Alex Gartelmann – Shit Guilty & Collaborative Efforts
Alex Gartelmann couples formal visual principles commonly found in architecture and sculpture with alternative visions to create artworks that establish a weirdly subversive and ambiguous cosmology. Last month The COMP Magazine visited Gartlemann's westside industrial corridor studio to discuss his time in Chicago, the influence of skateboarding on his ...
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Darrell Roberts – The Intuitive Traveller
At present, Darrell Roberts is most likely on a plane in transit to his next aesthetic frontier. In recent years, this artist has traveled extensively to various residencies around the globe, while maintaining a serious art practice here in Chicago. The COMP Magazine caught up with Roberts in his ...
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Mika Horibuchi – Familiar Reality Translations
Mika Horibuchi creates ethereal paintings and sculpture that straddle that tract between perceived reality and illusionism. Last month, The COMP Magazine visited Horibuchi's west Ukranian Village studio to discuss her thoughts on Patron Gallery's inaugural exhibition "Theory of Forms", her fascination with the process of painting, her collaborative efforts ...
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Serhii Chrucky – Operating Principles or Programmatic Intent
Locating and analyzing patterns, shifts, and signifiers in our architectural and visual culture through serious contemplation and research is central to the ongoing photographic work of Serhii Chrucky. The COMP magazine caught up last month with Chrucky to discuss his affection for the city's architectural and photographic history, the ...
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Paul Erschen – Mayor Daley & Store Brand
From abandoned industrial sites to alternative exhibition spaces to DIY music venues, Paul Erschen is that Chicago guy who finds comfort in the obscure gritty minutiae that makes up the city's backbone. The COMP Magazine caught up with Erschen this week to discuss his obsession with detail and materials, ...
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Dan Rizzo-Orr – IGF & Alternative States of Being
Simultaneously drawing from while subverting common visual language embedded in art history and quotidian activities, Dan Rizzo-Orr has cultivated a rather refined voice in his fledgling career. The COMP Magazine recently visited Rizzo-Orr's west Ukranian Village studio to discuss the transition from an academic setting to a self-perpetuating practice, ...
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Nancy Lu Rosenheim – Swallow City & Other Investigations
Nancy Lu Rosenheim is a multifaceted traveling spirit. Having lived and worked in various locals, Rosenheim cross-pollinates life experience and a fascination with the evident conflict between human evolution and our environment. Last month, the COMP Magazine visited Rosenheim's Rogers Park studio to discuss her many travels, the experimental ...
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Deb Sokolow – Manipulative Individuals & Shadowy Histories
Weaving complex visual narratives dotted with conspiracy, double-dealings, intrigue, and subterfuge, Deb Sokolow creates a multilayered universe that draws inspiration from real life events, personalities, and imaginary scenarios. The COMP Magazine caught up with Sokolow at her westside studio to discuss her fascination with Chicago's murky past, the impact ...
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Jennifer Greenburg – Revisiting Vernacular Contributions
Cultivating a chameleon like persona as author, subject and photographer, Jennifer Greenburg has created a sustained practice that offers revamped insight into varied American subcultures and popular myths. This fall, The COMP Magazine visited Greenburg at her Northside studio to discuss her long relationship with the city of ...
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ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) Interview 2015
Since the inception of ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) in 2010, this non-profit organization has hosted numerous artists from around the world in their facility located in Steuben, Wisconsin, and produced hundreds of exhibitions in a wide array of spaces in Chicago. The COMP Magazine recently caught ...
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