Jeffrey Grauel – Life Cycles: Antiquated Patterns to Funerary Wreaths
Having been raised out west in the 1970s in a family where arts and crafts activities were common, it is not entirely surprising that Jeffrey Grauel's aesthetic practice uses materials often aligned with this time period. What becomes fascinating is how and why Grauel, while working today with seemingly ...
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Todd Mattei – Highly Reactive Introspection
Todd Mattei's means for circumventing sonic and visual strategies during a period of life in transition reminds of the sweeping force we each encounter as creatives during fractured unpredictable moments. There is a clear sensitivity to his practice. This can be seen in the diverse array of art/music collaborations ...
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Destiny 2: Shadowkeep – Into the Underbelly of the Moon
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep dropped on October 1, 2019.
These days one holds breath when a triple A title drops a new DLC or extension of an established title. There's server issues (here, at launch there was roughly 1.4 million players online), balancing character/weapons and a whole mess more. This is ...
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Joe Tallarico – Spinner Racks to Inspired Portraits
There are those rare entities who examine and understand the importance of past practitioner's efforts and apply their findings in a deliberate and thoughtful strategy to advance their own practice and research. These insightful artists/researchers apply findings in a format that creates a unique voice that extends inquiry. ...
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EXPO CHGO @ Navy Pier 2019 in Photos & Reflection
EXPO CHGO 2019The International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern ArtSeptember 19-22, 2019Navy PierChicago, Illinoiswebsite - https://www.expochicago.comSince arriving in Chicago in 1993 I have had the opportunity to traverse the floors of the annual international art fair(s) held in the city. My initial encounters were in a tent on the ...
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NADA Art Fair 2019 – A Short Writing & Photo Review
NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) Art Fair 2019Chicago Athletic Association Hotel 12 S Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60603Wednesday, September 18 through Saturday, September 21, 2019NADA - https://www.newartdealers.orgNADA is a nomad in the art fair universe. The New Art Dealers Alliance is an array of loosely knitted galleries known for showing new ...
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Elana Marte Adler – Exploring Transferential Colors, Forms & Structures
In part, Elana Marte Adler appears to be on a quest to translate interpretations that can be personal and illusory into sonic and visual form. Working in a variety of conceptual strategies and new to long-standing mediums, Adler's output holds a consistency, though at times fluid, that draws upon ...
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Roni Packer – Interpreting Obsessive Moments in Yellow
Chicago is most fortunate to have the ability to draw from creative spirits from close and far. Today, the city continues to be an international arts destination (regardless of your stance, the city is preparing for Expo 2019, the annual international art fair later the month). The ongoing influence ...
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Jno Cook – Recalling Kitchen Conversations & Most Unusual Art Inventions
Jno Cook lived many most productive lives. Jno was an artist, educator, engineer, historian, provocateur, thinker and most importantly, a father and husband. I knew Jno, firstly, as an artist who created spectacularly unorthodox kinetic sculptures, artist books, corresponded with and wrote upon photographer Robert Frank and maintained the ...
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Neal Vandenbergh – Figurative Power & Breaking Old Habits
Neal Vandenbergh appears to have broken free of stagnant life and theoretical shackles to locate a fresh approach in his studio practice. Currently, Vandenbergh is making spontaneous drawings and paintings that use imagery of well known entities, casual passersby and random cartoonish figures drawn from the mind layered with ...
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