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Wind & Water, Work by Bill Sosin, (above) plus Transported Wind by Harvey Moon, Hauser Gallery, through March 22 Smoking Kids by Frieke Janssen, Catherine Edelman Gallery, March 8-May 4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin': Fifty Years of the American Landscape, Stephen Daiter Gallery, March 8-May 11. Featuring work by Alec Soth (above left), Dennis Witmer (above right), Eugene Richards, David T. Hanson, Christopher Churchill, Barbara Crane, Kenneth Josephson, John Gossage and Art Sinsabaugh. Martina Lopez: Between Reason (above); Mel Keiser: The Écorchés, Schneider Gallery, March 1-April 27 Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Photography, through March 31 Spectator Sports, Museum of Contemporary Photography, April 12-July 3 Works by Roderick Buchanan, Ewan Gibbs, Michelle Grabner, Jack Goldstein, Julie Henry, Brett Kashmere, Vesna Pavlović (photo pictured above), Paul Pfeiffer, Susken Rosenthal, Katja Stuke and Charlie White Irving Penn: Underfoot, Art Institute of Chicago, through May 12 A Decade of Printmaking: Abstractions, David Weinberg Photography, through March 2 Michael Ward's Britain, Shot Images, through March 15 Shimon Attie: The Neighbor Next Door, Block Museum of Art, through March 24
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Look for an overview of the work of Terry Evans at the Catherine Edelman Gallery this fall. The exhibit opens Sept. 7 and runs through Oct. 27. It includes 22 images, including aerial work from Chicago, Greenland, North Dakota and Kansas, plant specimens from the Smithsonian and Field Museum collections, slag processing at an Indiana steel plant, and mountaintop removal in eastern Kentucky. Pictured above is Sailboats and Skyscrapers, Chicago, July 29. Juvenile-in-Justice opens Sept. 13 at the Roosevelt University Gage Gallery, featuring the photography of Richard Ross, principal photographer for the Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Museum. Every Breath We Drew is a new portfolio of intimate portraits by Jess Dugan on exhibit at the Schneider Gallery this fall. The show opens Sep. 7 and runs through Oct. 27. Pictured above: Erica and Kritsa 2012. Jimmy Robert Vis-à-vis, running Aug. 25-Nov. 25 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, is the first major solo museum exhibition in the United States of work by Brussels-based artist Jimmy Robert. He typically uses photographic portraiture as a starting point for his works on paper, gently breaking down divisions between two and three dimensions, image and object. In some cases Robert uses found photographs that he tears, collages, tapes, and crumples before digitally scanning them and pinning them to the wall. In other cases, Robert takes new photographs in his studio and crams them into wooden boxes or arranges them on the gallery floor. This fall at the Stephen Daiter Gallery: Collateral Damage: The Human Face of War. There is work by Samantha Appleton, Vincent Cianni, Ashley Gilbertson, and Stephanie Sinclair, plus select historic war photographs by Dmitri Baltermants, Robert Capa, Werner Bischof, Wayne Miller, and others. The exhibit opens Sept. 7 and runs through Dec. 1. Taste of Chicago, a photography exhibit by Joseph Sterling, runs Sept. 8 through Oct. 27 at Alibi Fine Art. The signs in the windows on Michigan Avenue proclaim "We Want To Be Ordinary." Inside the Chicago Cultural Center is an exhibit called Industry of the Ordinary: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, running through Feb. 17, 2013. The show includes a sampling from over 80 of the Industry of the Ordinary (IOTO) projects displayed with objects, photos and video documentation that includes “Line in the Sand” which engaged the public directly as the artists drew a line on State Street with a flesh-colored crayon to encourage on-lookers response. Industry of the Ordinary, by the way, is the name artists Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson have chosen to work under for this project. Pictured above: Match of the Day II, (Industry of the Ordinary, as Old God and Young God, play table football, first to 100 goals, on the promontory point by North Avenue beach) 2005, documentation of performance (photo by Greg Stimac). Jan Tichy is collaborating with the Museum of Contemporary Photography for a one-year period to create a museum-wide exhibition based on the museum’s collection of more than 12,000 images and objects. The first exhibit 1979:1 – 2012:21 opens Oct. 12 and runs through Dec. 23. Pictured above is a still from Tichy's video installation Things To Come (1933-2012). The Prague-born artist works in the mediums of video, sculpture, architecture, sound and photography. QUICK HITS & CONTINUING RUNS: Sense and Sensibility, an exhibit by Shane Huffman, opens Sept. 14 at 65 Grand and runs though Oct. 13. Peripheral Views: States of America at the Museum of Contemporary Photography through Sept. 7. Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity continues through Sept. 23 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Film and Photo New York continues through Nov. 25 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
