Bob Thall – Navigating Chicago and Beyond

With a cool methodical patience, Bob Thall has spent more than 40 years photographing Chicago and its environs. Long known as the quintessential documentarian of the city's urban landscape, in recent time Thall has expanded his oeuvre through traveling to and photographing in a variety of American city centers. ...
September 5, 2017
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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 ...
December 1, 2015
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Kathie Shaw – Recurring Warning Signs

A central focus of the work of Kathie Shaw looks at our relationship to each other and our environment. Shaw's paintings reside in a space between realism and abstraction, and are influenced by her relationship with Tibetan Buddhism, architectural studies, and ongoing photography investigations. The COMP Magazine recently visited ...
April 30, 2015
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Matt Siber – Consumer Desires

We live in an ultra-complex capitalist system that trains the population to over-consume. Our habits are transforming the planet in which we live at an accelerated rate. Artist Matt Siber has investigated the systems, strategies, and methods of consumption through logical progression in a series of projects over the ...
February 19, 2015
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Matthew Girson – Contemplating Libraries

Matthew Girson's paintings require the viewer to slow down, look closely, and listen carefully. Upon viewing his recent exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center I was reminded of the importance of delicate uses of light and shadow. And, how these subtleties can produce a sense of silence. The COMP ...
February 17, 2015
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Steve Sherrell – Digital Mashups & Remixes

Steve Sherrell Digital Mashups & Remixes February 9, 2015 through March 20, 2015 University of St. Francis Art Gallery 25 East Van Buren, Joliet, IL 60432 Public Reception: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Steve Sherrell is a career painter from the Chicago school of art. He was raised in Indiana but ...
February 13, 2015
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Soto & Sullivan – The Franklin

Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan run one of the more unusual and progressive art spaces in Chicago. The Franklin is an outdoor gallery and project space that rests in their backyard. No amenities, just the brisk northen winds to energize an artist's creativity. The COMP Magazine recently visited their ...
February 3, 2015
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Sierzputowski & Dye – Inside/Within Interview

Inside/Within has been interviewing and photographing Chicago artists and their studios with a diligence 2nd to none over the past couple years. Piqued by mere curiosity, writer Kate Sierzputowski, and photographer Ashleigh Dye, are producing a fascinating look into the present art scene of the city. The COMP Magazine ...
February 1, 2015
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Onsmith – Poking the Fringes

Chicago embraces and delves deeply into the fringes of comic art, music and ‘anti-high-art’ culture. This city is rife with non-conformist talent. Onsmith, a cartoonist who basks in the Midwest capital’s dialogue produces provocative, insightful, and frequently uncomfortable meditations that reflect the city’s fascination with the edges of artistic ...
January 29, 2015
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Assaf Evron – Image Space Philosophy

This autumn, The COMP Magazine visited Assaf Evron’s Mana studio. During the session, a range of topics was discussed, including: the process of photographic portraiture, revisiting the work of early 20th century artists and the significance of philosophy in the art-making process. In this Q&A interview, Assaf Evron, a ...
January 25, 2015
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