This week’s picks on what to see this weekend. Be sure to check out other listings here and here, because there are a lot of really nice openings and shows going up this weekend and for some reason I’m not listing all of them.

Deb Sokolow @ Western Exhibitions

Deb Sokolow, one of my favorite artists and one of Chicago’s best, debuts her latest show this weekend at Western Exhibitions, this time composed of many small vignettes rather than her signature single large-scale narratives. Also on display is the final chapter of Ryan Travis Christian’s Power of Selection; Ryan’s chosen to go out with a confetti bang and hang dozens of artworks from all around the country. Check both out this Friday, November 19th from 5-8PM @ Western Exhibitions, 119 N Peoria St, 2A.

Deb Sokolow, You tell people you're working really hard on things these days (detail)

Ken Fandell @ Tony Wight Gallery

Tony Wight Gallery is back to its regular look, trading the blacks and grey of Karl Haendel for Ken Fandell‘s colorful romantic conceptualism, achieved by Fandell’s digital photography effects and collages. See the opening this Friday, November 19th from 5-8PM @ Tony Wight Gallery, 845 W Washington Blvd.

Ken Fandell, Tail

Drawing @ Shane Campbell Gallery

New drawings from an excellent looking group of artists, including Michelle Grabner, Joanne Greenbaum, Suzanne McClelland, William J. O’Brien, Alex Olson, Jon Pestoni, Amanda Ross-Ho, Lisa Williamson and Jonas Wood. See it all this Saturday, November 20th from 6-8PM @ Shane Campbell Gallery, 673 N Milwaukee Ave.

Alex Olson, Open Letter

60 x 60 @ threewalls

After debuting it first in New York, artists Christopher Preissing and Kotoka Suzuki bring their installation 60 x 60, composed of sixty one-minute sound pieces, to Chicago’s threewalls space. See and hear on Saturday, November 20th from 7-9PM @ threewalls, 119 N Peoria St, 2C.

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