Nancy Fewkes – Notes Along a Shallow Margin
Working over the past year southwest of Peoria, Illinois at Spring Lake, Nancy Fewkes has produced a body of work that enlists research practices similar to those found in scientific discovery coupled with a gentle attention focused upon the mundane subtleties one can encounter while trekking through isolated place. ...
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Lise Haller Baggesen – Mothernism at the Intersection
Navigating cultural constructs, post-modern philosophy and places as diverse as the sweaty dance halls of northern Europe to intimate moments of contemplation while writing letters, Lise Haller Baggesen culls an intersection that merges contemporary thought and practice while examining an array of popular and obscure topics (e.g., disco, hedonism, ...
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William Conger – Constructing Multi-Layered Ambiguity
Chicago has been described as a tough place to live. For far too many, the city symbolizes corruption, segregated communities and violence. However, on rare occasions there is that anomaly that holds a deep connection and fascination with Chicago's art community and history. Aside from university studies in New ...
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Dan Devening – Manifestations of How and Why We Look
Through a measured and thoughtful sophistication, Dan Devening has maintained a pivotal position in the Chicago art community (and beyond) for a number of years. Since arriving in the city in 1980, Devening has participated in seminal art exhibitions at top tier institutions and directed one of the city's ...
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Michelle Keim – Beauty, Power and Masculinity
There is a definitive importance in embedding oneself in subject as an artist and photographer. This does not only create ideal image making opportunities, but cultivates a relationship that produces a clear level of authenticity. For the better part of 20 years, Michelle Keim has done just this as ...
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Corey Gearhart – The Consummate Collaborator
Corey Gearhart left Chicago almost a decade ago. During the early 2000's, Gearhart built a prominent reputation in the city's art community for producing cerebral and evocative performances with a raw physicality. The COMP Magazine recently caught up with Gearhart to chat about his move to Michigan, his collaborative ...
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Steve Sherrell – The Referential Painter
Steve Sherrell has worked as an artist and educator for over 40 years. As he begins his final semester as a full-time Professor of Art at Joliet Junior College, we have the opportunity to look at this consummate practitioner and reflect upon his influence on generations of Joliet area ...
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Andrei Rabodzeenko – Technotropic Romance & Other Works
Working in an array of styles that utilize classical medieval traditions to hyper-modern aesthetics and technology, Andrei Rabodzeenko cultivates an intricate cosmology that navigates abstraction to narrative driven dialogues in his contemporary art practice. The work is densely layered, meticulously polished, and quite beautiful. The COMP Magazine recently caught ...
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Roxane Legenstein – From Chicago to Wienerwald
Roxane Legenstein is the quintessential itinerant artist. Having traveled, worked and lived in a variety of cities, Legenstein has created opportunities to produce specific artwork for exhibitions in Austria, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. In addition, as an educator, Legenstein has utilized this journey to introduce her students ...
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Corey Postiglione – The Minimalist’s Tango
Chicago has a curious, almost smug, attitude toward abstract art. Simply put, the city is totted as a bastion for narrative driven fine art. For some, the aesthetic practices of the Hairy Who and Chicago Imagists (dating back to the late 1960s) still rule the roost. Nevertheless, there have ...
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