INDEX On the Cover: Faheem Majeed, Pause, 2012, plaster and spray paint. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Nabiha Khan
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SOFA CHICAGO AT NAVY PIER
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CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS
35 YEARS IN 2017
Founded in 1982/83 Published 3 times annually: Annual Guide / Summer / Fall © 2017 Chicago Gallery News, Inc. Publisher + Executive Editor Virginia B. Van Alyea Managing Editor + Business Manager Alison Reilly Senior Editor Emily Ackerman Interns Bridget Brownlee Jaycee Rockhold Isobel Van Alyea Thomas Van Alyea Chicago Gallery News 213 W. Institute Pl., Ste. 309 Chicago, IL 60610 Tel 312-649-0064 info@chicagogallerynews.com www.chicagogallerynews.com Fall 2017 Vol. 32, No. 2 © 2017 ISSN #1046-6185
PUBLISHER’S LETTER: 10 YEARS AT CGN
Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel and Publisher Ginny Van Alyea at Gray Warehouse for the opening of Jim Dine, April 2017. Photo: AEV.
Chicago is the city of the hour. You can see it in our stunning new Riverwalk, and in the improvements being made to the lakefront path. Downtown, there are towering cranes on nearly every corner. Our restaurants are garnering national praise. Chicago artists are undertaking major public projects that will last for generations. During EXPO Art Week in September, our cultural institutions are collaborating to show the world the civic power of collective creativity.
As I mark 10 years as publisher of CGN this fall, I’ve been considering the many dynamic shifts in my life as well as in work, since I took over from founding publisher Natalie van Straaten in 2007. On the life side, there has been one long recession and three presidential elections. I met my husband and got married, we spent a year renovating a vintage apartment, and we now have two children. Over the course of the decade spent as publisher of Chicago Gallery News, I’ve seen the Modern Wing of the Art Institute open, and David Bowie came back to life at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Maggie Daley Park rose out of Millennium Park, which itself is now 13 years old. In 2012 I watched Art Chicago fold and EXPO CHICAGO rise in its place, once again drawing the attention of the international art world to Chicago and becoming a driver of institutional and artistic collaboration. The Chicago Architecture Biennial, launched in 2015, is mounting its second global gathering and exhibition series this fall. Mayor Emanuel and the City of Chicago declared 2017 the
Year of Public Art, and the Picasso in Daley Plaza turned 50. I’ve seen three antiques fairs shutter and one begin. Many galleries throughout the region have scaled back or closed, while others have opened, moved and expanded. Some dealers have gone private or opted for virtual spaces in the name of making their business work. At CGN, we have moved our offices twice, switched printers, introduced an email newsletter, rebuilt our website three times, worked with more than 25 interns, launched our annual CGN Arts Guide, and greatly expanded our lineup of art world interviews and features in print and online. The art world changes often and fast, and this fall issue reveals how so many in our community harness creativity to advance the arts and therefore ensure that art will long be present in the lives of all who live here. We talked to artist Nick Cave and architect Jeanne Gang, who joined forces to create showstopping performances during EXPO and the Architecture Biennial. We met Irving Stenn Jr., a collector who grew up on the South Side and acquired a collection he eventually donated to the Art Institute. Commissioner Mark Kelly revealed his out-of-the-box plans for using public art as a vehicle for change. Michelle Boone invites all Chicagoans to come to the new Navy Pier to see cultural programming. Carrie Secrist reflects on how staying old school has helped her survive 25 years in the art business. And Artist Faheem Majeed, whose work is on the cover of this issue, has created, of all things, a free, floating museum on the Chicago River. I am thankful to be able to continue publishing CGN after 10 years of change and 35 years of history. Being publisher has given me many opportunities to champion this city while learning about many wonderful collectors, artists, and dealers. For that I am hopeful for the next 10 years.
SUBSCRIBE chicagogallerynews.com/subscribe • 312.649.0064 Magazines are available by subscription for $20 (3 issues/year) and $35 (2 years). You may also sign-up for free email newsletters on our website. Founded in 1983 Chicago Gallery News is the central source for information about the area’s art galleries, museums, events and resources. CGN aims to be a clear, accessible guide to the region’s creative scene, as well as an advocate on behalf of the local art community. Complimentary copies are available in all listed galleries, museums and art centers, at the Chicago Cultural Center, and at hotel concierge desks throughout the city and suburbs. Complimentary copies will be available at our EXPO and SOFA booths; subscription specials will also be offered. Look for us on the main fair floor of Festival Hall, Navy Pier. Our inaugural 2017 CGN Arts Guide, printed in a portable format, offers 160 pages of gallery and museum listings as well as district maps. The next edition is available in early 2018. Fall 2017 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | 19
FALL OPENINGS OPENING RECEPTIONS TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF A NEW EXHIBITION, USUALLY BETWEEN 5-9PM. ARTISTS ARE OFTEN PRESENT, AND THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME.
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FRI SEP 15 EXPO ART AFTER HOURS Jean Albano Andrew Bae Catherine Edelman Galerie Waterton Weinberg/Newton Bridgeport Art Center DOCUMENT Filter Photo Kavi Gupta Gray Warehouse Rhona Hoffman McCormick Carrie Secrist PATRON Volume Western Exhibitions MoCP Krasl Art Center
SUN OCT 8 Evanston Art Center (1-4p)
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SAT SEP 2 Vertical Perspective FRI SEP 8 Addington Jean Albano Victor Armendariz Andrew Bae Catherine Edelman Golden Triangle Gruen Carl Hammer Hilton | Asmus Kasia Kay/Lightology Aron Packer Projects at Chicago Gallery News Printworks RNDD Gallery Walk Ken Saunders Schneider Vale Craft Galerie Waterton Zolla / Lieberman Chicago Arts District Logan Center Studio Oh! Chicago Artists Coalition Rhona Hoffman Thomas Masters Brauer Museum of Art Evanston Art Center SAT SEP 9 DOCUMENT Kavi Gupta Paris London Hong Kong Tiger Strikes Asteroid (3-7) Volume Linda Warren Western Exhibitions Salon Artists (12-4p) TU SEP 12 Arts Club THU SEP 14 Graham Foundation Gray Warehouse
THU SEP 21 Filter Photo NIU Art Museum FRI SEP 22 Firecat SAT SEP 23 Chicago Printmakers Block Museum (2-4p) WED SEP 27 Smart Museum THU SEP 28 Rangefinder WED OCT 4 Christopher Art Gallery THU OCT 5 State Street FRI OCT 6 Rangefinder Cornelia Arts Building UIMA SAT OCT 7 Vertical Cultivate Perspective
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WED OCT 11 Komechak (3-6p) THU OCT 12 MoCP FRI OCT 13 Chicago Arts District Studio Oh! (Closing) Thomas Masters FRI OCT 20 Rhona Hoffman Bridgeport Art Center Firecat Fermilab SAT OCT 21 Salon Artists (12-4p) FRI NOV 3 Addington Jean Albano Victor Armendariz Catherine Edelman Gruen Carl Hammer Hilton | Asmus Aron Packer Projects at Chicago Gallery News Printworks Rangefinder Ken Saunders Schneider Vale Craft Galerie Waterton Zolla / Lieberman DOCUMENT Paris London Hong Kong Volume Western Exhibitions Krasl Art Center SAT NOV 4 Carrie Secrist Perspective FRI NOV 10 Chicago Arts District Studio Oh!
THU NOV 16 Christopher (12-2:30p) NIU Art Museum FRI NOV 17 Bridgeport Art Center Firecat Evanston Art Center SAT NOV 18 Salon Artists (12-4p) FRI DEC 1 Rangefinder UIMA Vertical SAT DEC 2 Chicago Printmakers (11-7p) boyoyoboy! (3-6p) Gallery Night - Mineral Point, WI Perspective FRI DEC 8 Chicago Arts District Studio Oh! (Closing) Cornelia Arts Building FRI DEC 15 Bridgeport Art Center FRI DEC 22 Firecat
GALLERY DISTRICT KEY RIVER NORTH WEST SIDE MICHIGAN AVE/LOOP SOUTH SIDE NORTH SIDE SUBURBS/MIDWEST
GALLERY/STUDIO NIGHTS First Friday 9/1, 10/6, 11/3, 12/1
Second Friday 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
Third Friday 9/15, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15
On September 15 EXPO hosts Art After Hours, a public, city-wide gallery night following the fair from 5-9pm expochicago.com
Nunquam Prandium Liberum featuring José Lerma opens September 9 at Kavi Gupta 219 N. Elizabeth
NIU Art Museum hosts a reception for Objectifying the Photograph on September 21, 5-7pm, and on November 16 they open the NIU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Altgeld Hall, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
A solo exhibition of work by Jaume Plensa opens September 14 at Gray Warehouse 2044 W. Carroll
A group exhibition, titled Disruptive Practices, opens October 12 at MoCP 600 S. Michigan
IMAGES (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP): EXHIBITION VIEW OF WUNDERKAMMER GROUP SHOW AT VOLUME GALLERY; JAUME PLENSA, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND RICHARD GRAY GALLERY. IMAGE BY GASULL FOTOGRAFIA; ZACKARY DRUCKER AND RHYS ERNST, RELATIONSHIP #23 (THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR), 2011. COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS AND LUIS DE JESUS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES; JOSHUA CITARELLA, HANDS WITH MULTIPLIED COLTAN, INSTALLATION VIEW, 2015, C-PRINT (68” X 52”), COURTESY OF THE ARTIST; JOSÉ LERMA, UNTITLED (MOM), 2015, ACRYLIC AND PIGMENT SILICONE ON CANVAS, 6’ X 5’. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND KAVI GUPTA
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SOCIAL CALENDAR RIVER NORTH DESIGN DISTRICT GALLERY WALK Sep 8 The RNDD kicks off their third annual gallery walk with a VIP Kickoff Party hosted by Lightology and an after party at the Golden Triangle. rivernorthdesigndistrict.com Free EXPO CHICAGO VERNISSAGE Sep 13 Celebrate the opening of EXPO, Chicago’s international art fair. Hosted by the MCA Chicago’s Women’s Board, all proceeds benefit the museum’s education department. 600 E. Grand, mcachicago.org Tickets: $100+ ACTIVATE Sep 28 A series hosted by Chicago Loop Alliance, ACTIVATE aims to transform loop alleyways into interactive exhibitions of art and culture. loopchicago.com/activate Free (RSVP recommended)
HYDE PARK ART CENTER GALA PHOTO: CLAIRE DEMOS
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL BENEFIT EVENING Oct 9 CHF’s annual fundraiser for year-round humanities programming. This year’s special guest is Samantha Powers, former Ambassador to the United Nations. The Four Seasons, 120 E. Delaware, chicagohumanities.org Tickets: $500+ OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO Oct 14-15 This architecture and design festival, organized by Chicago Architecture Foundation, gives visitors behind-the-scenes access to more than 200 buildings across Chicago. Locations range from private clubs to residential spaces. openhousechicago.org Free
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MICHAEL DEL PIERO GOOD DESIGN FEATURING WORK BY GREG DICKERSON | RIVER NORTH DESIGN DISTRICT
ACTIVATE CHICAGO PHOTO: KEVIN KNEELAND, K&N MEDIA
SEP-DEC 2017 HYDE PARK ART CENTER GALA Oct 14 HPAC’s annual gala, honoring civic leaders Shirley and Walter Massey and artist Anne Wilson. 5020 S. Cornell, hydeparkart.org Tickets: $60+
SAMANTHA POWERS CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL BENEFIT
OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO: ELKS NATIONAL MEMORIAL COURTESY OF CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION
EXPO CHICAGO VERNISSAGE 2016 AT FESTIVAL HALL ON NAVY PIER PHOTO: JEREMY LAWSON PHOTOGRAPHY
RENBEN Oct 21 The annual gala and art auction invites Renaissance Society Supporters for a lively evening. Half Acre Beer, 2050 W. Balmoral renaissancesociety.org Tickets: $500+ MCA HEARTS CHICAGO 50TH ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND Oct 21-22 A free celebratory weekend of artist talks and live music as well as the unveiling of the museum’s new community space. 220 E. Chicago, mcachicago.org GALLERY NIGHT MINERAL POINT, WI Dec 2 Escape to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, outside Madison, to celebrate a new season. Galleries, artist studios and shops are open for a lively all-day event. Mineral Point, WI, artsmp.org, Free
RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR PHOTO: MEG JOHNSON
RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR Dec 2-3 Find perfect holiday gifts here from over 250 vendors showcasing jewelry, fashion, ceramics, illustration, stationery, home decor and more. Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 W 35th renegadecraft.com, Free ONE OF A KIND SHOW + SALE Dec 7-10 The ultimate holiday shopping experience with over 600 artists presenting hand-crafted and specialty items, artwork, food, fashion shows and live music. 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza oneofakindshow.com Tickets: $12-20
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SEASON PREVIEWS THIS FALL FEATURES AN ARRAY OF EXHIBITIONS THAT CONSIDER CURRENT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TOPICS, FROM MICHAEL RAKOWITZ’S SURVEY AT THE MCA CHICAGO TO A REFLECTION ON THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AT THE KRANNERT ART MUSEUM.
PROPOSITIONS ON A REVOLUTION (SLOGANS FOR A FUTURE) KRANNERT ART MUSEUM Curator Kristin Romberg presents the work of contemporary artists and collectives, including Tacita Dean, Coco Fusco and The Propeller Group, against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 to examine the origins of radical changes in power and perception. Thru Dec 22, 500 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL kam.illinois.edu IMAGE: COCO FUSCO, A/K/A MRS. GEORGE GILBERT, 2004. VIDEO. COURTESY OF VIDEO DATA BANK, WWW.VDB.ORG, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. © COCO FUSCO
KRUECK + SEXTON VOLUME GALLERY Volume Gallery contextualizes the work of Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton, known in Chicago for the design of the Crown Fountain and the Spertus Institute, with early examples from the 1980s. Included are chairs that juxtapose plush fabrics with mirrored surfaces. Sep 9-Oct 28, 1709 W. Chicago, vwvolumes.com IMAGE: KRUECK + SEXTON, CHICAGO CHAIR, 1987,TESKO MIRRORED STAINLESS STEEL, BRASS, UPHOLSTERY, 33” X 36” X 30 1/2” COURTESY OF KRUECK + SEXTON. PHOTO: HEDRICH BLESSING
DAVID HARTT GRAHAM FOUNDATION in the forest is a multi-part exhibition of work by David Hartt featuring a film, photographs and sculptures. Inspired by Moshe Safdie’s unfinished 1968 Puerto Rico Habitat project, the exhibition coincides with the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Sep 14-Jan 6, 2018 4 W. Burton, grahamfoundation.org IMAGE: DAVID HARTT, STILL FROM IN THE FOREST, 2017. 4K DIGITAL VIDEO FILE, COLOR, SOUND; 20 MIN. COURTESY OF CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY AND COMMISSIONED BY THE GRAHAM FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE FINE ARTS.
