CURRENT EXHIBITS [125]

Shawne Major’s mixed-media works expose how our perception of reality is colored by dreams, memory, superstition, religion, bias, prejudice and fear. They refer to the overlay of belief systems created by the individual to piece together their own personal paradigm. Through a combination of kitsch, ersatz and craft materials, junk and personal objects, he creates accumulated forms that serve as...   [more]

The Chicago Cultural Center proudly presents the work Sandra Holubow.  Her paintings and collages remind us to treasure what we have now, because our cities seem disposable in our cultural pursuit of the New. The 28 works on exhibit are dynamic images of urban density and energy. Her ordinary landmarks become iconic: Trains and tracks are reminders of a journey we all must take, dark nights wit...   [more]

Opening: April 13th, 2012   5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

A collage exhibit This group exhibition will be our first official exhibit of the year in our new space!  Bringing together local artists as well as nationally and internationally all under one roof. A collage (From the French: à coller, to glue, French pronunciation: [kɔ.laːʒ]) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may som...   [more]

Exit Eden casts light on the Earth’s shifting environments through Doug Fogelson’s photography. Exit Eden by Doug Fogelson considers the transformative effect climate change is having on our natural environment through the abstraction of landscape photography. In removing layers of both imagery and color from his original transparency film, Fogelson creates a dialog between destructiveness and be...   [more]

Opening: May 4th, 2012   5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

It is with great pleasure that Corbett vs. Dempsey presents Series, an exhibition of new work by Arturo Herrera. One of the masters of contemporary collage, Herrera has a long history in Chicago, where he lived, studied (MFA, U.I.C.), and worked early in his prodigious career. Born in Venezuela, now residing in Berlin, over the last two decades Herrera has developed a highly personal, extremely flexible...   [more]

Opening: May 10th, 2012   5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Malick Sidibe’s exuberant photographs offer a unique look at a time of political transition and cultural liberation. As Mali gained independence from France in 1960, the youth culture of music, dancing and fashion exploded in this once-conservative West African nation and Sidibe’s ubiquitous lens chronicled it all. Through th euse of props, posing, and a deft attention to personality, he developed a...   [more]

Opening: March 29th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

In the classical arts of west and Central Africa, sculptural representations of the human body are widely produced and remarkably varied. Many traditional types are attentive to gesture, or impart meaning to bodily proportions and details of coiffure or ornament; some use the body as metaphor for containers or musical instruments. This exhibition, drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, reflects...   [more]

devening projects + editions is pleased to announce the opening of Jin Lee: The Near and the Far.  In the off space we present recent work by painters Dorothee Joachim and Richard Roth. Please join us on Sunday, April 22nd from 4 -7 for the opening reception.   The Near and the Far, Jin Lee’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, features photographs made over the past six years from two differ...   [more]

Opening: April 22nd, 2012   4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

In the off space we present recent work by painters Dorothee Joachim and Richard Roth. Please join us on Sunday, April 22nd from 4 -7 for the opening reception. Presented in the off space, Dorothee Joachim and Richard Roth approach painting with a similar focused position, although the results differ greatly. Joachim’s process is laborious and surprisingly dense; but the work denies that strain of t...   [more]

Opening: April 22nd, 2012   4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

This exhibition developed by The DuSable Museum celebrates the rich history and contributions to Gospel Music and is centered primarily on gospel’s Chicago origins. With Chicago being the “home” of Gospel, Spread the Word!: The Evolution of Gospel from Chicago to the World, recognizes some of the greatest Gospel singers of all time, included are legends such as: Mahalia Jackson, Albertina Wa...   [more]

Peggy Macnamara’s work is about the study of nature, and her subjects--birds, insects, small creatures and their habitats--surround her every day as Artist-in-Residence at the Field Museum. Through careful observation, Macanamara gathers the precise information she needs to paint the large, colorful watercolors that lyrically interweave art and science. In Field Work, Macnamara’s paintings investigate bird b...   [more]

Opening: April 6th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

An exhibition of meticulously created small-scale paintings and prints.  Each moodily suggestive piece incorporates vintage photo images gathered from the collection of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. An accompanying installation is designed to enhance the seductive nature of the artwork, which exposes power relationships as expressed through sexual situations.   [more]

Opening: April 27th, 2012   7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

G.R. N'Namdi Gallery presents "Hidden Essence", a group exhibition portraying the delicately chaotic works of Deborah Dancy, the abstracted language of Antonio Carreño, and the fragmented, colorful stories of Bernard Williams.   Deborah Dancy explores color, absurdity, and encounters with the self.  While her works vary from painting to photography, the exhibited works explore the use of oil on...   [more]

Exploring color as both a formal and a social force, Spectral Landscape (with Viewing Stations) arrays artworks around the gallery according to a loosely organized color spectrum. Envisioned by the artist-curators as an environment—a landscape—the project is created not only from works using spectral color, but also from instances of achromatic, invisible (infared, thermal, supernatural), and variabl...   [more]

Opening: April 27th, 2012   5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Gallery KH is pleased to present Abstract: A Group Show a collection of colorful abstract paintings by Gallery KH resident artists.  Abstract: A Group Show opens May 4, 2012 through July 10, 2012.   An opening night cocktail reception is scheduled for Friday, June 1, 5-8PM. All gallery events are free and open to the public. “We are always thrilled to present a group show in the gallery.  Wit...   [more]

Opening: June 1st, 2012   5:00 PM - 8:00 PM