Recursion: 2612
In the body of work is a recursive drive to create an organic visual language from the immutable impulses of city living. “Recursion” features the work of six artists. Artists include: Erik DeBat,...
View ArticleJames Jankowiak: The Profane Illumination
Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, April 6th from 7-10PM at Johalla Projects. A brief history of collaboration has reached its climax in The Profane Illumination, Johalla Projects...
View ArticleTime and Materials
Drawing from the traditonal use of the term among craftspeople as a quantifiable measure for projects with uncertain outcomes, TIME and MATERIALS is a point of departure and a guiding principal for the...
View ArticleBlood & Fire: Auction Benefit & Holiday Party
Please join us on Saturday, December 15 for “Blood & Fire” a festive holiday dance party, bad sweater swap AND a silent art auction to benefit artists: KATE RUGGERI WILLIAM J. O’BRIEN ERIK DEBAT...
View Article83ism and Lauren Feece: Now See Hear
Believe Inn presents award winning artist collective, 83ism’s new multi media installation and new paintings by Lauren Feece. After receiving the juried award for best 3-dimensional work at last year’s...
View ArticleEverything Must Go!
Wicker Park says goodbye to its colorful history from the Lumpen Buddy days, to the Around the Coyote art fair and now the Double Door. Everything Must Go! reflects the selling of our neighborhood and...
View ArticleWonder Twin Powers!
Wonder Twin Powers! Curated by James Jankowiak Featuring Nyame O. Brown, Adam Farcus, Adam Grossi, Holly Holmes, Nicole Marroquin, and Victoria Martinez. Like the characters in the ’70s era cartoon,...
View ArticleUnderlying system is not known: Current trends in pattern and repetition
In keeping with Western Exhibitions’ long-standing tradition of organizing a large biennial group show (1) which focuses on a prevailing theme occurring in the larger art world, the gallery is pleased...
View ArticleVisible Invisible Divisible
Why can’t we avert our eyes? It just sits there, the concrete-like form in all its seriousness with an irresistible seductive pull. It must be the arrangement. New forms, new colors, new designs can’t...
View ArticleJames Jankowiak: Altered Translation
Chicago-born artist, James Jankowiak, in his first solo show in Chicago since 2012, will be exhibiting a new series of paintings in conjunction with creating a mural on Corner’s exterior wall. The...
View ArticleInfinite Games 50/50
In 2013 the city of Chicago closed 50 public schools, almost all in low-income neighborhoods, citing decreased enrollment and budgetary concerns as the primary reasons. Through a random set of...
View ArticleAltered Translation – closing event
Closing event for James Jankowiak’s “Altered Translation” with special guest Kevin Coval. Sunday, Oct. 8, 2 – 5 PM, Corner. Artist’s talk: 2 – 3; Kevin Coval reading, 3 – 4 followed by a Q&A. James...
View ArticleHomecoming
Rhona Hoffman Gallery in collaboration with Open House Contemporary invites you to Homecoming at Infinite Games 50/50 A Public Reception and Exhibition Walkthrough led by Susan Snodgrass and John Preus...
View ArticleThe Flatfiles Show
GOLDFINCH is pleased to announce its inaugural Flatfiles Exhibition, a gallery-wide presentation of our entire Flatfiles inventory. The opening reception is Sunday, December 10 from 3-6pm, and the show...
View ArticleChicago Bound
An eclectic group of 10 Chicago artists contributing photographs, ephemera and performance that explores each artist’s individual affection to the great city of Chicago, which celebrates it’s 181st...
View ArticleSugar Rush
Chicago artists transform the museum for kids and their grownups. This month, explore highs and lows, sours and sweets. Live in love through music and drawing with DJ Selah Say. Make candy stop-motion...
View ArticleCole Pierce+James Jankowiak: These 2 Painters
These 2 Painters: Cole Pierce and James Jankowiak James Jankowiak’s ritualistic abstract paintings explore metaphysical properties of light and color. Cole Pierce’s paintings use geometric shapes and...
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