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C.J. PYLE CARL HAMMER GALLERY As a child, C.J. Pyle was fascinated by making rope knots. Later in his life, when he was traveling as a musician, he found time between sets to perfect drawings of the weave of the rope. He now uses a distinct woven-knot pattern to create stunningly complex portraits. Sep 8-Oct 28, 740 N. Wells, carlhammergallery.com IMAGE: C.J. PYLE, LOLLIPOP, PENCIL, COLORED PENCIL, GOUACHE INSIDE OF VINTAGE ALBUM COVER, 12.5” X 12”
MICHAEL RAKOWITZ MCA CHICAGO Senior curator Omar Kholeif brings Michael Rakowitz to the MCA for his first U.S. museum survey. Through the meticulous reconstruction of materials and with careful attention to the craft of the narrative, Rakowitz’s work asks viewers to examine their complex relationship to the world of politics. Sep 16-Mar 4, 2018 220 E. Chicago, mcachicago.org IMAGE: MICHAEL RAKOWITZ, MAY THE ARROGANT NOT PREVAIL, 2010. COLLECTION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO, GIFT OF MARSHALL FIELD’S BY EXCHANGE. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND RHONA HOFFMAN GALLERY.
THE HYSTERICAL MATERIAL SMART MUSEUM OF ART The Hysterical Material puts two unlikely artists, Bruce Nauman and Auguste Rodin, in dialogue with each other in order to examine how each uses the human figure to express emotion. Sep 14-Dec 17, 5550 S. Greenwood, smartmuseum.uchicago.edu IMAGE: AUGUSTE RODIN, THE HERO, 1896, BRONZE, 16 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 4 3/4 IN. (41.6 × 16.5 × 12.1 CM). IRIS &B. GERALD CANTOR CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, GIFT OF THE IRIS AND B. GERALD CANTOR FOUNDATION, 1998.363.
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ART FAIR SEASON THE ANNUAL 2017: THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS Sep 8-28 Curated by Caroline Picard, this year’s edition of Chicago Artists Coalition’s The ANNUAL focuses on the ties between geometry, logic and social actions, featuring Candida Alvarez, Assaf Evron, Betsy Odom, Anne Wilson and others. 217 N. Carpenter, chicagoartistscoalition.org Free
THE ANNUAL BETSY ODOM, LZR SUIT, 2015
EXPO CHICAGO Sep 13-17 Showcasing international contemporary art, EXPO highlights both established and emerging artists at Chicago’s Navy Pier along with a number of off-site programs, including Singing Stones, curated by Palais de Tokyo’s Katell Jaffrès. 600 E. Grand, expochicago.com Tickets: $15+
EXPO CHICAGO TOM BURR, OTHER PEOPLE’S PANTS, 2010 COURTESY OF BORTOLAMI
WEST LOOP ART FAIR Sep 16-17 Family friendly, interactive and happening as the summer draws to a close, this fair features work from over 150 artists. Fulton Market at Racine, amdurproductions.com Free SOFA CHICAGO Nov 2-5 Focused on presenting threedimensional artwork, SOFA attracts elite art collectors and designers from all over the world with dozens of carefully crafted booths, special exhibitions and on-site programs. 600 E. Grand, sofaexpo.com Tickets: $25+ SOFA CHICAGO
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HENRY DARGER’S ORPHANS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF RACE Through January 7, 2018
756 N. Milwaukee Ave. www.art.org
Henry Darger (1892-1973), untitled (“In Times Like These…”), Chicago, n.d., page of coloring book, newspaper clippings, and other paper clippings on advertising cardboard, 14 x 20 in., collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, 102.5. © 2017 Kiyoko Lerner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Gavin Ashworth, © American Folk Art Museum/Art Resource, NY
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NICK CAVE + JEANNE GANG AN INTERACTIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTIST + ARCHITECT
FIRST PERFORMED IN ATLANTA IN 2015, NICK CAVE’S UP RIGHT WILL BE REVISED FOR EXPO CHICAGO IN SEPTEMBER
By FRANCK MERCURIO What happens when one of the country’s most renowned artists collaborates with one of the nation’s preeminent architects? The result is Here Hear, a series of performances combining the unique talents of artist Nick Cave and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, debuting this September at EXPO Chicago and during the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The joining of forces during such a key time in the city’s cultural calendar was the brainchild of Michelle T. Boone, the current Chief Program and Civic Engagement Officer for Navy Pier, home of EXPO, and former Commissioner of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). “Michelle felt this was a good way to partner two artists and also tie together the Biennial and the fair,” says Cave. According to Gang, the opportunity to team up with Cave was destined to be, “We have these parallel worlds, and every once in awhile they intersect.” She adds, “We knew each other before, but we’ve never done a project together. Michelle made it happen.” Over the past couple of years, EXPO and the Biennial have brought renewed international attention to Chicago’s vi28 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
brant art and design scenes, and Here Hear will help celebrate the opening of both exhibitions this fall in a fantastic way. EXPO CHICAGO, now in its sixth year, and building on a steady rise in prominence on the international art fair circuit, will see 135 exhibitors representing galleries from 25 countries. The Chicago Architecture Biennial, in its second edition, features 141 participants from 20 countries. Architects’ work will be displayed at the Chicago Cultural Center through the end of the year, as well as in several satellite venues around the city. Here Hear, premiering the evening of September 13, during Vernissage, EXPO’s kick-off party on the Pier, will be performed at the start of the Biennial on September 16 and promises to be a showstopper. “The introduction to the festivities will be led by the South Shore Drill Team, with a group of 30 performers in Soundsuits,” said Cave. “This is really the piece that will be engaged with Jeanne’s work.” Cave is best known for his performance pieces featuring dancers dressed in his signature Soundsuits – wearable works of art that are colorful, textured, and sometimes unsettling in their forms. The pieces are often exhibited in static museum displays, yet they come to life in excit-
ART + ARCHITECTURE The intersection of art and architecture is a natural one, blending constructed objects with built environments. Both Nick Cave and Jeanne Gang are concerned with materials, space, movement, individual experience and community benefits. Below are examples of notable works.
JEANNE GANG, PHOTO: SALLY RYAN
ing and unexpected ways when presented in motion to an audience, while inhabited by performers. Complementing Cave’s works will be “dynamic custom-fabricated objects” designed by Gang and her team of architects that will define the spaces where Cave’s performances take place. “These sculptural/architectural forms can be moved around the pier, creating various spaces to perform in,” said Cave. “The idea is organic enough that you can create this sort of environment to play within. The dancers will have the ability to dictate whether it’s a square box, or a long rectangular space, or a line with performances happening on both sides of the objects.” The space-defining objects themselves will be kinetic, and Gang’s inspiration for their design centers on the wave action of Lake Michigan, which of course surrounds the Pier on three sides. “The performance site is on Navy Pier, so there’s this idea of water and the movement of water and how things bob up and down in the water. This inspired how the objects move and their balancing properties,” said Gang. “Dance is so much about balance, and human movement is so much about that as well. The objects should have a nice relation with the performance.” Gang is known for some very high-profile buildings, including Chicago’s Aqua Tower (completed in 2009), Vista Tower (currently under construction), and the Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History in New York (scheduled for completion in 2020). But
FROM THE TOP: GANG’S AQUA TOWER IN CHICAGO, STEVE HALL (C) HEDRICH BLESSING; NICK CAVE SOUNDSUITS PERFORMANCE; GANG’S NATURE BOARDWALK AT LINCOLN PARK ZOO, STEVE HALL (C) HEDRICH BLESSING
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total—including adults who work in public service and kids from the Chicago Children’s Choir, reflecting the variety of experiences from so many citizens in our city. “I’ve been performing all over the world, but this is really my first performance piece in the city,” said Cave. “We’re very excited about working with young people and as well as professionals, creating opportunities for individuals interested in performance, dance, the arts. It’s nice to be able to create a platform of possibility, and so Here Hear is really all about that.” “I’m thrilled to be working with Nick and to see a glimpse of what inspires him and what he’s thinking,” added Gang. “It’s been really great so far. I’m looking forward to everything coming together.”
NICK CAVE, PHOTO CREDIT; SANDRO MILLER
she is also known for her socially conscious and environmentally friendly projects, such as the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (2014), the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo (2010), and perhaps most notably, proposals for the sustainable redevelopment and resilient design of riverfronts in Memphis, Milwaukee, and Chicago (the latter published in Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago’s Waterways). “More and more, people are focused on their virtual world and not as aware of the space they’re in or the people around them,” explained Gang. “I feel that in architecture and public space we have to work to get people to engage each other. It’s the biggest challenge and the most important thing we can do right now for our environment, for our politics—for everything. We need to get people to talk to each other and have empathy and have a conversation.” This goal, to help generate greater social awareness, is something that Gang shares with Cave. In previous interviews, Cave has said that his intention as an artist is to make an imprint on his audience, rather than just an impression. In many of his works, the audience participates, rather than just observes. Cave’s HEARD, to be performed at both EXPO and the Chicago Architecture Biennial, explores the collective power of people working together. Up Right, also slated for multiple performances, focuses on the challenges of being young and black in America. To perform these larger than life pieces, Cave needs to recruit dozens of people from across the city. His troupe of participants will be made up of creative professionals, but also everyday people—perhaps as many as 150 in 30 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
NICK CAVE, SOUNDSUIT, UP RIGHT
September Performance Schedule: Wed, Sep 13, 9-10pm – Aon Ballroom, Navy Pier Nick Cave’s Up Right Chicago, 8pm. The performance will start with a procession from EXPO CHICAGO, beginning at 8:30. Free; limited, ticketed seating avail. to the public. Sat, Sep 16, 1pm and 3pm – Navy Pier, Polk Bros Park HEARD, Includes live music by Kahil Elzabar and Chicago Children’s Choir. Soundsuits activation at Navy Pier Wave Wall at 2pm. Here Hear Film Festival at Polk Bros Park Performance Lawn, Lake Stage, 5pm (runs approx. 2 hours). Note: The Sep 16 performances are free and open to the public. No tickets necessary.
JEFFERY LEVING Jeffery Leving, Abstract Series #13
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MAKING NEW HISTORY This fall the Chicago Architecture Biennial returns for its second edition with an exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center and a number of off-site installations and performances. With so much to see and do, CGN asked Gibran Villalobos, Public Programs and Partnerships Coordinator, to highlight the programs he’s excited about.
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WHITE WANDERER: CREATING A CLIMATE CHANGE SOUNDTRACK Luftwerk, the renowned artistic collaboration of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, will discuss White Wanderer, an immersive public art installation that takes inspiration from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. Using real life recordings of the sounds and frequencies of melting and moving glaciers, the artists will create a haunting and contemplative soundtrack of climate change. The panel discussion features collaborators Rob Moore, a Senior Water Policy Analyst at NRDC and Doug MacAyeal, Professor in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. It will be moderated by Neil Stevenson of Ideo. Sep 26, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
LAMPO PERFORMANCE: MARK FELL Mark Fell premieres his new multi-channel project for the Chicago Architecture Biennial and Lampo. The UK composer will position 24 speakers around the hall and manipulate electronic sound in dialogue with the acoustic and architectural space—a conversation of geometries. This interplay forms a framework within which Chicago bassoonist Katherine Young performs Fell’s score. Sep 29, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
IMAGES: GIBRAN VILLALOBOS. PHOTO: ANJALI PINTO; LUFTWERK, WHITE WANDERER, 2017
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IÑIGO MANGLANO-OVALLE & HANNAH HIGGINS In conversation with art historian Hannah Higgins, author of The Grid Book (MIT Press, 2009), the artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle discusses his use of the grid and its impact on contemporary practice. Oct 3, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center
VAN ALEN INSTITUTE: VARIETY SHOW In a medley of music, provocation, and presentations, the Van Alen Institute will reflect on hangouts defined by both personal experiences and physical spaces. How do communities appropriate urban space? How is the experience of hanging out different for different people? The group explores a series of questions in a night of fast-paced performance and conversation. Oct 23, Garfield Park Conservatory
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CARRIE SECRIST TURNS 25 CHICAGO GALLERIST MAKES THE OLD SCHOOL NEW AGAIN By GINNY VAN ALYEA Walking through the glass door into Carrie Secrist’s eponymous gallery on a summer afternoon, the calm inside is a welcome respite from the frenzy that has encroached on the West Loop, an arts district that used to feel more removed from the traditional heart of the city, but which is now booming with new restaurants, hotels and condos on nearly every available corner. The gallery offers open space that is in short supply these days. At least 70 of Dannielle Tegeder’s framed, abstract works are hung salon-style, filling the west wall with various colors and shapes that invite closer viewing – an unconventional arrangement and an appealing style indicative of Secrist’s lively program, which she has honed over 25 years. Seated at a large table in an office area filled with art books, Secrist looks at once like a laidback farmer, clad in a pair of overalls she loves to wear while gardening, as well as like the bright and chic art dealer she is, donning her signature short blond hair and a wide grin. 25 years in the gallery business have flown by. Secrist got her first job after college while wandering through the Whitney Museum in New York. After chatting up a curator, she was offered a position, on the spot, in the museum’s education department. That encounter was a serendipitous start to her career, one that would be filled with connections, as well as risks, in the pursuit of art. After a short time in New York, once she experienced the challenges of surviving in Manhattan on an intern’s salary, Secrist’s path led back to her hometown of Chicago, where she soon found herself directing a gallery when she was just 23. Secrist had been charting a professional art course since before she started college, when she and her parents discussed the importance of balancing her focus on art and business. In Chicago she was introduced to Natalie van Straaten – then publisher of Chicago Gallery News and Executive Director of the Chicago Art Dealers Association – who connected her with Steve Berkowitz and Kathy Cottong at the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA). They hired Secrist as an art handler, a role which remains to this day her favorite part of her job. She says, “Actually hanging exhibitions and working with the artists is what I like best.” From there, she says, she quickly ascended the ranks to become the assistant director at CCA, only to see the gallery close its doors in the early 1990s. Soon, her next opportunity knocked when collectors she had met through CCA wanted to open a new space, and they asked Secrist to be the director. She recalls, “I was 23 and naïve, so I 34 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
CARRIE SECRIST, PHOTO: CLARE BRITT
said, ‘Yes! I can do that!’” The space, known initially as Gallery A, launched in River North in November 1992. Within a year Secrist found that she and the gallery owners wanted to pursue different directions for the program, and her family ended up buying the gallery outright. She says, “At that time that basically meant buying the office computer. Everything kind of went from there.” Secrist was fortunate to receive valuable advice from a group of dealers who helped her understand fundamentals about operating a gallery, from using transparencies to the importance of sending hand written letters. She says, “I owe a great deal to people like Rhona Hoffman, Paul Gray of Richard Gray, Donald Young, and River North neighbors such as Phyllis Kind, Roberta Lieberman of Zolla/Lieberman, Catherine Edelman, and Ann and Roy Boyd.” Secrist was the youngest of the dealers at that time, and she was grateful for the support for her program early on. Prominent collectors, including Susan and Lew Manilow, Donna and Howard Stone, and Linda and
CARRIE SECRIST GALLERY BOOTH AT EXPO CHICAGO 2016, FEATURING AN INSTALLATION BY SHANNON FINLEY
Paul Gottskind, also took interest in the burgeoning program. Secrist admits she still does many things the old school way, a trait she owes to the group that mentored her when she got started. Continuing to learn from colleagues, Secrist had settled into a routine of running the gallery when she realized she was ready to change the name from Gallery A to Carrie Secrist Gallery. She explains, “For a long time I wasn’t ready to put my name on the door, and so many galleries, especially in Chicago, start with a name that is not their own. The transition from being a person with a name to having that name become a physical place remains, to this day, strange for me.” Many changes have taken place during Secrist’s 25 years running a gallery, including a relocation to her current space in the West Loop at 835 W. Washington in 2003, but she cites two shifts that are universally acknowledged among those in the gallery world, “There are two truly double-edged swords: the Internet and art fairs. Art fairs are now where I begin relationships with new collec-
tors – probably 80 percent or potentially more, and it begins a relationship that we really count on.” By keeping up with the art fairs, Secrist says she also has the chance to connect with colleagues from all around the world and stay abreast of what everyone is doing, despite the expense of participating in and shipping to the fairs.
