Here’s what I’m thinking of seeing this weekend. More shows and more infos available here.
Art Auction Fundraiser @ Johalla Projects
Dozens of artists have donated work for an auction this Friday to prop up Wicker Park apartment gallery Johalla Projects. A quick selection of participants: Nathan Baker,Bridgette Buckley, Elijah Burgher, Philip Dembinski, Anni Holm, Aron Gent, Jon Gitelson, Chad Kouri, Daniel Shea, Montgomery Perry Smith. The names look great and the auction model they’re using does too, so stop by and bring some spending money. The fundraiser will be held this Friday, January 29th from 7-11 PM @ Johalla Projects, 1561 N Milwaukee Ave.
Dialogue @ Co-Prosperity Sphere
Hold up spell-checker, this is an international show. Dialogue is a product of IRUS, a group of one-year Iran-United States collaborative art projects which will be coming to Bridgeport’s Co-Prosperity Sphere this weekend. Dialogue opens this Friday, January 29th from 7-10 PM @ Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S. Morgan St.
Angel Otero @ Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago painter Angel Otero is having his biggest solo show yet this month at the Chicago Cultural Center. See what post-MFA international success and collectability looks like this Friday, January 29th from 6-8 PM @ Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago.
The Power of Selection & Suitable Video @ Western Exhibitions
Curated by the very same Ryan Travis Christian responsible for this site’s Artist of the Week picks, The Power of Selection is a group show featuring work by CA artists Alika Cooper, Allison Schulnik, Marissa Textor, Eric Yahnker, and Chicago’s own Mike Rea. In the back room, Scott Wolniak‘s Suitable Video is a retrospective look at work shown in the front half of last decade at Humboldt Park’s now-defunct Suitable Gallery. Both shows have a closing reception this Saturday, January 30th from 6-9 PM @ Western Exhibitions, 119 N. Peoria St, 2A.
The drying of [oil paint] is the result of an oxidative reaction, chemically equivalent to slow, flameless combustion.
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