Mike Paro – Youthful Lived Experience

Mike Paro has been on a journey in mind, body, and spirit. Since completing studies at SAIC, he has worked in Antarctica and traveled in Africa, Asia, and Europe. These experiences have profoundly influenced his aesthetic investigations since landing back in Chicago. This week the COMP Magazine visited Paro ...
July 2, 2018
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Kyle Davison – Pristophone Arrangements & Live Performances

For over a decade musician Kyle Davison has been building and playing his Pristophone. Using variously sized circular saw blades and technical sonic acumen, this instrument is capable of producing dizzying classical arrangements that are well known to experimental works he has composed. This enormous sound producing artwork is ...
June 25, 2018
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10 Games from E3 2018

10 Games from E3 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 Los Angeles Convention Center June 12-14, 2018 Many expectations were met at this year's iteration of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Top tier companies (Bethesda, Microsoft, Nintendo, Square Enix, Ubisoft) offered fairly deep looks into the characters, gameplay, and environments that will consume many hours ...
June 20, 2018
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Dan Gamble – Visual Meditations: Otherworldly & Quotidian

There's pause...followed by deep thought that is applied with precise technique in the aesthetic practice of painter Dan Gamble. For more than two decades Gamble has produced drawings and paintings that are multifaceted in terms of formal and spiritual investigation. This week the COMP Magazine jogged on down to ...
June 11, 2018
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CAKE 2018 – A Review in Photos

CAKE 2018 Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Center on Halsted 3656 N, Halsted Avenue Chicago, IL 60613 Hosted once again by the Center on Halsted, CAKE continues to prove an important inspiring element in the exploration of art and comics. Unlike the mega-cons held at McCormick Place or out in Rosemont, this place just ...
June 4, 2018
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Vesna Jovanovic – Foreign Bodies & Visual Prompts

The intersection of art and science has long been fertile terrain for visual representation. And, today in the drawings, paintings, and sketchbooks of artist Vesna Jovanovic one will find insightful, subtle, and preternatural commentary. Assimilating her ongoing studies in art and science, Jovanovic raises questions surrounding scientific representation, empiricism, ...
May 31, 2018
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SaraNoa Mark – A Conversation with Ancient Objects

Residing in a place that initially appears to be from some distant time and place, SaraNoa Mark's contemporary aesthetic practice requires thoughtful observation. Engaged with trying to decipher the invisible activity of time, Mark creates artworks that could easily sit alongside artifacts and tablets created over a millennium ago. ...
May 24, 2018
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Anime Central 2018 – A Review in Photos

Anime Central The Midwest Anime and Manga Convention Hyatt Regency O'Hare Donald E. Stephens Convention Center May 18th-20th, 2018 Rosemont, IL, USA Panels on Japanese video games like Fatal Frame and Metal Gear, a history lesson on tea ceremonies, and mountains of options to read, view and purchase perennial anime and manga favorites can be ...
May 18, 2018
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Gwendolyn Zabicki – Disoriented & Reflective Moments of Pause

While visiting the Humboldt Park studio of painter Gwendolyn Zabicki one may note a sense of disorientation. On the surface the space appears to be a traditional painter's studio, organized around utilizing the best natural light. Yet, in time, one will notice unseen activities are currently in process. These ...
May 10, 2018
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James Kao – An Idea, Reference or Sensation

There is a quiet sensibility in the painter James Kao. Upon initial observation of his drawings and paintings one may recall artistic concerns and practices employed during the early 20th c. However, through deeper inspection one finds an investigative practice that questions the present. This can be seen in ...
May 6, 2018
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