I tend to show art that is a slow look.
-Carrie Secrist
The downside of the art fair frenzy can be laborious as well as expensive. Secrist shares, “I might have an impressive, monumental sculpture that I know this collector will love and want, and they live maybe 20 minutes from the gallery. I urge them to come in, but they’ll say, ‘We’ll see it in Miami!’” Secrist credits early local support as critical to getting her start, but today she also values the unique and dynamic art community of dealers in
Chicago such as Monique Meloche, Julie and Shane Campbell, John Corbett and Jim Dempsey of Corbett vs Dempsey, Scott Speh of Western Exhibitions, and 835 W. Washington neighbors Andrew Rafacz, Tom McCormick and Kavi Gupta among others. She says it’s also exciting to see the new generation coming up – Regards, PATRON, Aspect/Ratio, and DOCUMENT – and she hopes to be supportive to them the way her colleagues were to her early on. But keeping up with others does not mean following the crowd. Secrist says, “One thing that has remained constant for me is that I tend to show art that is a slow look. Work tends to have a very strong artist hand in it, and it can look very different in person than a quick in and out of a fair booth.” Secrist’s art fair booths tend towards the immersive and conceptual, so visitors are compelled to participate in her installations and spend more than a few seconds looking at it. She explains, “Especially over the last few years, every booth we’ve designed, and each gallery exhibition, we’ve tried to have the production value feel like a museum installation. We Fall 2017 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | 35
THE GALLERY’S BOOTH AT ART MIAMI, FEATURING WORK BY ANDREW HOLMQUIST
have also been doing more solo booths, where we give an artist a challenge, for instance, showing an entirely new medium, or creating a standout presentation that will linger. No matter how the actual sales go, it’s a curatorial experience that will make people stop and remember.” She acknowledges, “One reason why we do this has to do with the other biggest change to our business since I started – the Internet. It’s fantastic that people, every minute of every day, in every country, can look up online what our current exhibition is and see new work, but we don’t want them to stop there. People feel they have seen the exhibition online, but they haven’t. And pardon my French, so often what I show appears like shit online [laughs], and you can’t begin to get the nuances digitally.” Secrist confesses, and her staff concurs, that she is not technologically savvy, which may motivate her to try to impress visitors with what they can see in person rather than on a screen. Secrist has seen the Chicago art scene boom and evolve over the years. She remembers, “When I opened there was really one contemporary art fair and that was Art Chicago. People anticipated it all year long, it was such an event. Now there are 2-3 significant fairs around the world every quarter.” The complexities of a strong market-focus, which has largely come out of the proliferation of art fairs, are apparent in a story she recalls about encountering a collector who once bought several works by an artist solely because they were told the value of the artist’s work would 36 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
greatly multiply after it was part of a museum show. Secrist says her aim is to be able to help people understand and love art for many reasons that go beyond art market factors. Secrist embraces art that is equally weighted between a visual experience and a richer conceptual connection, and she likes to reference the open atmosphere of early 19th century salons. The participatory productions she hosts at the gallery are designed to motivate people to show up and see art together, bringing a changing collective perspective to each show. Secrist explains, “We’ve done a lot of different performative things, like when artist Diana Guerrero-Macià, with her musician husband, Joe Adamik, created a series of artist made drum sets. Throughout the whole exhibition of her other work, which were mostly tapestries, we had a call and response session with other famous drummers. When we opened the show and held the sessions last fall, the week after the [presidential] election, all sorts of people – from children to seniors – came together to listen to the drums. It really felt like a gathering and an exchange.” Incorporating these performances and backdrops are a way to bring people into Secrist’s space to participate in art, and it’s a means to help artists expand their practice as well as their thinking. Secrist is celebrating the gallery’s 25th anniversary in several ways. For the gallery’s EXPO CHICAGO booth (Sept 13-17) she explains, “We’re presenting a curated exhibition of select artists who will create work to commem-
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orate this milestone. The comprehensive installation will include a wide range of media and each artist will be represented with art work that includes, or relates to, a metallic motif. We are also considering creating a reflective wall treatment in the booth to literally and figuratively include visitors within the experience. This offers a contemporary twist on a tradition, dating back to the Roman Empire, of exchanging symbolic elements for specific anniversaries. In this case, the element of silver will honor the interactions of the gallery, its artists and its audience in present time as well as over a quarter century of evolution.” There will be an expanded presentation of the fair booth concept in the gallery in November for the actual anniversary. Though art is with her every waking hour, Secrist has one other passion she gravitates to often. She shares, “I am a crazy gardener. I paint with flowers. My husband and I acquired the property next door to us, and I’m turning it into a fantastic secret garden, and eventually a small artist residence.” Catching Secrist at an art fair in towering shoes and her unique couture choices is a chance to admire her sense of style, but she admits, “If I’m not in art clothes, I am basically in overalls. And sometimes I’m in both, because I have like 20 pairs, including the dress ones. Getting in the mud makes me happy.” 25 years after diving into gallery life, Secrist indeed has weathered the floods as well as the droughts, but she has found her calling as one who passionately tends to artists, as well as collectors, and helps them all thrive in her garden.
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INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS FAHEEM MAJEED’S ARTISTIC EVOLUTION
FAHEEM MAJEED BUILDS PHYSICAL PLATFORMS AND THEN INVITES ARTISTS TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE. PICTURED ABOVE: FRANKIE M. BROWN AND ANDRES L. HERNANDEZ PERFORMING HEAVY IS THE HEAD II: THE CORE ROW NAY SHUN. IMAGE: FAHEEM MAJEED, SHACKS & SHANTIES (PERFORMANCE DETAIL), 2013. FOUND WOOD & GLASS, MIXED MEDIA
By ALISON REILLY “I had a roll of duct tape, and I would make my G.I. Joe into 20 other types of G.I. Joes,” Faheem Majeed says. “I was always making but I didn’t understand that as an art practice. In high school, I had an art teacher who said, ‘You’re really creative.’ I’m like, ‘Nah, that’s not real. That’s not work.’ I always assumed that work had to be something that you didn’t enjoy. I didn’t understand that you could love your work. Art was not something I took seriously, but it was something I did all the time.” Majeed, who grew up in Minneapolis, continued art classes throughout high school but ultimately had plans of becoming a veterinarian. It wasn’t until his art teacher took one of his paintings and sold it for $75 that he understood that something he loved could also support him. “The spark for me was my art teacher,” he says. “And then my mother supported my impulse and understood the value of art production and making. She was very happy, because she saw I had a passion.” 38 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
Today Majeed’s practice extends well beyond a two-dimensional canvas. For each installation of his ongoing series, Planting and Maintaining a Perennial Garden, Majeed builds a room made of cedar planks that serves as a platform for other artists to meet, interact and perform. The walls, inspired by Margaret Burrows Gallery at the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC), pay tribute to the woman and community who supported him when he first moved to Chicago in 2003. Majeed eventually became Executive Director of SSCAC and served the organization from 2005-2011. He speaks often of Margaret Burrows, a co-founder of SSCAC (1940) and the founder of the DuSable Museum (1961), whom he befriended. “Margaret Burrows was a teacher who was frustrated about the lack of diversity in the Chicago Public School art curriculum. She complained, and it fell on deaf ears, so she gathered a group of people who had objects, some were valuable and some not so much, but they all had a story. She assembled the objects in her home and invited the community, her kids and neighbors to come in,” Majeed explains. This collection in Burrows’
home eventually became the DuSable Museum of African American History. “The community started calling it a museum, and she realized that there was a need.” Tuning into the concerns of the local community now defines Majeed’s art practice. His work often acknowledges the dynamics of the space in which it exists and the changes that happen when the installation moves from one community to another. Around 2013 he built a shack in an empty lot on his street in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. When one of his neighbors asked him, “Why are you making this ugly shack in my neighborhood?” Majeed started to explain, “Hold on, I live here,” but the man interrupted and said, “Well, that’s not what I asked you.” “This was a defining moment of understanding for me,” Majeed explains, “that when I build a shack in my neighborhood, it is connected to all the artists and the organizations in the city that support me. Those people are going to come to that shack but not necessarily to the neighborhood. When they visit, they might discover that area and see different types of potential, but that may or may not be of interest to the people who live in proximity to where I build.”
AROUND THE CITY Faheem Majeed is participating in a number of exhibitions in Chicago this fall.
SINGING STONES | PALAIS DE TOKYO THE ROUNDHOUSE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13-OCTOBER 29, 2017
PLANTING AND MAINTAINING A PERENNIAL GARDEN THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST AT EXPO CHICAGO SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2017
ARTIST FAHEEM MAJEED IN HIS STUDIO IN CHICAGO. PHOTO: DEVIN MAYS
As he talked with his neighbor, Majeed not only recognized the effect of building a sculpture in his neighborhood, but also the perception of his body in space. “When I walk down the street as a black man, in a neighborhood that is predominantly black, I disappear. I realized that my art body is different than my physical body. I’m personally invisible in one way, but my art body sticks out because of what I draw in.” The first shack that Majeed built became part of an ongoing series called Shacks and Shanties, in which he creates structures for both artists and organizations to utilize as a community and performance spaces. Because of the prevalence of empty lots across the city, Majeed wants to reimagine them as areas of potential.
FLOATING MUSEUM MOBILE GALLERY FALL 2017 AT NAVY PIER, POLK BROS PARK IMAGES (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM): THE ROUNDHOUSE AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, COURTESY OF EXPO CHICAGO; INSTALLATION VIEW, BMO HARRIS BANK CHICAGO WORKS: FAHEEM MAJEED, MCA CHICAGO, MAR 10–AUG 16, 2015 PHOTO: NATHAN KEAY, © MCA CHICAGO; FLOATING MUSEUM, RIVER ASSEMBLY AT THE CHICAGO RIVERWALK
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Majeed’s self-awareness recently took the form of a 10-foot high inflatable balloon. Inspired by the fat cats and rats one might find at a union picketing strike, Majeed’s balloon is a Mario Brothers-like caricature of a black artist holding a palette in one hand and choking an adolescent with the other. “It’s hard to look at,” he admits. “It’s a complete, cartoony hot mess.” But for Majeed, both the content and the form are significant. The balloon protests against “the role of artists as first wave gentrifying agents in under-resourced neighborhoods,” he explains. “And it’s mobile. I can have it up and running in five minutes, because it’s designed for people to put up and break down quickly for protests on the fly.” This fall, for the first time, he will bring Planting and Maintaining a Perennial Garden to a commercial space. Supported by the Chicago Community Trust, Majeed will install a new iteration of his cedar gallery in a booth at EXPO CHICAGO. He has invited four local organizations and previous grantees of the Chicago Community Trust, including SkyART, Project Onward, Hyde Park Jazz Festival and Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration, to activate the space.
