Comment Archives: stories: Galleries & Museums
Re: “Chagall's New Nook”
I have always loved the Chagall windows at the AIC. Several years ago they were selling replicas of the windows in 8x12 glass pieces. I was really disappointed when I went to the shop thinking I could buy another one for Christmas and they no longer make them. If anyone knows were you can purchase these please let me know. They have always been and always will be my favorite in the AIC.
Re: “Weed Wolf, the tagger”
"wow the majority of you people sound extremely boring and insufferable"
I blame society.
Re: “Weed Wolf, the tagger”
wow the majority of you people sound extremely boring and insufferable
Re: “Our six best bets for fall visual arts”
Gotta join Scott Speh on his one ... Noah -- get the site of the exhibition right well before publication please. And with all due respect, someone get a proper editor working with this writer! Chicago contemporary art is incredibly more diverse in its references and checkpoints than the Imagists. While this exhibit, Afterimage, specifically celebrates the relationships, there remain only a small number of artists who can be considered descendents of these definitely NOT SLOPPY artists (how that could even be an adjective used for the Imagists work boggles the mind). The majority of art in Chicago is far from being influenced by this particular milieu.
And Deana ... sorry but Anish Kapoor's piece is named "Cloud Gate," not "Bean." It is affectionately called "The Bean" by people in Chicago, but when referencing a work of art, it is considered appropriate to use the proper name please.
And finally, Sam, none of Dahn Vo's pieces from "We the People" will be in "galleries" at either the Renaissance Society or the AIC. The work will be in the garden off of the Modern Wing at the AIC and spread across the University of Chicago campus for the Ren. Dahn's work for his show, Uterus, will be in the Ren exhibition space. Again, please get your facts right before printing information about upcoming exhibitions!
Re: “Our six best bets for fall visual arts”
The main "Afterimage" show is actually at the DePaul Art Museum, FYI. http://museums.depaul.edu/exhibitions/afte…
Re: “Zeph Farmby's eat-the-rich art”
I attended the Love, Lust & Desire show on Friday, August 31st. I have to say that it was the BEST art show that I've ever been to in Chicago - and I've been to several. Zeph Farmby's art is unique and thought-provocting. I was also able to attend the Artist Talk the following Saturday and listening to his perspective, influences and inspiration for each piece was educational. Now, if only I could actually afford his work!
- Zeph Farmby's newest biggest fan
Re: “Enriched”
This is when I stopped reading: Kavage, a 38-year-old Seattle-based artist and urban planner, is in town to execute an elaborate, summerlong project she's calling "Industrial Harvest," which she describes at industrialharvest.com as "an artistic gesture of Herculean proportions about nourishment, food systems, and the City of Chicago."
Re: “Weed Wolf, the tagger”
why is he so fat and has huge sausage tits? do you think he gets hungry when he looks at himself in the mirror? do you think he's hungry right now? i'd be willing to wager that he is.
Re: “Landscape with really huge phalluses”
sam, you are a freaking great reviewer, for serious. just read pies then skyscraper high art. you are so good!!
Re: “Landscape with really huge phalluses”
If your cock looks like the John Hancock, you have bad genes.
Re: “"Kink," regular and super”
Wandered in to Design Cloud Gallery and discovered Sudman's work. After a little research, I found more info about him on the "Chicago Arts Archive" site at http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=15901.
Re: “Grim reapings”
An impressive collection with many fine pieces; Carey's chandelier is a powerful centerpiece in the larger room. But totally TOO LARGE an exhibit for the space and lighting, with art hung on the walls nearly to the ceiling, and in some spots, at almost knee level. Key cards to help you identify those prints way up there you would maybe enjoy looking at more closely if they weren't twenty feet away.
Otto Dix's World War I prints could have commanded a room to themselves; instead, they are stacked three high across half a wall, where the bottom row can only be viewed by crouching. Too bad.
My takeaway from this assembly is that it's not enough about the art, it's about the getting and piling-up of the art.
Re: “The only way to see Nocturama: from the outside”
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Logan Square
Re: “The only way to see Nocturama: from the outside”
Great! .... now, where is it? ...
Re: “The crackle and snap of Roy Lichtenstein's pop”
I saw this on Monday. I had only seen Lichtenstein's paintings in isolation. But looking at it all in this retrospective made me realize how extremely funny the man was. Especially his 'satires' of iconic painters and paintings. Seeing his pop-art versions of Monet's classic Rouen cathedral series is worth the price of admission. Of course, in my case, since I got in for free; that would be zero!
Re: “Weed Wolf, the tagger”
i don't see anything prolific about this guy, although, he seems to excite the yuppies
Re: “Weed Wolf, the tagger”
ha that isn't weed wolf
Re: “Weed Wolf, the tagger”
'How does selling stuff on Ebay & nocturnal imply "thief"'
It does when you're an unemployed vandal.
"I guess the 19 million users who use ebay are all thieves and/or love to buy stolen stuff."
False dilemma.
Re: “Chagall's New Nook”
It's my guess the windows were placed in the lobby to make their rental space more lucrative. The Rubloff Auditorium and Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room are tucked away in the back. But add some neon Chagall to the mix and bam! Now those two rental spaces are classy.