This week’s picks on what to see this weekend. As always, check here and here for more.

Michael Krueger, Deborah Baker, & Dominic Paul Moore @ Packer Schopf

West Loop gallery Packer Schopf (rhymes with shuvopfh) hosts three solos this Friday night: colored pencilist Michael Krueger; embroideress Deborah Baker; and abstract painter Dominic Paul Moore, also codirector of nearby ebersmoore gallery. See all three this Friday, January 7th from 5-8PM @ Packer Schopf Gallery, 942 W. Lake St. Chicago.

Dominic Paul Moore

Talia Chetrit, Daniel Gordon / Matthew Metzger @ Tony Wight

If you’re stopping by Tony Wight Gallery to see the interesting pairing of photographers Talia Chetrit and Daniel Gordon, be sure to pop in back for three new paintings by Chicago artist Matthew Metzger. Check it out this Saturday, January 8th from 5-8PM @ Tony Wight Gallery, 845 W Washington Blvd.

Talia Chetrit, Vase/Grid

A Certain Ratio @ Roots & Culture

Roots & Culture is always good for shows that touch on ritual, symbol, and atavism, and this weekend’s A Certain Ratio returns at an angle, with artists Elijah Burgher, Ryan Fenchel, Jonah Groeneboer, Shane Huffmanand Erin Zona taking on divine mathematics, Theophysical ideas, and history’s visual side of the spiritual side of things. See the opening this Saturday, January 8th from 6-9PM @ Roots & Culture, 1034 N Milwaukee Ave.

Jonah Groeneboer, Untitled III

Gerard Byrne @ Renaissance Society

Irish artist Gerard Byrne is opening an exhibition which includes a multi-channel film installation at University of Chicago’s Renaissance Society, ostensibly centered around the museum’s history with minimalism. I’m not selling this very well, but if those words get you going, get you going to the reception this Sunday, January 9th from 4-7PM @ The Renaissance Society, 5811 S Ellis Ave.

Gerard Byrne, The Reverse of a Framed Painting

A Picture of a Beach

I couldn’t let this post run with just three black and white photos in the middle of a Chicago winter. Brr.

A Picture of a Beach