SPECIAL EVENTS: More than 100 galleries from around world converge on Navy Pier Sept. 20-23 for Expo Chicago, followed by SOFA Chicago Nov 2-4. The 42nd Annual Pilsen East Artists' Open House is slated for Oct. 5-7. GALLERIES & ARTISTS: We warmly welcome your news, comments and suggestions. Please use our contact form for feedback and to submit info and image links for the Photo Arts Chicago newsletter, gallery guide, artist directory and Behind the Lens series. All images copyright by the individual photographers. View the PhotoArtsChicago.com copyright policy. In 2010, Daniel Beltrá spent two months photographing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The result, Spill, is an arresting group of images that shows the vastness of the beauty and destruction he witnessed. For his work on the Gulf oil spill, he received 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award, the Lucie Award for the International Photographer of the Year – Deeper Perspective, and was chosen as a finalist for Critical Mass for Photolucida. Spill is on exhibit at the Catherine Edelman Gallery March 8-April 28. Grace Before Dying is on exhibit March 8-April 28 at Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery. The show is the work of Lori Waslechuk, a documentary photographer whose photographs have appeared in publications like Newsweek, Life and the New York Times. She has also produced photographs for several international aid organizations including CARE, the UN World Food Program and more. The March exhibit at the Chicago Photography Center is called Profusion/Essence. Featured are the work of photographers Lawrence W. Oliverson (example above) and Jill Bedford (image has been removed at the request of the photographer). "While both artists’ aesthetics are opposite, Oliverson being a minimalist, capturing zen-like peace and calm, and Bedford creating images fairly overflowing with life, each of these two mature artists composes their images with clear intent, and pure color," says curator Susan Aurinko. The Limits of Digital Photography concludes its run at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College March 25. W.J.T. Mitchell, a professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago will give the final exhibit lecture March 20 at Ferguson Lecture Hall. According to MoCP, he argues against the view that digital photography does not have the firm grip on reality that was claimed by traditional photography. Opening March 29 at the MoCP: Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond brings together student work from six different Chicago public schools and communities created in programs sponsored by the MoCP and Project AIM at the Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP), Columbia College Chicago. Guided by professional photographers and writers, participating students created works that explore the narrative potential of photographs inspired by images from the MoCP’s collection. This exhibition features works such as Kevin, 2011 (above) and ends April 4. 15 international artists are part of the MoCP exhibit Survival Techniques: Narratives of Resistance, which runs from April 12 through July 1. Pictured above: Ghost Teen by Thai filmmaker and photographer Apichatpong Weerasethakul (left) and Liberation War 1971, by MRK Palash, a photographer from Bangladesh. A solo show by Eric Holubow will be at the Chicago Cultural Center from March 31 to July 9 (opening reception April 13). "Being a Chicagoan, I have always been attracted to the beauty of architecture," he says. "While some celebrate a structure’s construction, I am drawn to its deconstruction; when these industrial, commercial and residential buildings transition into ruins. It is at these moments when the energy needed to preserve extinguishes; when a building’s existence is no longer deemed viable or valuable. In these forgotten and overlooked places, I see not just loss, tragedy, or decay, but the chaos in which a new architect’s vision may be born." The Schneider Gallery is showcasing work by Xavier Nuez (above left) and Valerie Oliveiro (above right). "Though veritably different in style and technique, these two photographers reveal places under night light," say the folks at Schneider. The exhibit runs from March 2 to April 28. Nuez's "Glam Bugs" are also part of the National Art Premiere 2012 group show at the Elmhurst Artists Guild gallery through March 28. Elmhurst, IL More info on the Schneider show here. Photography by Ken Konchel is on exhibit at Gallery 180 at the Illinois Institute of Art through May 3. "My ambition is to raise awareness of, and appreciation for, architecture by presenting it as engaging and dynamic geometric arrangements and interactions," Konchel says. Chicago-based photographer Gary Hoover traveled to Berlin to capture the images in his The Art of the Wall show, at the Elephant Room gallery through April 13. "Shortly after the Wall fell, more than a hundred artists from around the world came together and transformed what was once a symbol of oppression into a symbol of freedom,” Hoover says. “My goal was to bring back — through selective enhancement — the color, vibrancy and emotion those works originally expressed, while keeping intact the public’s euphoric response to the art.” Yto Barrada's Riffs, featuring photographs from her native Morocco, opens March 18 at the Renaissance Society's Bergman Gallery. Read a review in the Chicago Reader. At the Art Institute of Chicago: Muxima, the first film by Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar (still image, above). Described as “a cinematic elegy dedicated to the people of Angola,” the structure of the film is deeply rooted in Jaar's love for African music. Muxima (meaning “heart” in the indigenous Angolan language, Kimbundu) is guided by five interpretations of a local folk song and edited into ten cantos, each depicting an aspect of Angola’s devastating history. GALLERIES & ARTISTS: We warmly welcome your comments and suggestions. Please use our contact form for feedback and to submit info and image links for the PhotoArtsChicago newsletter, gallery guide and artist directory.