FAHEEM MAJEED, MY SOCIALLY ENGAGED PROTEST, 2016, VINYL AND MARKER, 10’ X 6’ X 5’
Not blind to the controversy of his practice, in response to his own work as an artist engaged with local communities, Majeed started another series called My Socially Engaged Protest. “Basically, I protest my own art in the communities that I work in,” he says. “If I understand the problems of what it means to build a shack in a vacant lot in my neighborhood and what comes with that, then I can then ask, ‘What are the tools I can create to protest that action at the same time?’” By protesting his own work, Majeed calls attention to the complex relationships artists can have with the communities they serve. While some in the neighborhood may welcome art installations, others might be hostile or simply uninterested. “The real work happens with the people on the fringes who don’t want to engage with what I’m doing, because they think they’ve seen this before,” Majeed says. “But that’s where the work should happen.” 40 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
For Majeed, who identifies both as an artist and an arts administrator, it is essential to bring local artists from organizations like SkyART and Project Onward into dialogue with EXPO. “It’s really thinking about leveling value and saying, ‘Yes, you have this space, and there’s this type of monetary value but there’s also another type of value.’ When these groups respectfully meet each other then they can see how their relationship can be mutually beneficial.” Along with his own work, Majeed is one of the founders of the Floating Museum, which operates without a permanent physical space. This summer, the Museum took on the literal embodiment of its name and organized an expansive project to float an industrial barge from southeast Chicago to the new Riverwalk in downtown Chicago. The barge, which is now installed at Navy Pier, serves as a mobile gallery for an impressive roster of cultural institutions, community organizations and artists including Maria Gaspar, Pope.L, Edra Soto, Cauleen Smith and Amanda Williams. “It’s just a different way of thinking about a networked museum,” Majeed says. “We’re making the city into a museum, and its neighborhoods are the galleries. Its partners are museums and community organizations. The Floating Museum is the city of Chicago.” For more information about Faheem Majeed’s projects visit faheemmajeed.com.
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DISCOVERING ART IN CHICAGO’S RESTAURANTS
GT PRIME, A RIVER NORTH STEAKHOUSE, FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHIC MURALS BY JEFF KAUCK. PHOTO: ANTHONY TAHLIER
By BRIDGET BROWNLEE AND JAYCEE ROCKHOLD Chicago is not lacking in two things these days: food and art. Whether you’re grabbing a quick bite to eat or sitting down for a twelve course meal, Chicago is home to a number of restaurants that feature tasty cuisine alongside local art.
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You don’t have to just look at art, you can eat it, too. In this immersive restaurant that celebrates dining as an artistic experience, enjoy an avant-garde inspired menu, with everything from green apple flavored balloons to lily bulbs, all while admiring new renovations to the space itself, as well as paintings by artist and dealer Thomas Masters. 1723 N. Halsted, alinearestaurant.com
The Albert, an Albert Einstein themed restaurant, was designed to showcase the intersection between art and science, and it features work by local artists, including murals from cartoonist Jonathan Plotkin, and Art Institute of Chicago Mathematician Dr. Eugenia Cheng’s colorful chalkboard musings. 228 E. Ontario, hotelemc2.com/eat-drink
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GT Prime takes food appreciation to the next level with striking culinary-focused murals. Created by artist Jeff Kauck, these larger than life photographs, along with fur-topped bar stools and taxidermy displays, set GT Prime apart from your typical steakhouse. 707 N. Wells Street, gtprimerestaurant.com
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COLLECTOR IRVING STENN JR. A LIFETIME OF RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH ART
THE STENNS’ HOME FEATURES A VARIETY OF WORKS BY BLUE CHIP ARTISTS, SUCH AS FRED SANDBACK, LARRY BELL, ELLSWORTH KELLY, SOL LEWITT, AND ALEXANDER CALDER.
By GINNY VAN ALYEA Three years ago Irving Stenn Jr. significantly changed the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection of Minimalist art and works on paper by gifting 105 drawings to the museum. Growing up, Stenn would have never imagined that he would come to love art and pursue and acquire such a significant collection in his lifetime. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, with parents who were products of the Depression, he says he didn’t visit many museums as a child, outside of a few school trips. Today, at age 86, he is a Trustee Emeritus of the Art Institute. Stenn lives in a recently renovated, 13th floor Streeterville condo with his wife Judi. Seated in a brown leather Le Corbusier chair, with a view of the park that is just east of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Stenn reflects, “I was so fortunate to have attended the University of Michigan and live with a group of young men who were very interested in the arts.” It was because of these friends that he was inspired to take 42 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
art survey courses while he was a student, and when he returned to Chicago as a young lawyer, he made time to attend the symphony, art exhibitions and to visit museums. Soon he married Marcia Sachs, with whom he had three children. Together they bought a Victorian rooming house in Lincoln Park that the city claimed was uninhabitable, due to prior flood damage. Referencing old photographs of what the building looked like originally, the couple undertook an extensive renovation with their friend, architect, Harry Weese. Stenn describes the process, “It was a crazy thing to do with three little kids running around at the time, but it was also really an exciting thing to see the house come together.” When everything was complete, the couple was living in a home filled with white walls. The architect suggested to them that the house was a perfect place to display art. On a trip to San Francisco, they visited Gumps Department Store, a well-known store in the city, which
had an art department. One vivid, geometric print caught the couples’ eye. Stenn recalls, “The artist’s name was not familiar to us at the time. My wife liked the color and design, so we sent it home.” The piece was titled River of Ponds and the artist was Frank Stella. It was the first work of art they purchased together, and it is still in Stenn’s collection. Over time that Stella print has proven to be seminal in the focus of his collection.
A LOVE OF MINIMALISM Much of Stenn’s collection is minimalist, but he says that’s mostly because, “We wanted to collect the artist’s work from the seminal period of their career. Most of the art is 60’s and 70’s material.”
Back in Chicago, the couple continued collecting prints by artists of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s with the help of dealer William van Straaten. They continued their quest by beginning relationships with Donald Young, Rhona Hoffman, Richard Gray and many other gallerists, relying on them for guidance. Stenn says, “Under the thoughtful tutelage of Donald and Rhona – and as our confidence, eye and pocketbook grew – we began to acquire paintings, and sculpture as well.” They sought out artists such as Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Josef Albers and Sol Lewitt. Over time Stenn says that through their collecting they met many interesting people, gaining insight into what contemporary art was about. They became an active part of the art community, and eventually Stenn was asked to be a Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art. He spent time studying exhibitions and engaging with other supporters of the museum. He explains, “In my law practice I was introduced to Gerry Elliott, a premier Chicago collector who put together collections of several periods of art during his lifetime, a number of which were gifted to the Museum of Contemporary Art and to the Art Institute in Chicago. The three of us would often meet at our house, where we discussed art and artists, and it was through Gerry that we gained in-depth familiarity with the artists whom we began to collect, such as Donald Judd, Barnett Newman, Brice Marden and Robert Ryman.”
Collect art with your eyes, not with your ears, and buy what you love! -Gerry Elliot While Stenn’s engagement with art increased, he still viewed himself as just an art enthusiast. He and Marcia were occupied raising their children, and he was busier than ever working as a lawyer. He remembers clearly, “One day, I don’t know how many years went by, someone called and asked to visit to see our collection of contemporary art That was the first time I’d ever heard anyone say, ‘You have a collection’. I’d never thought of it that way.” Marcia passed away in 1999. About a year later, in early in 2000, Mark Pascale, The Janet and Craig Duchossois Curator of Prints & Drawings at the Art Institute, called and introduced himself. He proposed a visit to an exhibit
IMAGES FROM THE TOP: LUCIO FONTANA; FRANK STELLA; AKIRA KANAYAMA
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IRVING STENN’S HALLWAY IS LINED WITH MINIMALIST DRAWINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER. THE BANNER AT THE END OF THE HALL IS BY ROY LICHTENSTEIN.
of contemporary drawings from the Collection of Werner Kramarsky, an internationally respected contemporary drawings collector, that was to be shown at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art on the Northwestern Campus. Stenn says, “I was fascinated with the material because of the intimate nature of the drawings and works on paper that gave insight into the process of this art. I was hooked!” Stenn and Pascale continued to talk regularly, and Stenn found himself with a new mentor in a new genre in the period he so loved. They traveled together in search of drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, Mel Bochner, Josef Albers, Agnes Martin, Fred Sandback, Jasper Johns, James Turrell, and so on. The collection that resulted was exhibited at the Art Institute in 2014, and the museum acknowledges that the bequest was one of the most significant bodies of works on paper given to the museum, and it has meaningfully enlarged the Department of Prints and Drawings’ collection.
as much of the art as possible, placing works that once filled his large Lincoln Park home in a fresh new space in their downtown apartment. Here, art is everywhere, behind the bar as well as on the sitting room floor. The installations show each piece’s individual attributes as well as the interesting ways they speak to one another. A small-scale, cubed Sol LeWitt sculpture has been placed atop a glass coffee near a vibrant Ellsworth Kelly painting, not far from a small bar, where a large LeWitt wall drawing has been installed for the second time, since it was formerly in his Lincoln Park home. A narrow hallway –– lined with dozens of framed drawings by artists such as Fred Sandback, Martin Puryear, Kazimir Malevich, and Yves Klein –– leads to a floor-to-ceiling, dark blue Roy Lichtenstein felt banner entitled Lightning Bolt. An Alexander Calder mobile floats near a steel-tiled Carl Andre floor installation. Says Stenn, “We love living with as much of the collection as possible.”
During these years of collecting, Stenn became a Trustee of the Art Institute. In addition he stepped up his commitment to the University of Michigan Museum of Art by naming a gallery in the contemporary wing in 2007. He is also a member of the school’s National Leadership Council.
For Stenn, “The collecting of art has not only been an education, it has broadened my life in so many ways. I’ve met and become friends with wonderful people in Chicago and around the globe. There have been many gallerists and curators who have been instrumental in building the collection over the years –– too many to mention –– and I am eternally grateful. Art has expanded my world. While there have been some bumps along the way, it’s been a good life. I’m a lucky guy!”
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MYTHOLOGIES:
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, untitled (various works), c. 1940-80. John Michael Kohler Arts Center Collection. Photo: Rich Maciejewski, 2016.
An unprecedented, sweeping view of the artist’s extensive oeuvre. On view now. Free admission. This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding was also provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Kohler Trust for the Arts and Education, Kohler Foundation, Inc., Herzfeld Foundation, and Sargento Foods Inc.
GALLERY TOURS River Nor th Saturdays 11am-12:30pm N E W L O C AT I O N a s o f J u n e 2 0 1 7 : Meet at Fa bcakes, 714 N Wells Free and open to the public.
VISITORS TO ADDINGTON GALLERY ADMIRE ART BY KATHLEEN WATERLOO
A galler y representative leads a guided tour of four different galleries e a c h w e e k . C o n v e r s a t i o n c e n t e r s o n t h e e x h i b i t i o n s a n d a r t i s t s o n v i e w. To u r s r u n r a i n o r s h i n e e v e r y w e e k e n d , e x c e p t o n m a j o r h o l i d a y w e e k e n d s . For groups larger than 10 people, or for private group or corporate tour s, please call CGN at 312-649-0064. P a r t i c i p a t i n g g a l l e r i e s i n c l u d e : A d d i n g t o n , A n d r e w B a e , S t e p h e n D a i t e r, C a t h e r i n e E d e l m a n , G a l e r i e W a t e r t o n , G a l l e r y V i c t o r A r m e n d a r i z , H i l t o n | A s m u s , R a n g e f i n d e r, K e n S a u n d e r s , S c h n e i d e r, P r i n t w o r k s , V a l e C r a f t , W e i n b e r g / N e w t o n a n d Z g
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TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID
ANNA KUNZ & MICHELLE WASSON ON ARTIST-RUN SPACES
INSTALLATION VIEW OF SASHAY WITH AND WITHOUT HISTORY, CURATED BY HOLLY AND ZACHARY CAHILL, FEATURING WORKS BY SARA BLACK & AMBER GINSBURG, PIERRE HUYGHE, SILKE OTTO-KNAPP, NABIHA KHAN-GIORDANO, AND MATT MORRIS.
By ALISON REILLY Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is an artist-run space founded by Anna Kunz and Michelle Wasson. The pair operate the gallery with the support of their members: Robert Burnier, Holly Cahill, Zachary Cahill, Meg Duguid, Esau McGhee, Josue Pellot, Olivia Schreiner, Teresa Silva and Justin Witte. Since opening, they have organized a number of exhibitions that feature local, national and international artists. I visited Anna and Michelle at their space in the Albany Carroll Arts Building in the East Garfield Park neighborhood and spoke to them about the history of the Tiger Strikes Asteroid network, their ambitious programming schedule and what they envision for the future of their space. CGN: When did Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago officially open? Michelle Wasson: October of 2016. Anna Kunz: Sashay With and Without History is our sixth show. 46 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
MW: Every six weeks we present exhibitions by one of our members who span a variety of artistic interests. AK: The way we chose our members had nothing to do with knowing each other. We wanted to gather a group of artists who had a reputation of giving. Plus, they were promising artists but might not be represented by a commercial gallery. They also have a wide set of skills because many of them also work in administrative roles or in cultural institutions. CGN: Your gallery is part of a network of artist-run spaces in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and now Chicago. How did you get involved with the Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA) organization and develop your own branch? AK: TSA started in 2009. The founding member is an artist named Alex Paik. He was based in Philadelphia at the time and modeled TSA after spaces like Vox Populi. Alex organized an ambitious group of artists who have been able to maintain their branch in Philly since 2009. They’re coming up on 10 years.
Alex relocated to New York in 2010 and started a branch of TSA there in 2012. In New York, it’s a different infrastructure and situation, where there are not enough spaces for artists to show their work. The branch started to generate a lot of momentum in terms of press and critical reviews. Vince Como, an artist and New York member, mentioned the idea of starting a Chicago branch to me.
ent cultural institutions including the University of Chicgo, Columbia College Chicago, Northwestern University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago. We’re really trying to create an inclusive community.
But as far as the identity of each branch, we all do our own thing. We do come together for meetings and we’re working through Alex, especially now because we’re a 501(c)(3). I don’t think I would do this unless I had Michelle and our members and the support of all of the other branches.
MW: In Chicago, Devening Projects has been in the Albany Caroll Arts Building for a long time, so Dan Devening was the pioneer, in terms of artist-run spaces, here. Julius Caesar has been in Chicago almost 10 years. Also, of course, Sabina Ott’s Terrain in Oak Park. Goldfinch, organized by Claudine Isé, started out around the same time we did, which has created a nice buddy system.
