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Weekend Preview – I’ve been meaning to hear of that

Steve Ruiz — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:14:18 +0000

This week’s picks on what to see this weekend. For more information, go click right here or right here.

Temporary Services @ Block Museum of Art

When they write a book about Chicago’s early 21st century art, keep an eye out for the promise pages on DIYAGID (Do It Yourself And Actually Get It Done) art collective Temporary Services. See a variety of their works in an exhibition going up this Friday, April 8th @ Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL.

Temporary Services

Michelle Blade / José Lerma @ Western Exhibitions

Michelle Blade‘s painting and sculpture installation joins a light-sensitive print install from José Lerma in and for this no joke April Western exhibition opening uh Friday, April 8th from 5-8PM @ Western Exhibitions, 119 N Peoria St, 2A.

José Lerma, The Lightweight

PRELAPSE @ Heaven Gallery

Conceptual temporal transitions and a rude joke curated by Easton Miller and featuring Tim Louis Graham, Diego Leclery, Brian McNearney and Matt Sauermilch, opening this Friday, April 8th from 7-11PM @ Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee Ave.

Tim Louis Graham, No You Are

Heidi Norton @ ebersmoore

New pictures from painterly photographer Heidi Norton at her first solo exhibition with ebersmoore gallery. See last year’s studio visit with her for an introduction, and check the method this Friday, April 8th from 6-9PM @ ebersmoore, 213 N Morgan St, 3C.

Heidi Norton, Untitled

Ian Pedigo @ 65GRAND

Memory and reproduction are the ideas behind Ian Pedigo‘s new installation of work at 65GRAND titled, A Mouth Which Shouts is a Cave for the Hand. Show opens this Friday, April 8th from 7-10PM @ 65GRAND, 1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642.

Ian Pedigo, To Catch its Strains, You Must Hold Yourself in Waiting

Mark Booth @ ADDS DONNA

Consider driving farther west on Lake St. than you ever expected for Mark Booth‘s multi-performative exhibition experience called GOD IS REPRESENTED BY THE SEA, opening this Sunday, April 10th from 3-7PM @ ADDS DONNA, 4223 W Lake St, 422.

Mark Booth

go on

Weekend Preview – skeleton

Steve Ruiz — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:20:59 +0000

This week’s picks on what to see this weekend. I’m rushed and this weekend is packed so here are links to relevant pages on onthemake.org.

Territories @ Untitled Gallery at Marwen

Friday, April 1st from 5-7PM @ Untitled Gallery at Marwen, 833 N Orleans St.

For Your Eyes Only @ Kunsthalle New

Friday, April 1st from 6-9PM @ Kunsthalle New, 1344 W 18th Pl.

Katy Keefe & Vanesa Zendejas @ Roots & Culture

Friday, April 1st from 6-9PM @ Roots & Culture, 1034 N Milwaukee Ave.

Peter Allen Hoffmann @ Thomas Robertello Gallery

Friday, April 1st from 6-10PM @ Thomas Robertello Gallery, 27 N Morgan St.

Nicole Mauser @ DOVA Temporary

Friday, April 1st from 6-9PM @ DOVA Temporary, 5228 S Harper Ave.

6/6/6 @ Lloyd Dobler Gallery

Friday, April 1st from 6-10PM @ Lloyd Dobler Gallery, 1545 W Division St, 2nd Floor.

Huma Bhabha @ Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Secret opening, shh.

Paul Cowan @ Alderman Exhibitions

Saturday, April 2nd from 6-9PM @ Alderman Exhibitions, 350 N Ogden Ave, 4E.

No Joke @ LVL3

Saturday, April 2nd from 6-10PM @ LVL3, 1452 N Milwaukee Ave, 3.

Rinus Van de Velde: Dear David Johnson @ moniquemeloche

Saturday, April 2nd from 4-7PM @ moniquemeloche, 2154 W Division St.

John Opera @ Andrew Rafacz Gallery

Saturday, April 2nd from 4-7PM @ Andrew Rafacz Gallery, 835 W Washington Blvd.

Laura Davis & Jason Dunda @ Slow

Saturday, April 2nd from 6-9PM @ Slow, 2153 W 21st St.

Andrew J. Greene & Marion Ramos @ Monument 2

Saturday, April 2nd from 7-10PM @ Monument 2, 2007 N Point St.

Caroline Carlsmith @ The Hills Esthetic Center

Saturday, April 2nd from 7-10PM @ The Hills Esthetic Center, 128 N Campbell Ave, G.

Irritable Abstraction @ Julius Cæsar

Sunday, April 3rd from 4-7PM @ Julias Caesar, 3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G.

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Janeen’s Art Memoirs

Steve Ruiz — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:47:42 +0000

I get a lot of e-mail from artists and galleries asking me to visit their shows or write about their work. There are many reasons why I can’t normally respond to unsolicited requests for press, but this video I received today was just too good not to share.

You can see more of Janeen‘s work at The Murphy Gallery. Video production by Dartise of Dartise Photography.

Happy Holidays! Here is a present.

Steve Ruiz — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:46:06 +0000

About a year ago I started keeping an archive of all the images of artwork that I download. I spend a fair amount of time looking at art online, so this archive grew pretty rapidly. Some images have appeared up on this website, others were for my own reference, but it’s been nice to have them all together. I wanted to share this folder with the fans and readers of Chicago Art Review, so in the giving spirit of Christmas and other holidays, here’s a link to the entire 179mb file. You’ll need Winrar or another tool to open it.

If you’re not in the downloading mood, you can also view the entire archive online here. Enjoy!

Josh Reames, Insatiable

Also, thanks to some internet magic (well, a Dropbox folder and a php script), that gallery will continue to update as I add images to the folder. If you’d like to contribute artwork images you’ve been saving, let me know in the comments below or e-mail me at steve at chicagoartreview.com.

Top Five Shows of the Year That I Went To

Steve Ruiz — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:31:17 +0000

There are still a few hours left in 2009, so here are my top five for the year. Since I started the blog well into the year, and have by no means the exposure to form any conclusive pool to reflect upon, I’ll only go with what I know. I can’t say that the following list even suggests the quantitatively best shows of the year in Chicago, but they are the shows that stand out in my memory as excellent, influencial art viewing experiences.

1) Pop Sizzle Hum, Single Channels @ Tony Wight

As a painter, Pop Sizzle Hum was a pleasure to see. The pieces were outstanding, extremely well balanced, and showed what overlapping talent there is in the city. Single Channels was an almost perfect counterpart, with Timothy Hutchings’ and Allison Schulnik’s works some of the best video I’d ever seen.

2) Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture

Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture brought together an incredible amount of stellar work. It was a great big gorgeous show, and I enjoyed the hell out of it.

3) Dutes Miller @ Western Exhibitions

Miller was able to make a really enjoyable show out of images and ideas that are too often given a mediocre and boring treatment. Night Falling is one of the best pieces I saw this year.

4) David Horvitz @ Believe Inn

Intimacy and sincerity are two things I rarely see, but Horvitz’s work was thick with both and still ice cool. Every piece in his show at Believe Inn was interesting, which is a great accomplishment.

5) Brennan McGaffey‘s Fire & Judgment

There were a few really cool performances and one night events, but Fire & Judgment was so strange and hypnotic that I still find myself thinking about it. No list of my favorite shows of the year would be complete without it.

That’s five! I wish I could include Big Youth from Corbett vs. Dempsey, as I consider it the best painting show of the year, but I didn’t really go to it enough to comment on it thoroughly. See you next year!