Revisiting: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS Mami Sunada, Director Studio Ghibli, Tokyo, Japan 118 min. 2013 There is, without doubt, one production house in the the anime universe that all familiar with the medium are securely aware of. Studio Ghibli, located in the Kognei district in Tokyo has been producing iconic universal ...
July 5, 2015
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Diego Rivera/Frida Kahlo in Detroit

Diego Rivera/Frida Kahlo in Detroit Detroit Institute of Art 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48202 March 15 - July 12, 2015 Detroit is a city that continues to rise from the ashes. This can be clearly seen in the bustling galleries at DIA, the massive renovations along Woodward Avenue, and the growing presence of ...
June 23, 2015
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Bob Kase – As We Gather

Bob Kase has been developing a distinct relationship with Jazz music as an artist and educator for more than 40 years. Recently, the COMP Magazine caught up with Kase to discuss his rich history, what he values in creating music, his new release "As We Gather", and why the ...
June 9, 2015
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Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014

Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997–2014 The Art Institute of Chicago Through October 4, 2015 Galleries 291–299 In his first major exhibition since 1998, Chicago-born sculptor Charles Ray has been given 18,000 square feet of the museum's Modern Wing 2nd floor gallery. Throughout his career, Ray has largely focused upon illusion and reality. The works ...
June 5, 2015
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CAKE 2015 – Chicago Alternative Comics Expo

In a few short weeks, Chicago will host one of the most curious and salivating of events in the Chicago Art calendar. This year's CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) looks to be the most exciting one to date with a range of local talent to alternative comic's icons, including ...
May 14, 2015
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Jno Cook – Saturnian Cosmology

Jno Cook spent years tracking and participating in the Chicago Art scene via his website www.spaces.org. As an artist he was known for creating curious scientific investigations while using antiquated technology. Roughly a decade ago, Cook went into seclusion to focus on writing. Last month, The COMP Magazine caught ...
May 12, 2015
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Jerry Cargill – Analog to Digital Transitions

Working with 19th century processes, Holga cameras, digital technology, and traditional photographic investigations, Jerry Cargill continues to investigate a medium in transition from analog to digital. The COMP Magazine recently sat down with Cargill in Logan's Square to discuss why photography holds such strong affinities with experimentation, what he ...
May 7, 2015
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Ian Weaver – Black Knights’ Archive

Inner-city American experience holds numerous tenets rife with possibility for interpretation. For over a decade, Ian Weaver has explored the history and memories of Chicago's African-American community in a series of thoughtful and provocative works. I was first introduced to Weaver while living over on 18th Street. His honest ...
March 15, 2015
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Carol Jackson – Epic Americana

Carol Jackson has worked in Chicago for almost two decades while navigating epic literature, industrial age americana, and the idea that "the future belongs to ghosts". Jackson recently exhibited work in the highly prestigious Whitney Biennial in NYC and at Chicago's Threewalls Gallery. The Comp Magazine caught up with ...
October 21, 2014
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Ryan Wolfe – Engineering Abstraction

The Comp Magazine recently caught up with artist (and alum) Ryan Wolfe. Upon completing his studies at USF in 2004, Wolfe continued to produce work in Chicago then entered the Yale University Art MFA program in sculpture. In the past ten years, Wolfe has continued to expand upon his ...
October 14, 2014
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