CGN: There are many other artist-run spaces in Chicago. What motivated you to start your own? AK: We knew that it was an established way to create a platform for artists we believe in. MW: Anna was really taken by how TSA operated and the generosity of the members. When she was living in New York, they included her work in an art fair in Madrid. AK: They could have exhibited any number of people in New York, but they invited me. That showed me that they were serious about generosity. MW: What’s alluring is that our artist members take time out of their studio practices, investing their own money, because they believe it is worthwhile. And the other members and locations already have a great deal of momentum.
CGN: What other spaces were models for TSA Chicago?
AK: A visitor could make an afternoon of coming to discover the artist-run spaces in this neighborhood. They can get one, two, three, four, maybe five or six diverse experiences in one Saturday. Parking here is no problem. CGN: How are you supported financially?
I think artists should be helping artists.
AK: You can think of the TSA as a network. We are into the idea of being a conduit. I personally am always interested in that. I think artists should be helping artists. CGN: What role do your members play? MW: We have an exhibition cycle that’s roughly a year and a half long, and members take their turn curating or organizing a show in that timeframe. The other members support them in that. Everyone brings their unique skills to the table. We have people who are great writers, preparators. No one judges—it’s all completely open. It’s really a pure platform. We have the power to do what we wish without gatekeepers or any institutional constraints. We empower each other. AK: We all help to publish press releases, clean up, host guests and create supplementary programming, because we also have salons, readings and performances. We all pitch in, and we’re starting to get our rhythm. Because of our members’ communities, we draw visitors from differ-
-Anna Kunz
AK: We don’t profit from artists’ work. The exchange happens purely and directly between the artist and patron. We just request a donation. Some artists decide to give proceeds to other organizations. Gary Noland, for instance, donated all proceeds from his exhibition here to the ACLU. It was wonderful to see that.
MW: Our program is almost fully supported by our members. We’re launching a flat file program this fall and hope proceeds will provde us additional revenue for future needs. Alex Paik in Brooklyn organized a fundraiser right after we received not-for-profit status so that provided additional financial support. But because we are artist-run and artist-supported, we have the freedom to do what we want. AK: There’s something nice about that because once people start giving you money, they can also start telling you what to do. MW: We don’t like that [laughs]. CGN: Can you tell me more about your flat file program? AK: Each TSA member invited three to five artists from anywhere—local, national and international. We’re really proud of the artists that have accepted the invitation including David X Levine, Rosalyn Schwartz, Rhonda Wheatley and Peter Skvara. The roster will rotate and grow organically as we progress.
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GAS, GRASS OR ASS IS AN AN EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE CULTURE OF THE VAN. CURATED BY JOSUE PELLOT AND ROBIN DLUZEN, THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN SEPTEMBER 9-OCTOBER 15, 2017.
The program is modeled on a space in New York called Pierogi 2000. Joe Amrhein, when he started the program, had binders with tiny pictures and names of every artist and a big pile of white gloves. You could go and help yourself though the drawers. I can’t tell you how many wedding gifts I’ve bought through Pierogi. That’s where we got the idea. Our program is affordable, too – $200 to $1,000 is where we cap it.
ing or programming. That is one way we can work with youth in the neighborhood. But we’re not at that point yet. What we do have going for us is our physical space, which is street-level and prominently encased by large windows. Our receptions and related events are intended to be approachable and welcoming.
CGN: What strategies are you using to bring the public into your space?
MW: Yes, we are visible and want to engage with the community. I’ve been working in this neighborhood for a long time, and it’s a very comfortable, happy place for me. I don’t want it to be an exclusive art club.
MW: We would like to become more involved in the Garfield Park neighborhood association. This neighborhood is extremely well organized and is blooming right now. We’ve also started a mentor internship program. AK: Two young artists are interning in the gallery tasked with typical duties, but we each also schedule them for different mini-courses, so they are exposed to a variety of skill sets and ways that we work individually. Plus, we offer critiques of their work, as they’re both getting ready to launch their career or get into a graduate program. MW: One thing that I’ve been thinking about is the After School Matters program. Students that want to participate are turned away, because there is not enough fund48 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
AK: We’re visible.
AK: I know that I talked about the institutional draw, however, if you ever come to an opening here you’ll see a really diverse group of people of all ages. Every member’s Facebook social network, including their Aunt Rose and Uncle Bob, are invited to come in. MW: And they come! AK: We all have discussed ways to breakdown the intimidation factor for somebody that has some curiosity and might not be so well versed in contemporary art. When we talk about engaging the public, we really mean engaging the public. We don’t mean just those institutional publics.
CGN: What are you planning for the fall? MW: Josue Pellot and Robin Dluzen are co-curating an exhibition on vanning culture titled Gas, Grass or Ass that addresses wider ideas about taste, the vernacular and the psychedelic.
EXPLORING EAST GARFIELD PARK Along with Tiger Strikes Asteroid, there are a number of artist-run galleries in the Albany Carroll Arts Building.
AK: It’s engaging in a subculture—people that completely deck out their vans and are very proud to show them as these movable art objects. We have plans for the vans to be parked outside the gallery. This will happen at the same time as EXPO. Inside the gallery will be renderings and information about the vans. We’re also planning on hosting a music program that will run one or two afternoons concurrently with our space and Goldfinch. You have to be here for that, it’s going to be awesome.
DEVENING PROJECTS + EDITIONS THRU OCT 7 ANDREA WINKLER; RAINER SPANGL OCT 22-DEC 9 JIN LEE; MARK BOOTH
INSTALLATION VIEW OF SARA BLACK AND AMBER GINSBURG’S WITNESS TREE (2017) IN SASHAY WITH AND WITHOUT HISTORY AT TIGER STRIKES ASTEROID CHICAGO
CGN: You are coming up on a year. What do you see for the next year? What is your vision for your space?
GOLDFINCH THRU SEP 30 KATE MCQUILLEN OCT 14-NOV 18 MARI EASTMAN DEC 2-16 GOLDFINCH FLATFILES
MW: Our vision is to be unpredictable. We will learn from failures and surprise ourselves with happy accidents. That’s what is exhilarating about the journey. AK: We want people to come here and know that they might discover something. Along with our mentorship program, we have high hopes for a residency program. We’re already scheduled out through 2019, and we are planning an exchange at Alpineum Produzentengalerie in Lucerne, Switzerland in the future, which is really exciting. We have several discussions going on right now for scheduling in New Orleans, Los Angeles and other national spaces. Tiger Strikes Asteroid is located at 319 N Albany. Their fall exhibition Ass Grass or Gas opens September 9, 2017. For more information, visit tigerstrikesasteroid.com
UNUM SEP 9-OCT 7 MARY BROGGER IMAGES (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM): MELISSA POKORNY, CALL IF YOU NEED ME, INSTALLATION VIEW, APRIL, 2017. COURTESY OF DEVENING PROJECTS; KATE MCQUILLEN, I KNEW YOU BEFORE, 2017, 12” X 12”, ACRYLIC ON PANEL. COURTESY OF GOLDFINCH; MARY BROGGER, FROM THERE TO BLACK, 2017, DIMENSIONS VARY, BURNT ACRYLIC, YARN AND WIRE. COURTESY OF UNUM
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NAVY PIER HOSTS ART FOR ALL
THE ULTIMATE PUBLIC SPACE WELCOMES ARTISTS
ROGER HIORNS INSTALLATION, JAMES RICHARDS IV / NAVY PIER
By GINNY VAN ALYEA A year ago this past summer, Michelle T. Boone left a high-profile position as head of the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and took on a newly created role at Navy Pier as Chief Program and Civic Engagement Officer, with the goal of getting everyday Chicagoans to come to the Pier for its cultural offerings, not its food court. Classified as a nonprofit as of 2011, Navy Pier, now referred to as Chicago’s Mission Driven Cultural District, is host to contemporary art installations and a range of public programming set against the backdrop of Lake Michigan. CGN spoke with Boone about the importance of public space and how the city is supporting artists in ways no other city can. CGN: What were your expectations when you began your work with Navy Pier? Michelle T. Boone: For me, the best part was that I didn’t have any expectations, because it was a totally new position. To walk into a place that is so iconic, with a long Chicago history, and be charged with redefining how people think about Navy Pier in the 21st century, was really exciting. In particular I was thrilled to have the opportunity to lay the foundation for what art and cultural programming at the Pier would be. Other people may have had expectations of me, but I walked in the door with the vessel totally empty, ready to fill it with ideas and inspired by the opportunity. CGN: In 2016 Navy Pier marked its 100th anniversary. Its more recent reputation among locals has been as a place to go only if you have to, or with out-of-towners.
MB: Personally, I was absolutely one of those people. I did not see it as an option for cultural programming, or even for entertainment. The times that I did come to the Pier were for very deliberate purposes – for EXPO CHICAGO or SOFA, for Shakespeare Theater. These were one-offs. I even surprised myself in accepting this position because of that, but that was a major attraction to the job. If I could be a part of helping to change those perceptions because of the new ideas and the new programming here, then that was going to be the real test, starting with myself first. CGN: It sounds like your primary challenge is to offer programming that makes everyone – locals as well as tourists – want to come back again and again, and to enjoy high-quality programming put on by the Pier. MB: Navy Pier is misperceived as a tourist trap, but close to 70 percent of the people who come here are actually Chicagoans. We have to do a better job telling that story. What’s the reason for Chicagoans to come? How many times can you ride the Ferris wheel? The philosophy for me in developing artistic programming is leveraging collaborations and partnerships with Chicago artists and cultural organizations, because they bring the reputation and the quality work; hopefully they bring the audience, too. It’s a great vehicle to introduce those audiences to the new Navy Pier, and it’s an excellent way for us to enhance the visitor experience for the guests here. They may not have come to Navy Pier for a cultural program, but how great to be surprised by some really moving experience that you didn’t think was going to be here? CGN: The Pier itself, with its spectacular backdrop, has the potential to be the ultimate public space.
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MB: Because it’s free public programming at the Pier, we’ve got this huge platform for artists to think about us almost as a test kitchen for trying out new ideas and collaborations, risk free. I think, overall, you can try ambitious, creative ideas in Chicago, and if something fails it’s not going to kill your career in a way that it might in New York City. In Chicago if a bold idea doesn’t work, the community is supportive enough to allow you the space to come back with something new. You can learn from it, you improve it, you find new ways to do things, and you come back even stronger. For an artist, the more critical risks of, ‘Oh my God, are we going to sell tickets?’ are removed here. CGN: This fall the Pier is hosting a packed lineup of arts programming. Can you talk about the thought behind bringing high-caliber contemporary art to this space regularly?
MICHELLE T. BOONE, HEIDI ZEIGER PHOTOGRAPHY / NAVY PIER
MB: It’s an oasis in the city. It’s the happiest place in town. Everybody’s in a good mood because they’re here with their family, they’re here on vacation, or they love showing it off to visitors or guests. For hardcore urban dwellers that are surrounded by concrete, buildings and limited green space, to be reconnected to the water is a tremendous asset that is also part of reminding Chicagoans the value of the Pier. You can’t find a bad view out here. CGN: People living in the city don’t have much space of their own. MB: Right. These public spaces become that much more important. We don’t have the city squares of Europe. What we do have are public spaces that are populated all over the city. I think people are paying more attention to and investing more resources into reclaiming abandoned space as public space for programming, for gathering or for just plain respite. CGN: I think that what you’ve just said provides insight into the year of public art and the valuable opportunities public space offers working artists. MB: Not every artist will have their work in a museum, and not every singer can be on stage at the Lyric Opera. That’s another great thing about public space – the potential to create more circumstances, for emerging artists especially, to showcase their work and to find new ways to be employed and to showcase work locally. It can help sustain the ecosystem of artists living in the city of Chicago and keep it vibrant. CGN: These public opportunities allow artists a great deal of freedom to do what they want to do, while removing some of the financial pressure.
MB: I think one of the motivating forces in inviting, for example, Nick Cave and Jeanne Gang to be at the Pier in September, was to have the Pier itself be a site as well as a participant, and to enhance what happens during the week of EXPO CHICAGO. Nick will continue to curate at least three other performances, and he’s going to work with a local performance curator to invite community based art groups to perform here at Navy Pier. Up until the middle of November or so, community performance companies have an opportunity to interact with the Jeanne Gang designed objects as well. It will carry beyond just these two sort-of signature performances that happen in September, but that will serve as inspiration for what will also happen in the fall. There will be at least three more performances. As part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial programming, the Jeanne Gang-designed objects used in Nick Cave’s performances will remain on site as visual art sculpture installations when not used for the performances. We’re working to have another two or three public conversations with thought leaders around the Architecture Biennial. Lee Bey is also doing a photography exhibition, called Lakeshore Vibe: The Architecture of Streeterville, at the Pier that will debut as a part of the Biennial. CGN: How do you think a place like Navy Pier can make Chicago standout from other cities? MB: I think in general Chicago is becoming a city that is really a model for demonstrating the value of public space. The City of Chicago is showing many ways of animating and activating our public space in a way that invites residents to reconnect to one another, to art and to nature. The history and the legacy that we have with our park system, the vision of keeping the lakefront free and clear, the transformation that you see happening with the River Walk, the addition of the 606 – I think there’s a movement happening where people are really valuing what public space is and how it can improve the quality of life.