All images copyright by the individual photographers. View the PhotoArtsChicago.com copyright policy. Viktoria Sorochinki's Anna & Eve kicks off the new year at the Catherine Edelman Gallery. The Ukranian-born photographer staged scenarios examine the relationship and changing roles of mother and daughter. "It was often hard to tell who held the power and control between the two, and who was learning the essence of being a human in this world," Sorochinki says. The show opens with an artist reception Jan. 6 at 5 pm, with an additional artist talk at noon Jan. 7. It runs through Feb. 25. Catherine Edelman also served as juror for the Coalition of Photographic Arts 5th Annual Juried Exhibition. From more than 450 submitted images, she selected the work of 30 photographers, including David Gustafson, Ryan Lowry and Robert Tolchin, shown above. The show runs through Jan. 21 at the Walker's Point Center for the Arts in Milwaukee, with a closing reception Jan. 20. China Revisited opens with a 5 pm reception Jan. 6 at the Schneider Gallery. The group show features five different perspectives on Chinese culture from photographers Gao Yuan, Wang Wulong, Chen Jiagang and Chen Nong, along with paintings by Yu Quian. Water Lillies #5 by Chen Nong is pictured above. The show runs through Feb. 25. Limits of Photography opens Jan. 21 at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Curator Rod Siemmons says the exhibit "explores the area where the viewer loses faith in the veracity of photography." It features work by John Brill, Randy Hayes, Daniel Hojnacki, Sally Ketcham, Vera Klement, Chris Naka, Rhona Shand, Doug Stapleton and Curtis Mann in a wide variety of contemporary mixed media, video, and technical alteration and manipulation. Hayes' Pass Christian Mississippi is shown above. He and Klement will give an artist talk preceding the opening reception at 4 p, Jan. 26. The show runs through March 25. If you haven't seen it yet, make time to catch Prison: Photographs by Lloyd DeGrane, on display at the Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University through Feb. 4. Through still photos (above), video interviews and inmate letters, the exhibit presents a compelling document of life behind bars. Another 2011 holdover worth a look: Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Exploiting the photographic image in every way possible – in books, slides, canvases, films, and room-size installations – the artists in the exhibit "placed photography firmly on an equal basis with avant-garde painting and sculpture," says the museum. There are more than 140 works on display by 57 artists, including John Baldessari, whose Throwing Three Balls in the Air to Get a Straight Line (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts) is shown in detail above. The show runs through March 11. There's also a short window left to see a historic exhibit of American frontier photography at the Art Institute. Thomas H. O'Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs exhibit is in Galleries 1-2 through Jan. 15. Pictured below: O'Sullivan's Pyramid Lake, c. 1867-69. And, through Jan. 22, you can see an intriguing collection called The Three Graces in Galleries 3-4. It includes discarded snapshots curated by New York collector Peter J. Cohen. As the shot by an unknown photographer below indicates, they're all images of three girls or women. A new show at the Art Institute: Rough, Blurred, and Out of Focus: Provoke Magazine and Postwar Japanese Photography opened Jan. 3, and features the pioneering work of Takuma Nakahira, Yutaka Takanashi and Daidō Moriyama for Provoke Magazine, published in 1968 and 1969. The exhibit is at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries through Feb. 27. Below is a detail from image 4 in Volume 1 of the magazine. Art Shay and the Documenting of Mid-Century America opens Jan. 6 at the Stephen Daiter Gallery. Images like Maxwell Street Precinct Emergency, 1949 (below) will be accompanied by a selection of prints by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Lewis Hine and Walker to, as the gallery puts it, place Shay's work "in well-deserved context." The show runs through Feb. 25. The Chicago Photography Collective explores winter in Chicago in its Out In The Cold exhibit, featuring work by 11 of its 30 members. The show runs through Jan. 28 at its State Street gallery. Find links to more galleries, museums and other photographic venues in Chicago and around the country in the PhotoArtsChicago Gallery Guide. Or check out the wide world of online photo magazines and other related resources in the PhotoArtsChicago Media Guide.
