Barbara Eberhard – Gummin’ It Up & Other Investigations

At a time where most photographs are made digitally, Barbara Eberhard continues to investigate photographic processes that originated in the 19th century with a diligent fervor that regularly yields imagery that is graceful and intimate while transcending time. Recently, The COMP Magazine caught up with Eberhard in Joliet, Illinois ... Read more

C2E2 2016 – In Review

C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo) McCormick Place Chicago, IL March 18-20, 2016 Since 2010, some locals will agree that the beginning of spring is marked by the opening of C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo). There is a breaking in the weather and a bit more sunshine, lost time from those late ... Read more

Aimée Beaubien – Collecting Within & Recent Works

Over the past year, Aimée Beaubien has been exhibiting a series of elegant, labor intensive site-specific installations in various locations (Texas, Wisconsin and Illinois) around the country. These determined efforts offer a distinct aesthetic strategy that on one level contemplate the intersection between photography and sculpture. One of these ... Read more

Vincent Uribe – Sugar Talk & Winter Chat

Serving as a central hub for sharing new innovative work by a diverse roster of artists, LVL3 Gallery continues to offer challenging exhibitions and an intoxicating media presence. Directed by Vincent Uribe, The COMP Magazine recently visited the Wicker Park space to discuss the longevity of LVL3, what ... Read more

Thomas Frank – Environmental & Urban Ruminations

Thomas Frank is an artist/activist who creates complex multi-layered paintings that combine research regarding the impact of industrialization on our environment with an alluring and astute formal technique. Earlier this month, The COMP Magazine caught up with Frank to discuss his enduring connection with the Chicagoland region, the ... Read more

MoCP at 40

MoCP at 40 January 28 – April 10, 2016 Museum of Contemporary Photography Columbia College Chicago 600 South Michigan Chicago, Illinois 60605 I experienced a slight state of Stendhal syndrome upon viewing the MoCP's exhibition inaugurating its fortieth anniversary. Having worked at the museum while studying at Columbia College Chicago in the mid-1990s, I was ... Read more

Claire Molek – Art Wing & Building a Base

Claire Molek has set upon that long and winding journey to establish a platform for artists of her generation and a collector-base to support their efforts. On the coldest and windiest January day of this year, The COMP Magazine trekked out to Molek's Oak Park salon to take a ... Read more

Roger Carlson – Painting In Reverse

Last Fall at Joliet's Gallery 7, USF Art & Design alum and Joliet, Illinois native, Roger Carlson produced the comprehensive and thoughtful exhibition, Innocent Dawn. The exhibit consisted of a number of artworks he has been diligently working upon since 2006. In early January, The COMP Magazine caught up ... Read more

Anders Lindseth – Transitioning Points of View

In the fledgling stages of his career, Anders Lindseth is at a crossroads. Lindseth is juggling the daunting task of building a serious practice as a painter, while simultaneously establishing a strategy for creating an outlet for young art collectors. The COMP Magazine caught up with Lindseth at his ... Read more

Lee Blalock – Re-Designing Bodies & Worlds

Cross-pollinating new art techniques, sound, technology, and video, Lee Blalock explores a variety of critical and complex topics that confirm our society's immersion into a time-period which many are now defining as "posthuman". The first week of 2016, The COMP Magazine visited Blalock's Bryn Mawr studio to discuss her ... Read more
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