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COMMISSIONER MARK KELLY CHICAGO’S OUT-OF-THE-BOX CULTURE WIZARD ON PUBLIC ART
PHOTO BY PATRICK PYSZKA. PAINTINGS BY PHYLLIS BRAMSON
By GINNY VAN ALYEA On a summer morning, when the sky over Millennium Park is nearly black with storms, I notice several small, strange creatures perched among the high walls of Mark Kelly’s 3rd floor office in the Chicago Cultural Center. After Kelly introduces himself, he tells me that when he accepted the position of Commissioner of the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in 2016, he first looked to the Visual Arts team for help hanging past public art proposals and exhibition posters salon-style around his office, since it needed, of all things, some art on the walls. Realizing I was still checking out the winged, dragon-like figures suspended in flight in the conference room, he tells me that they are actually part of his personal collection and were created by the Linares family (Mexico) and Erin Cramer (Chicago). They serve as the inspiration for the Wabash Avenue Flying Creatures project, which will soon feature many more of them, created by local teens, around the Loop. Kelly, it seems to me, is a man who can dig up forgotten treasure and summon exotic beasts, especially if he happens to be in the right place at the right time. For a moment I wonder if I am talking to a City administrator or a wizard. 52 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
Kelly’s frenetic creativity is driving his overhaul of all things cultural in the City of Chicago. He came to the job almost by accident, after decades embedded in a more or less deliberate and predictable academic life at Columbia College. He says he has never felt more untethered in his professional life, but that presiding over DCASE has given him surprising professional freedom, in a government position no less, to easily change the direction of a given project and to be nimble in the pursuit of creativity on behalf of the City and its citizens. One year into this unexpected job, he is embracing a host of initiatives , all in pursuit of giving art and culture to the public. CGN: You’ve been [Commissioner of DCASE] for one year. How have things changed for you from your time at Columbia working with students and academics? Mark Kelly: The world of academia and committees is a very laborious process. Here, of course, I have to live within a budget...It’s incredibly tight, and [with] some of the rules of engagement in the City you would say it’s hard to be nimble, but I feel like we, the DCASE staff, working with
our partners, can think and do pretty freely. It’s actually a lot of fun.
in the Loop by a renowned Chicago artist.
CGN: Much of your past work has focused on youth and education. How has that influenced the directions you’ve taken at the City so far?
CGN: What else is coming up?
MK: I didn’t know it, but my time at Columbia was 32 years of preparation for this job. I became very knowledgeable and connected to the creative and cultural life of the city. And I’ve always been interested in, intrigued by and determined to create creative and cultural environments that inspire and demand one’s attention. If anything, this job now is just an extension of that idea, but with a canvas, if you will, that is huge. CGN: You were working from the inside out before, and now you have to work from the outside in and take all those things and expand them for a wider audience. MK: Well, the scale is different, but the thinking and the possibilities are quite similar. So, here I was, the architect for the Wabash Arts Corridor, and then I come into the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. They’ve declared it’s the Year of Public Art, and it’s fair to say that when I entered, they were still figuring out plans for all the elements of the year. I’m a practitioner, not just an administrator, so it was like a gift to bring a little more focus and energy to the concept, and then to quickly start to try to energize a city; it was a fascinating beginning for me. CGN: A lot has already taken place in the first half of 2017 for the Year of Public Art, but the second half sounds even more engaging. MK: Several major cultural, public art and art initiatives are all coming together. There’s EXPO at Navy Pier, the Nick Cave Jeanne Gang mash up, if you will, at the Pier as well, and then of course the second edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial opens at the same time. I’m very impressed with our curators and that we get to host an international event like this. Finally, we can’t share details yet, but by early fall we will announce a stunning new permanent public art piece
MK: We launch our public art festival in October, as well as a public art symposium October 26-27, and our Flying Creatures will take over Wabash under the El. At the same time we’ll be celebrating the majority of Mayor Emanuel’s 50 x 50 neighborhood arts projects that will have been completed – we are literally putting new public art in every ward of the city by artists who are respected and esteemed. On top of all of that, we’re going to be releasing an ambitious and focused public arts plan. Hopefully we are setting our compass going forward so that public art is not celebrated for just a year. We hope we’ve grabbed everyone’s attention and laid the path to ensure that public art, which is always changing, becomes a defining characteristic of the city.
Art is now defined as part of what makes a city great.
-Commissioner Kelly
CGN: What do you think is significant about public art continuing to evolve and change and be created for a city? MK: I want to reverse that question. The idea that the art should be anywhere but with the public, to me, is crazy. So much of our thinking about art takes us to the wall, or the screen, or the stage. It’s relegated to static places. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea that art, that creative impulses may be one of the definitions of what distinguishes us as a species. It needs to be present in our lives, all the time and everywhere. So public art becoming a defining characteristic means it’s no longer relegated to somewhere over there, it’s centered. Does it save us? Does it necessarily make us a safer city? No. But it’s just fundamental. It brings things to light, and it brings surprises in our daily lives. The most powerful example of
it is Millennium Park. None of us ever imagined the power of that space and the interactive public art at the highest level. I mean look at [Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate] “The Bean” – the public is not saying ‘Oh look at this great public art piece,’ they’re pulled into the vortex of the images; it’s a funhouse mirror as well as a selfie zone that always changes. I love the [Jaume Plensa] Crown Fountain in that it was intended to be a place of contemplation. The artist saw it as a place for serene moments of private reflection. And then the kids grabbed it, and it’s the coolest, most energizing, fun space. Even the Picasso – once they removed the barriers it became a slide for kids. So this is a long-winded answer, but art needs to be public. Art is now defined as part of what makes a city great. The artistry and the design around us, that built environment takes us somewhere. CGN: It seems that it’s not just putting art in the public space, it’s really turning it over to the public. MK: Well, that’s the other part of this. The definition of what we consider to be public art has so radically changed from the carefully placed monuments of the past. All of those still have their place, and should continue, but now the graffiti artist and the street artists grow a movement. They raise the question, ‘Why should walls have art on them?’ and ‘Who said the barren landscape couldn’t be remade?’ Now many people love the power of street art. Ten years ago, 15, 20 years ago it was the scourge of this city and all cities. The “urban wasteland” actually just inspired artists, and then they were schooled on the street, and they taught us something. CGN: What was the inspiration for the year of public art in Chicago? MK: The idea came from Mayor Emanuel, who announced it along with Yoko Ono’s Skylanding sculpture in 2015. 2017 is also the 50th anniversary of the Picasso, as well as the Wall of Respect mural, so he said ‘This is going to be the year of public art’, and then it was sort of out there. How fortuitous that’s when I just happened to arrive here. I’m a little insane and wrongheaded, and we committed to Fall 2017 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | 53
this idea and ran hard with it. It’s the power of a phrase or a unifying principle. CGN: How do you continue the unity that has come out of the Year of Public Art?
LANDING ON WABASH: FLYING CREATURES
MK: Next year is going to be the Year of Creative Youth, because we are rallying all of our organizations that can engage young people in creative ways in order to encourage more youth to go down an artistic path. Obviously this flows right from public art. What better way to engage young adults? They don’t want to be in non-violence programs, what is that? They want to be inspired and engaged, period. One of the most powerful ways to do that is through creative forms and practice. CGN: That must bring in a whole other circle of cultural institutions, beyond the visual arts. MK: In Millennium Park we’re going to have Chicago’s first ever Creative Youth Festival; I hope it becomes an annual event. It’s going to be all forms – fashion, design, performance, spoken word, music and dance. The tagline is going to be “Born Creative.” I’m going full circle to my work at Columbia, because the heart of my efforts there was to inspire young adults who have decided to pursue a creative field to be fearless. Now we also want to encourage all young adults to be creative somewhere in their life. CGN: Is there a plan for how these organizations will get more youth involved in their programs? How do you bring in people who have not done something like this yet? MK: We haven’t quite figured that out, but I’ve been amazed at the strength of organizations here supporting creative youth, whether it’s Louder Than a Bomb, Marwen, After School Matters, YOUMedia, SkyART – it’s amazing. We need to better appreciate them. Let’s put a spotlight on them – celebrate it and make it known. Then we can draw more youth into these programs. We will it figure out. CGN: Are you ever not connected to this job? Or is this twenty-four hours a day, everything that’s on your mind? MK: It’s twenty-four hours a day, everything that’s on my mind. Everything here in the city is a giant new canvas.
THE YEAR OF PUBLIC ART FALL PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS o 50x50 Neighborhood Arts Project o Public Art Festival (October 1-31) o Public Art Symposium + new Public Art Plan (October 26-27) o Public art on Mayor Emanuel’s Chicago Riverwalk and the Floating Museum o Art Design Chicago presented by Terra Foundation for American Art (late 2017 into 2018) Details at www.cityofchicago.org/yopa 54 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
PHOTOS: JEFF LASSAHN
Mark Kelly on the inspiration for sending hundreds of flying creatures into the City: I’ve had this idea for years, and there’s been some evolution over time, but pretty much I always wanted to put these flying creatures out there in the city. I was always like, ‘How am I going to get the City to play ball with me?’ And then, I ended up here, as the Commissioner. The funniest part about it was, I met with the Department of Transportation and I was thinking, even though I’m the Commissioner it’s still the City, and they’re going to think ‘Who the hell are you?’ Well these engineers, their eyes all lit up like, ‘We love this.’ In short order a very cost effective, sustainable plan was in place. Eventually there will be 400 perches. I did a first phase in Papermaker’s Garden on Wabash, and we worked with YOUMedia students at Harold Washington Library. All the instructors say it was the coolest project they’ve ever worked on with the kids, because it’s when you know you will have an audience that you feel the pressure to elevate your work. Now, it’s a gallery, right? The public will see it. Some of the students just became consumed with creativity, and they created like ten, because a flying creature can be anything. Look up in the Loop along Wabash later in 2017. #2017isYOPA #ChiPublicArt #flyingcreatures @ChiGalleryNews
SETH STOLBUN: TODAY’S COLLECTOR A JOURNEY TO ART PATRONAGE + COLLABORATION By FRANCK MERCURIO Seth Stolbun (age 28) is not your average art collector or Millennial; he is also a patron who supports exhibitions, sponsors residencies and partners with artists to explore new models for art production. Originally from Houston, Seth spent the past few years here in Chicago attending graduate school at the School of the Art Institute (SAIC), while forging connections to both the local and international art scenes. CGN recently talked to Seth at his family’s vacation home in Aspen. CGN: How did your family influence your decision to collect art? Seth Stolbun: My family bought art to fill the walls, and I got to help choose things. Growing up, my favorite modern master was Joan Miró, and our family home has a fair amount of Miró prints—although now it’s also getting filled with the new work I own. But my family members were never really collectors; they focused on buying what they liked and finding those works to fill the walls. CGN: Where did your family go to purchase art? SS: There’s a gallery here in Aspen called Galerie Maximillian, and they sell prints and multiples. I’ve known them for a long time, like 20 years now—there’s a photo that my dad has of me when I was eight years old at the gallery. CGN: When did you start collecting? SS: Galerie Maximillian formed a relationship with Paragon Press [in London] and started showing a lot of their editions. I bit the bullet and bought one of my own in 2010 [at age 21] and then kept going from there. The first piece was a Damien Hirst “spot woodcut.” I bought it mostly because it was just one spot, as opposed to Hirst’s many spots, which are typical in his spot prints and paintings. CGN: Did you study art in school? SS: I started my undergrad in business and entrepreneurship at Babson College outside of Boston, but two years after graduating, I decided it was time to return to art and did post-baccalaureate programs at NYU and the Maryland Institute College of Art—and then at SAIC, which turned into an MFA as well. I completed that in the spring.
WILLIAM POWHIDA, REDACTION COMPOSITION, 2014, OIL ON PANEL COURTESY OF THE STOLBUN COLLECTION LLC
CGN: Is that also when you started The Stolbun Collection Project Space? SS: Yes, it was a time during my MFA to have more freedom and to flex and push back. The space was a 200-squarefoot former psychologist’s office on Michigan Avenue—we cubed it out and put in bright fluorescent lights. CGN: What projects came out of the space?
CGN: What was your concentration at SAIC?
SS: One was a “neo-Sol LeWitt-type” work by Rafaël Rozendaal that was installed at SAIC a couple of years ago. The idea was, unlike a Sol LeWitt drawing, it’s scalable, so you can make it as small or big as you want and then paint it on the wall. It’s this little haiku work, so it could be 1 inch by 2 inches.
SS: Officially, I was in the Visual Communications Department, but I was a misfit and tried to take what SAIC defines as “interdisciplinary” as far as I could.
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team up with them rather than just serve as another place to go. CGN: It sounds like you’ve become a patron, not just a collector. SS: Last year for EXPO CHICAGO a VIP group came by my apartment during the fair. Although the space was modest in size, the attendees said they had the most fun visiting with me and seeing art in this intimate setting. They said hearing me talk about the work was even more fun than the Lake Shore Drive penthouse that they had previously come from. [laughs] CGN: Are you still living in Chicago? RAFAËL ROZENDAAL, RR HAIKU 011, 2013, HOUSE PAINT AND VINYL. COURTESY OF THE STOLBUN COLLECTION LLC
Grigely [professor at SAIC] has been keeping for almost 20 years now. CGN: Are these works now part of your personal collection? SS: Most of the collecting and acquisitions that I personally have done fall outside of the actual Stolbun Collection, LLC. The LLC officially operates the website and limits liability to protect the collection if something goes wrong; it owns only two works, both of which are, for the most part, immaterial or instruction-based. One is the Rafaël Rozendaal work, and the other is a tattoo piece by Darren Bader. CGN: It sounds like you’re now collecting more than works on paper? SS: It started as works on paper— mostly British artists published by Paragon Press—but since then, my attention has focused on working with my peers. More than collecting, it’s really about the artists. My most recent projects—and the work that’s on loan right now—are focused on conceptual, idea-based works. CGN: And you’re also supporting artists through residencies? SS: We have a condo out here [in Aspen] and a couple of extra 56 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | Fall 2017
bedrooms. The condo complex is called The Residences at the Little Nell, and so I thought, “I have to put on a residency at The Residences at the Little Nell.” It was just too easy. [laughs] CGN: Which artist have you worked with recently? SS: William Powhida. He has a solo show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum [in Ridgefield, Connecticut] through Labor Day. William was a resident here [in Aspen] for a week last summer when he was beginning to conceive the show. He and I worked closely together, and I was at the museum installation with him. Now we’re working together on a larger publication around the show that will hopefully get published this fall. CGN: Will you be starting another project space of your own? SS: No plans for any physical spaces at the moment. Part of what I’ve started to realize—and the newer model that I’m interested in adopting—is that I want to pursue a more project-based and need-based approach. There are so many institutions out there with better spaces than mine—and they want to show the work that I do—so I would like to
SS: Officially, I don’t have an apartment in Chicago anymore. I’m all over the place, and it’s a global scene, so I’m more interested in traveling for these projects. But Chicago is still an important central hub of influence and of relationships for me. CGN: Who are some of your mentors here in Chicago? SS: My graduate professors, especially Joseph Grigely, Michael Golec and Michelle Grabner. I got to work with Joseph more than anyone else because of the classes I took with him and the [Hans Ulrich Obrist] archive project. He is my biggest influence and provided the biggest web of connections. There were others in the Chicago art scene, like Shane Campbell, Aron Gent and Sibylle Friche of DOCUMENT and Bill Gross at 65 Grand. CGN: What are your future plans? SS: I’m really thinking about what patronage and art collecting mean to me in the future and in the larger scope of the art world. I’d like to potentially focus on a select few artists and a choose a genre and support that. What I really value are my relationships with artists and seeing a full body of work coming together in a solo show and conveying their concepts.