GALLERIES & ARTISTS: We warmly welcome your comments and suggestions. Please use our contact form for feedback and to submit info and image links for the PhotoArtsChicago newsletter. All images copyright by the individual photographers. View the PhotoArtsChicago.com copyright policy. Our Origins just opened at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, chronicling how artists use photography, video, drawing and sculpture to trace our beginnings beyond recorded history. It includes the work of Jenny Åkerlund, Julia Büttelmann, Alison Carey, Eric William Carroll, Michelle Ceja, Ken Fandell, Jason Lazarus, Aspen Mays, Scott McFarland, Patricia Piccinini, Mark Ruwedel, Jennifer Ray, Alison Ruttan, SEMICONDUCTOR, Rachel Sussman, Penelope Umbrico. A public reception will be held Sept. 8. Download the museum PDF for a list of special events to be held in conjunction with the exhibit. Pictured above: Jennifer Ray, Strangler Fig Embrace (2009) and Jason Lazarus, Eric Becklin, first human to see the center of our Galaxy (2010). Chicago Project IV, the Catherine Edelman Gallery's bi-annual exhibition of local photographers featured in their online gallery, continues through Sept. 3. It incudes work by Matt Austin, Justyna Badach, Jeremy Bolen, Dan Bradica, Troy Flinn, Lenny Gilmore, Wm. Bradley Johnson, Nate Mathews, Bill O'Donnell, TJ Proechel, Charlie Simokaitis and Shane Welch. Known Artists, New Work runs through Aug. 26 at the Schneider Gallery. Featured photographers include Luis Gonzalez Palma, Res, Lalla Essaydi, Chen Nong, and Ursula Sokolowska. Photography on display at the Art Institute of Chicago through Sept. 25: Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Dolls and Masks (Gallery 1) and Souvenirs of the Barbizon: Photographs, Paintings and Works on Paper (Allerton Galleries 2-4). The latest work by Uta Barth is in Galleries 188-189 through Aug. 14. Photography and photomontage also feature prominently in the Museum's Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life exhibit in Galleries 182-184 through Oct. 9. Seeing Kiki Smith's Art Through Photography is at the Block Museum at Northwestern University through Aug. 15. The Chicago Photo Collective's GoDoGood exhibit features over 30 photographers and runs through Oct. 2. Photo exhibits at the Harold Washington Library include Retracing Our Steps: A Photo Journey through 100 Years of the Republic of China (above left). The show is up through August 24 on the library's 5th and 6th floors. Chicago River 1999-2010 by Richard Wasserman (above right) is on display through Sept. 2 in the Congress Corridor on the ground floor.
It's been a strong summer for the photographic arts in Chicago, and it's about to get even better.
Chicago Project IV opens July 15 at the Catherine Edelman Gallery. It's the Edelman's bi-annual exhibition of local photographers featured in their online gallery, including Matt Austin, Justyna Badach, Jeremy Bolen, Dan Bradica, Troy Flinn, Lenny Gilmore, Wm. Bradley Johnson, Nate Mathews, Bill O'Donnell, TJ Proechel, Charlie Simokaitis and Shane Welch. (The photo above is by Troy Finn.) Known Artists, New Work opens July 8 at the Schneider Gallery. Featured photographers include Luis Gonzalez Palma, Res, Lalla Essaydi, Chen Nong, and Ursula Sokolowska. Two photo exhibitions open July 2 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Dolls and Masks in Gallery 1 and Souvenirs of the Barbizon: Photographs, Paintings and Works on Paper in Allerton Galleries 2-4. Ongoing shows include the latest work by Uta Barth in Galleries 188-189 through Aug. 14. Photography and photomontage also feature prominently in the museum's Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life exhibit in Galleries 182-184 through Oct. 9. Meanwhile, there are a couple weeks left to see the Museum of Contemporary Photography's excellent Public Works exhibit, which closes July 17. Our Origins opens there July 29. Other notable shows continuing this month: The Working-Class Eye of Milton Rogovin is on exhibit through July 14 at the Roosevelt University Gage Gallery. Seeing Kiki Smith's Art Through Photography is at the Block Museum at Northwestern University through Aug. 15. |
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