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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Esau McGhee – Inspecting Urban Constructs

Though formerly trained, Esau McGhee appears to be the Outsider's Outsider. McGhee investigates urban class and race constructions via his ongoing series of large collages and installations that use traditional applications coupled with contemporary imagery and methodologies. The COMP Magazine visited McGhee's East Garfield Park studio earlier this year ...
April 23, 2015
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Lane Milburn – Cartooning’s Strange Cosmic Web

Sifting through childhood memories, popular culture, otherworldly experiences, and comic's seminal artists, Lane Milburn has developed a distinct literary and visual cosmology that navigates alien worlds, literature, and tomfoolery. The COMP Magazine visited Milburn's Pilsen studio early this year to discuss Twelve Gems (Fantagraphics Books, 2014), his affinity ...
April 9, 2015
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Allison Glenn – Compelling Collaborative Selections

Striking, astute and affable, Allison Glenn cultivates her interest in contemporary fine arts and urban studies while creating platforms to investigate and rejuvenate diverse communities. The COMP Magazine recently caught up with this exciting and busy young lady to discuss her curatorial practice, the terrain between non-profit and commercial ...
April 2, 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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Nathan Mason – Curating, Slabbies, & Squeezimals

Nathan Mason navigates curatorial practice for the Chicago Cultural Center while maintaining healthy investigations in ceramics and decorative arts. In a recent visit to his Ravenswood studio, The COMP Magazine looked at and discussed his ongoing organic figurative ceramic works, strategies for working with area artists on public exhibitions, ...
March 10, 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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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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