ART SERVICES INDEX
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Bardo Consulting Group, Inc. | bardoappraisals.com GB Fine Art | gbfineart.com New World Art Services | tellapple9712@yahoo.com Waechter Fine Art, Ltd. | w-fineart.com
ART HANDLING
• Aaron’s Reliable, Inc. | aaronsreliable.com • Callahan Art & Associates | callahanartandassociates.com • The Icon Group | icongroup.us • Methods & Materials | methodsandmaterials.com • Spencer Fine Art Services | spencerfas.com • U.S. Art Company Inc. | usart.com
ART SUPPLIES & PRODUCTS • Blick Art Materials | dickblick.com/stores
AUCTION HOUSES
• Leslie Hindman Auctioneers | lesliehindman.com • Sotheby’s Chicago | sothebys.com
CONSERVATION & RESTORATION • The Conservation Center| theconservationcenter.com • Restoration Division | restorationdivision.com
FRAMING
• Artful Framer Studios & Art De Triumph | ArtfulFramerStudios.com • Artists Frame Service| artistsframe.com • Frame Factory | framefactory.com • Seaberg Picture Framing | seabergframing.com
IMAGING & PHOTOGRAPHY • Osio-Brown Editions | osiobrown.com
INSURANCE
• Chartwell Insurance Services| chartwellins.com • Willis Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie Division, Willis of New York, Inc. | willis.com
PRIVATE DEALERS & CONSULTANTS • • • • • •
Aron Packer Projects | aronpackerprojects.com Art Advisory Ltd. | artadvisoryltd.com Russell Bowman Art Advisory | bowmanart.com Chicago Art Source | chicagoartsource.com Joy Horwich Gallery + 2 | joyhorwichgallery2.com kasia kay art projects | kasiakaygallery.com
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GALLERY INDEX RIVER NORTH WEST SIDE
WEST LOOP, WEST TOWN, RIVER WEST & UKRAINIAN VILLAGE
MICHIGAN AVE
GOLD COAST, STREETERVILLE, THE LOOP & SOUTH LOOP
SOUTH SIDE
HYDE PARK, BRIDGEPORT, PILSEN & PILSEN EAST
NORTH SIDE
OLD TOWN, LINCOLN PARK, LAKEVIEW & RAVENSWOOD
SUBURBS/ MIDWEST
CHICAGO AREA, GREATER ILLINOIS NEIGHBORING STATES
Acquisitions of Fine Art 10 E. Hinsdale Ave, Hinsdale, IL (60521) www.acquisitionsoffineart.com
Addington Gallery 704 N. Wells (60654) www.addingtongallery.com Sep 8-Nov 3 Steven Carrelli: solo exibition featuring minimalist egg-tempera still-life paintings Opening reception: Sep 8, 5-8pm
AdventureLand Gallery 1513 N. Western (60622) www.adventurelandgallery.com
Jean Albano Gallery 215 W. Superior (60654) www.jeanalbanogallery.com Sep 8-Oct 21 Bonnie Star: Paintings Nov 3-Dec 22 Donna Rosenthal & SOFA Artists Opening reception on first day of exhibition, 5-8pm
Gallery Victor Armendariz
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The Art Center – Highland Park
Bridgeport Art Center
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL (60035) www.theartcenterhp.org
1200 W. 35th (60609) www.bridgeportartcenter.com
1409 W. Dundee Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL (60089) www.artbeatgallery.rocks
3rd Friday Open Studios Sep 15, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15 Open studios the 3rd Friday of each month from 7-10pm
Art De Triumph & Artful Framer Studios
Cleve Carney Art Gallery McAninch Arts Center
Artbeat Gallery
2938 N. Clark (60657) www.NancieKingMertz.com
Art Post Gallery 984 Willow Rd, Ste. G, Northbrook, IL (60062) www.artpostgallery.com Upscale gallery with one of the largest inventories of original art in Chicagoland. Represents 125+ artists. Contemporary/Transitional/Traditional styles. Many large-scale paintings. Fine framing offered.
The Arts Club of Chicago 201 E. Ontario (60611) www.artsclubchicago.org Thru Sep 23 Amanda Williams: Uppity Negress Sep 12-Dec 9 Roman Ondak
Andrew Bae Gallery 300 W. Superior (60654) www.andrewbaegallery.com
Thru Sep 29 Leslie Baum: Here Comes the Rainbow Oct 12-Nov 18 Luftwerk, Color Code Dec 2-Jan 20, 2018 Faculty Exhibit
Chicago Art Source Gallery 1871 N. Clybourn (60614) www.chicagoartsource.com
Thru Sep 2 New Works by Gallery Artists Sep 7-Nov 11 Paint, Splatter and Roll: A solo show of new work by Ginny Sykes Nov 17-Jan 20, 2018 Winter Salon
Chicago Arts District 1945 S. Halsted (60608) www.chicagoartsdistrict.org 2nd Fridays Gallery Night Sep 8, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8 Open studios 2nd Friday of each month, 6-10pm
Sep 8-Oct 21 Young June Lew: Solo Exhibition Opening reception: Sep 8, 5-8pm
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
Block Museum of Art
Sep 23-Nov 4 Thai Printmakers, reception and open house: Sep 23, 12-5 Dec 2-Jan 31, 2018 28th Annual International Small Print Exhibition & Sale, over 60 artists, opening weekend: Dec 2-3, 11-7
Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Dr Evanston, IL (60208) www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
4912 N. Western (60625) www.chicagoprintmakers.com
Sep 12-Dec 10 Carrie Mae Weems: Ritual & Revolution Sep 23-March 11 William Blake and the Age of Aquarius Sep 23-Dec 10 Looking Life Right Straight in the Face: The Art of Purvis Young
Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College
boyoyoboy! gallery 22 High St., Mineral Point, WI (53565) www.boyoyoboy.com
Thru Sep 14 Photographer of the Year & Student Show Sep 25-Oct 26 Pasion del Artista: Paul Sierra, Oscar Martinez, Carlos Barberena Nov 6-Dec 7 Intricacies: Carrie Ann Schumacher, Anna Louise Pardee Lindquist, Richard Shipps, Emily Hermant
An important collection of African, urbancontemporary statement art. Available in Chicago for consultation. Visit the gallery space in the restored Good Templars Dance Hall in Mineral Point. Contact the gallery at 312-561-7191 for more information.
THE COLLECTION at Fashion Outlets of Chicago
Brauer Museum of Art Valparaiso University, 1709 Chapel Dr. Valparaiso, IN (46383) www.valpo.edu/brauer-museum-of-art
300 W. Superior (60654) www.galleryvictor.com
The Brauer Museum of Art is a museum of American art and international religious art, located on the campus of Valparaiso University. Admission to the museum is free. Visit website for exhibition details.
Featuring a group of renowned figure painters, landscape artists, sculptors, and photographers alongside exceptional emerging talent. Master steel furniture artist Jim Rose’s work is always on view.
Jeffrey Breslow Gallery
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College of DuPage 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn (60137) www.clevecarneygallery.org
1015 W. Fulton Market (60607) www.JeffreyBreslow.com
202 S. Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL (60411) prairiestate.edu/christopher-art-gallery/index.aspx
5220 Fashion Outlets Way, Rosemont, IL (60018) www.fashionoutletsofchicago.com/TheCollection Multifaceted public art program featuring contemporary art by both emerging and established artists. Includes permanent commissions by Daniel Arsham, Carlos Rolón/Dzine, Jen Stark and more as well as rotating exhibitions of work by Chicago artists.
Cornelia Arts Building 1800 W. Cornelia (60657) www.corneliaartsbuilding.com Upcoming Open Studios Friday, October 6, 6-10pm Friday, December 8, 6-10pm
Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery 704 Main St, Evanston, IL (60202) www.cultivateurbanrainforest.com Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery features works that are directly informed and inspired by patterns, texture, color and organic form found within nature, with an emphasis in flora.
devening projects + editions 3039 W. Carroll (60612) | www.deveningprojects.com
DOCUMENT 1709 W. Chicago (60622) www.documentspace.com
Richard Driehaus Museum 40 E. Erie (60611) www.driehausmuseum.com Thru Jan 7, 2018 L’Affichomania: The Passion for French Posters
Echt Gallery 210 W. Superior (60654) www.echtgallery.com
Filter Photo
Carl Hammer Gallery
1821 W. Hubbard, Ste. 207 (60622) www.filterfestival.com
740 N. Wells (60654) www.carlhammergallery.com
Firecat Projects
Sep 8-Oct 28 C.J. Pyle - Another Slipping Glimpser: New Drawings Nov 3-Dec 30 Neil Goodman - Twists and Turns: New Sculptures; Contact the gallery at 312-2668512 or info@carlhammergallery.com for more info
2124 N Damen (60647) www.firecatprojects.org Sep 22 Jake Dowling Oct 20 Aviva Alter and Marzena Ziejka Nov 17 Deborah Slabeck Baker Dec 22 K A Lefts
Gallery 400 400 S. Peoria (60607) www.gallery400.uic.edu Sep 8-Oct 21 Let Me Be an Object that Screams
The Golden Triangle 330 N. Clark (60654) www.goldentriangle.biz Sep 6-Dec 9 Adam Siegel, Sep 8 opening reception as part of River North Design District Gallery Walk Oct 19 Mardi Gras Indians Nov 15 Holiday Market
Hildt Galleries 140 E. Walton (60611) www.hildtgalleries.com
Hilton|Asmus Contemporary 716 N. Wells (60654) www.hilton-asmus.com
Rhona Hoffman Gallery 118 N. Peoria (60607) www.rhoffmangallery.com Sep 13-17 EXPO CHICAGO Booth 419 Sep 8-Oct 14 Nathaniel Mary Quinn Nothing’s Funny; James Wines Arch-Art: A Conduit for Context Oct 20-Nov 25 Jacob Hashimoto; David Schutter Dec 7-10: Art Basel Miami Beach
Hyde Park Art Center Goldfinch 319 N. Albany (60612) www.goldfinchgallery.org
5020 S. Cornell (60615) www.hydeparkart.org
Ice House Gallery Graham Foundation 4 W. Burton (60610) www.grahamfoundation.org Sep 14-Jan 6, 2018 David Hartt: in the forest
Richard Gray Gallery Gray Warehouse LIAT ELBLING CATHERINE EDELMAN GALLERY
Catherine Edelman Gallery 300 W. Superior, Lower Level (60654) www.edelmangallery.com Sep 8-Oct 28 Liat Elbling: Proposals For Disorder Nov 3-Dec 30 Bettina Von Zwehl: Portraits Openings on first day of exhibitions, 5-7:30pm
En Foco Gallery 17 N. Loomis (60607) www.enfocogallery.com
Evanston Art Center 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL (60201) www.evanstonartcenter.org Sep 8-Oct 1 Far from Front Lines & Works Oct 21-Nov 10 Artwork in Residency Show Nov 18-Dec 21 Winter Arts & Crafts Expo
Fermilab Art Gallery Kirk Rd & Pine St, Batavia, IL (60510) events.fnal.gov/art-gallery/ Located in Wilson Hall at the Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory Thru Oct 3 A Lasting Mark: Angela Gonzales Oct 12-Dec 29 Viewing Silence: C. Wark & S. Nannini
John Hancock Building, 875 N. Michigan Ave. (60611) Warehouse Location: 2044 W. Carroll Ave (60612) www.richardgraygallery.com
609 S. Boulevard, Evanston, IL (60202) www.icehousegalleryevanston.com
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art 756 N. Milwaukee (60642) www.art.org Thru Dec 2017 2017: Chicago’s Henry Darger, A Year to Commemorate Darger’s 125th Birthday Visit website for exhibition schedule
Sept 14 Gray Warehouse: Jaume Plensa
R.S. Johnson Fine Art Bert Green Fine Art 8 S. Michigan (60603) www.bgfa.us Sep 9-Oct 21 James Greco; Marissa Lee Benedict Nov 4-Dec 16 Morgan Sims
Gruen Galleries 226 W. Superior (60654) www.gruengalleries.com
645 N. Michigan (60611) www.rsjohnsonfineart.com
Komechak Art Gallery (Benedictine University) 5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL (60532) www.ben.edu/komechak-art-gallery/index.cfm Thru Sep 23 Herman Leonard: Legends of Jazz Oct 2-Nov 11 Eric Carbrey: Graphical Influx
Sep 8 • Richard Hoey (Gallery 1) • Nathalie Guarracino (Gallery 2) Nov 3 Michael Bentley
Krannert Art Museum (KAM)
Kavi Gupta
On View: World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, Propositions on Revolution (Slogans for a Future), Coveting Nature: Art, Collecting, and Natural History in Early Modern Europe
835 W. Washington (60607) 2nd Location: 219 N. Elizabeth (60607) www.kavigupta.com
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 500 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL (61820) www.kam.illinois.edu
Sep 9-Dec 16 (Elizabeth St) • José Lerma, Opening Sep 9, 5-7pm; • Gerald Williams, Opening Sep 9, 3-5pm Sep 15-Oct 28 (Washington Blvd) Glenn Kaino
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GALLERY INDEX RIVER NORTH WEST SIDE MICHIGAN AVE SOUTH SIDE
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Anne Loucks Gallery
Richard Norton Gallery
309 Park Ave, Glencoe, IL (60022) www.loucksgallery.com
612 Merchandise Mart (60654) www.richardnortongallery.com
Lotton Gallery Bloomingdale’s Building 900 N Michigan, 6th Level (60611) www.lottongallery.com Lotton Gallery is a premier fine art gallery celebrating an 18-year milestone, located on Chicago’s prestigious Magnificent Mile. Call the gallery at 312-664-6203 for more information
NORTH SIDE
Mars Gallery
SUBURBS/ MIDWEST
Thomas Masters Gallery
Krasl Art Center 707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph, MI (49085) www.krasl.org Krasl Art Center is an art museum, regional art center and public art advocate. Enjoy exhibitions in its contemporary galleries, experimental artist projects in the artlab and dynamic sculpture placed outdoors
Lakeside Arts Park at the Dole 401 Country Club Rd, Crystal Lake, IL (60014) www.lakesideartspark.org Lakeside Arts Park at the Dole is a unique and historic location, featuring two award-winning art galleries in the historic Dole Mansion and Arts Park. Exhibits change monthly and feature a wide variety of art.
