Anders Lindseth – Transitioning Points of View
In the fledgling stages of his career, Anders Lindseth is at a crossroads. Lindseth is juggling the daunting task of building a serious practice as a painter, while simultaneously establishing a strategy for creating an outlet for young art collectors. The COMP Magazine caught up with Lindseth at his ...
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Jaime Foster – Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth
Jaime Foster
Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth
February 1 - February 26, 2016
Public reception: Thursday, February 4, 6:30-9:00pm
The University of St. Francis Gallery
25 East Van Buren
Joliet, Illinois 60432
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 10am-2pm
Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth is a solo exhibition featuring the work of artist Jaime Foster, a self ...
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Lee Blalock – Re-Designing Bodies & Worlds
Cross-pollinating new art techniques, sound, technology, and video, Lee Blalock explores a variety of critical and complex topics that confirm our society's immersion into a time-period which many are now defining as "posthuman". The first week of 2016, The COMP Magazine visited Blalock's Bryn Mawr studio to discuss her ...
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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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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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