As luck would have it, some wonderful Chicago collector friends invited me along on their visit to the studio of Amanda Ross-Ho and her husband, Erik Frydenborg. Amanda is represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York, Shane Campbell in Chicago and Cherry + Martin in Los Angeles. Probably best known for [...]
Round two of the VIP art fair opened to Elite members this morning. And unlike last year, when I logged on there did not seem to be any glitches. I found the layout easy to navigate, the quality of exhibitors strong and the artwork on view accessible. I particularly enjoyed the discussions section where you [...]
What a loss for the art world!
Los Angeles based artist Mike Kelley is dead at the age of 57. Originally from Detroit, Kelley attended the California Institute of the Arts. He investigates what he refers to as materialist rituals in his work. Probably best known for his stuffed animal sculptures, these works were [...]
David Hartt “Stray Light” at the MCA
Inaugurating the MCA Screen space at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Canadian born David Hartt has created a media-base environment. Born in 1964, Hartt now lives and works in Chicago and is best known for photographs he takes with a “dispassionate eye.” Hartt’s subject matter for this project [...]
Chicago has struggled to find its place as an artistic center over the years. Many famous artists have strong ties to Chicago but usually leave, making their reputations elsewhere. The city “rivals other cities in music, architecture, and theater, but it is seen as a second city in the visual arts.” The exhibition “Re: Chicago,” at the [...]
A very enjoyable exhibition curated by Michael Darling, “The Language of Less” focuses on Minimal art from the 1960s/70s as well as that created by five artists working now who have been highly influenced by their predecessors. To be categorized as Minimal, work typically has to have little evidence of the artist’s hand, use industrial [...]
Inaugurating the MCA Screen space at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Canadian born David Hartt has created a media-base environment. Born in 1964, Hartt now lives and works in Chicago and is best known for photographs he takes with a “dispassionate eye.” Hartt’s subject matter for this project is Chicago’s Johnson Publishing Company building [...]
You have until January 21st to catch the current exhibition of underappreciated artist Robert Overby’s work at Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago. Long before Rachel Whiteread cast the inside of a house in London,Robert Overby, a California artist who lived from 1935-1993, layered latex and cheesecloth on the exterior of an abandoned house. The works that resulted [...]
Prospect 2-New Orleans
The Prospect 2 biennial runs from Oct. 22, 2011 to January 29, 2012. Founded in 2008 by curator Dan Cameron after Hurricane Katrina, it was created in an effort to help revitalize the city. I was so sad I didn’t make it to Prospect 1 as I heard it was amazing. 42,000 people [...]
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At the Old U.S. Mint one found William Eggleston’s black and white nightclub portraits–single images of characters from 1970s clubs. These works were quite different from the typical photos of his found in most exhibitions. Also on view was An-My Le’s Delta: New Orleans, Louisiana 2011. The artist spent time in Louisiana and visited different Vietnamese communities of the [...]