Lawrence & Clark
1139 W. Fulton Market (60607) www.marsgallery.com
245 W. North (60610) www.thomasmastersgallery.com Sep 8 Melinda Stickney-Gibson: Mark It Personal Oct 13 David Gista: The Right to be Lazy
McCormick Gallery
The Leigh Gallery 3306 N. Halsted (60657) www.theleighgallery.com Contemporary Realism, Abstraction, Expressionism, Ceramics, Glass, Sculpture, Functional and many more media.
Line Dot Editions 1023 N. Western (60622) www.linedoteditions.com
Logan Center Exhibitions University of Chicago, 915 E. 60th St (60637) www.arts.uchicago.edu/logan/gallery Sep 8-Oct 29 Cinthia Marcelle and Tiago Mata Machado: Divine Violence
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CAMILLE ANDRENE KAUFFMAN RICHARD NORTON GALLERY
Joel Oppenheimer, Inc.
835 W. Washington (60607) www.thomasmccormick.com
10 E. Ohio, Tree Studio Annex (60611) www.audubonart.com
McCormick Gallery features both Modern and Contemporary art, focusing primarily on painting, works on paper and sculpture. Please contact gallery for exhibition information.
Aron Packer Projects at Chicago Gallery News
Mongerson Gallery
Sep 8-Oct 20 Cassie Marie Edwards, Figurine II Nov 3-Dec 22 Concrete, Paper, and Plastic, 3 artists, 3 works: Anthony Adcock / Concrete, Brian Dettmer / Paper, Michael Dinges / Plastic
John Hancock Building 875 N. Michigan, Ste. 2520 (60611) www.mongersongallery.com
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA Chicago) 220 E. Chicago (60611) www.mcachicago.org
4755 N. Clark (60640) | 773-459-0586 A collection-based gallery that will, on occasion, sell work. Exhibitions change frequently and spontaneously. Works by John Rippenhoff, Tony Tasset, and Jeanne Dunning have recently been exhibited.
Twentieth Century Modern paintings, drawings and sculpture. Offering consultation, appraisal, consignment + purchase of artwork. Exhibiting at EXPO CHICAGO & SOFA.
Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan (60605) www.mocp.org Thru Oct 1 re:collection Oct 12-Dec 22 Disruptive Perspectives
The Nevica Project
213 W Institute Place, Ste. 309 (60610) www.aronpackerprojects.com
Pagoda Red Two locations: West Loop: 400 N. Morgan (60642) Winnetka: 911 Green Bay Rd, (60093) www.pagodared.com
Paris London Hong Kong 1709 W. Chicago (60642) www.parislondonhongkong.com
PATRON 673 N. Milwaukee (60642) www.patrongallery.com
3717 N. Ravenswood, Ste. 115W (60613) www.thenevicaproject.com
Sep 13-17 Lucas Simoas at EXPO CHICAGO Sep 15-Nov 5 Nick van Woert Nov 11-Jan 13, 2018 Melanie Schiff; Alex Chitty
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd.
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End, DeKalb, IL (60115) www.niu.edu/artmuseum Thru Oct 20 Objectifying the Photograph and Reflections: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African Americans by Terrence A. Reese Nov 16-Dec 15 NIU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL (60201) www.perspectivegallery.org Thru Oct 1 Donna Spencer Oct 5-29 Verna Todd; Howard Hart Nov 2-26 Vanessa Filley Nov 30-Dec 31 Suzanne Metzel; Robert Tanner
Printworks Gallery
Carrie Secrist Gallery
UMUM
311 W. Superior (60654) www.printworkschicago.com
835 W. Washington (60607) www.secristgallery.com
319 N. Albany (60612) www.barbarakoenen.com
Sep 8-Oct 28 Nicholas Sistler: Stutter (gouache paintings) Nov 3-Dec 30 Nancy Spero: Works on Paper
Sep Sep Nov Dec
13-17 EXPO CHICAGO 15-Oct 28 Anne Lindberg: walking as I stand 4-Dec 23 25th Anniversary Exhibition 6-10 UNTITLED Miami
Prospectus Art Gallery 1210 W. 18th St. (60608) | 312-733-6132
The Rangefinder Gallery at Tamarkin Camera 300 W. Superior, 2nd Fl. (60654) www.rangefindergallery.com Sep 1 Matt Stuart: Look Both Ways Oct 6 Lluis Ripoll: The Invisible Street Photographer of Barcelona Openings on First Friday of every month
Matthew Rachman Gallery 1659 W. Chicago (60622) www.matthewrachmangallery.com
Renaissance Society University of Chicago, 5811 S. Ellis (60637) www.renaissancesociety.org
Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery
Sidewinder Gallery 4880 N. Clark (60640) www.sidewindergallery.com
Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago, 5550 S. Greenwood (60637) www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu Thru Dec 17 Welcome Blanket Sep 12-Spring 2018 Radical [Re]Constructions Sep 14-Jan 14, 2018 Revolution Every Day Sep 14-Dec 17 The Hysterical Material
South Shore Arts 1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN (46321) www.southshoreartsonline.org
State Street Gallery at Robert Morris University 401 South State Street (60605) www.experientialart.org/Programs/gallery.html
Fine and Performing Arts Center 9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL (60465) www.morainevalley.edu/FPAC/gallery
Thru Oct 5 What Makes America Great Closing reception: Oct 5, 5-7pm Oct 12-Dec 21 Connections: A Juried Collection of Illinois Artisans
Rockford Art Museum
Studio Oh!
Moraine Valley Community College
711 N. Main St, Rockford, IL (61103) www.rockfordartmuseum.org
1837 S. Halsted (60608) www.art-studio-oh.com
The RAM Permanent Collection focuses on modern and contemporary art, photography, studio glass, outsider art, and regional art; exhibits change throughout the year. Visit our website for details.
Sep 5-Oct 28 Full Circle Group show featuring circle art Nov 7-Dec 28 It Takes All Kind Group show celebrating unity in diversity
S. Rog Gallery
Tall Grass Arts Association
739 S. Clark, 2nd Floor (60605) www.sroggallery.com
367 Artists Walk, Park Forest, IL (60466) www.tallgrassarts.org
Salon Artists Gallery
Tall Grass Arts Association promotes public education and appreciation of visual art through exhibitions, classes and the Park Forest Art Fair.
294 Main St, Park Forest, IL (60466) www.salonartistsgallery.com Sep 9-30 Bev Szaton: The Jellyfish’s Dream Oct 10-31 Hats off to Art Nov 18-Dec 20 Holiday Sale
Ken Saunders Gallery 230 W. Superior (60654) www.kensaundersgallery.com Sep 8-Oct 29 Matthew Cummings, The Planets Nov 3-Jan 10, 2018 Jon Kuhn, Celestial With a special presentation of collaborative work by John Kiley and Dante Marioni
Schneider Gallery 770 N. LaSalle, Ste. 401 (60654) www.schneidergallerychicago.com Sep 8-Oct 28 Tatiana Parcero: Universus Nov 3-Dec 30 David Hilliard Opening receptions on first night of the exhibition from 5-7:30pm
Vale Craft Gallery 230 W. Superior (60654) www.valecraftgallery.com Contemporary American fine craft objects & sculpture. Works in clay, fiber, metal, glass & wood. Sep 8-Nov 5 Glass Appeal Group Show Nov 3-Dec 30 25th Anniversary Show
Vertical Gallery 1016 N. Western (60622) www.verticalgallery.com Sept 2-23 Alex Senna: anamnesis Oct 7-28 TWOONE: Bright Future Nov 2-25 Chicago Culture Couple Curates Group Show Dec 1-30 Holiday Group Show: Portrait
Volume Gallery 1709 W. Chicago, 2B (60622) www.wvvolumes.com Sep 9-Oct 28 Krueck+Sexton: Reflections - From There to Here Nov 3-Dec 31 Tanya Aguiniga: New Works
Linda Warren Projects 327 N. Aberdeen, Ste. 151 (60607) www.lindawarrenprojects.com Sep 9-Nov 4 • Chris Silva: Open Source; • Go Figure - group show featuring select female artists of Linda Warren Projects, Opening Sep 9, 4-8pm Nov 11-Jan 13, 2018 Peter Drake; Loretta Bourque
Galerie Waterton 311 W. Superior, Ste. 115 (60654) www.galeriewaterton.com Sep 8-Oct 27 Laurence Lignel: Hypomnemata Nov 3-Dec 22 Diah Yulianti: Shadows and Light
Weinberg/Newton Gallery 300 W. Superior, Ste. 203 (60654) www.weinbergnewtongallery.com
319 N. Albany (60612) www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com
A gallery committed to educating and informing the public about issues of social justice Sep 15-Jan 13, 2018 Take Care, an exhibition in partnership with Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force
Sep 9-Oct 15 Gas, Grass or Ass, Curated by Josue Pellot and Robin Dluzen, Opening: Sep 9, 3-7pm
Western Exhibitions
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
Linc Thelen Gallery 1620 W. Carroll (60612) www.lincthelenart.com
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) 2320 W. Chicago (60622) www.uima-chicago.org Thru Oct 1 Domestic Disturbances, curated by Victoria Fuller Oct 6-Nov 26 ...And A is for Artist, curated by Scott Hunter; GALLERY Chicago, collaborative exhibit with National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
1709 W. Chicago (60622) www.westernexhibitions.com Sep 9-Oct 28 • Lilli Carré: Salves (Gallery 1) • Lilli Carré: Jill (Gallery 2 ) Nov 3-Dec 22 Faith Wilding
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery 325 W. Huron (60654) www.zollaliebermangallery.com Sep 8-Oct 21 Phyllis Bramson: Opulent Flim Flam; Lisa Corinne Davis: No THERE there... Sep 13-17 EXPO CHICAGO, Booth #661 Nov 3-Dec 17 David Kroll Fall 2017 | CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS | 61
13–17 SEPTEMBER 2017 CHICAGO | NAVY PIER GALLERIES AKINCI, Amsterdam Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco BERG Contemporary, Reykjavík Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach Bortolami, New York Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, Paris, New York CarrerasMugica, Bilbao casati gallery, Chicago Casterline|Goodman Gallery, Aspen David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Los Angeles Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables James Cohan, New York CONNERSMITH., Washington, DC Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago galerie frank elbaz, Paris, Dallas Flowers Gallery, London, New York Forum Gallery, New York Honor Fraser, Los Angeles Gagosian, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Hong Kong Hilario Galguera Gallery, Mexico City Galerie Gmurzynska, New York Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris Alexander Gray Associates, New York Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, New York Garth Greenan Gallery, New York GRIMM, Amsterdam Kavi Gupta, Chicago Hackett Mill, San Francisco HDM Gallery, Beijing, Hangzhou Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago The Hole, New York Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, Zürich MARIANE IBRAHIM, Seattle Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, New York Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Tina Kim Gallery, New York KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, Paris Lévy Gorvy, New York, London Library Street Collective, Detroit Jane Lombard Gallery, New York Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami Luhring Augustine, New York Maccarone, New York, Los Angeles Maison Gerard, New York Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, Los Angeles Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Knokke Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Salzburg McCormick Gallery, Chicago moniquemeloche, Chicago THE MISSION, Chicago Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, Cape Town Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel David Nolan Gallery, New York Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago Claire Oliver Gallery, New York ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul Karla Osorio Gallery, Brasília, São Paulo Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles Peres Projects, Berlin Perrotin, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Los Angeles PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City R & Company, New York ANDREW RAFACZ, Chicago RONCHINI, London rosenfeld porcini, London Salon 94, New York Sapar Contemporary, New York EDUARDO SECCI, Florence Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco SIM Galeria, Curitiba Sims Reed Gallery, London Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo
EXPOSURE
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood Allan Stone Projects, New York MARC STRAUS, New York Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong Tandem Press, Madison Galerie Templon, Paris, Brussels Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley Vallarino Fine Art, New York Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles Waterhouse & Dodd, New York Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York David Zwirner, New York, London
Curated by Justine Ludwig
EXPO PROFILE
Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Étienne, Paris, Luxembourg, New York GRIMM, Amsterdam Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Knokke R & Company, New York Royale Projects, Los Angeles
EXPO Editions + Books
Art+Culture Projects, New York Boreas Fine Art, Chicago Cahiers d’Art, Paris DOCUMENT, Chicago Field Editions, Liverpool Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, New York Island Press, St. Louis Other Criteria, New York, London, Ilfracombe RENÉ SCHMITT, WOL Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago Tate, London Whitechapel Gallery, London
313 Art Project, Seoul AA|LA, Los Angeles Piero Atchugarry, Pueblo Garzón Cardoza Fine Art, Houston DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Berlin Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles Edel Assanti, London FOLD, London Fridman Gallery, New York joségarcía ,mx, Mexico City, Merida Geary Contemporary, New York Grice Bench, Los Angeles Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles Kimmerich, Berlin KLOWDEN MANN, Los Angeles Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels David Lewis, New York MARSO, Mexico City Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles Night Gallery, Los Angeles NOME Gallery, Berlin Officine dell’lmmagine, Milan ROBERTO PARADISE, San Juan PATRON, Chicago PUSHKIN & GOGOL, Berlin ROCKELMANN&, Berlin Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
Opening EXPO ART WEEK
16 Sept – 7 Jan 2018
Off-site Exhibition 12 Sept – 29 Oct 2017
Lake Series (Lake Michigan) by Lincoln Schatz
Presenting Sponsor
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