Art Kleinman – The Cyclic Nature of a Long Career

For more than four decades Art Kleinman has traversed an array of aesthetic terrain that mirrored the times in which the works were produced. From early abstraction to self-portraiture to political commentary, Kleinman has not hesitated from investigating new ideas and methods in his practice. This week the COMP ... Read more

Hương Ngô – Reflecting Winds of Perception & Change

In a highly charged political landscape where immigration and other recurring social issues have divided our country, Hương Ngô examines these topics with subtlety and depth that can only be achieved through intimate experience. Ngô's Reap the Whirlwind is currently on view at Aspect/Ratio Projects through October 20, 2018. ... Read more

Heather Mekkelson – Crepuscular Beam & Other Recent Works

Working through a transitional period in recent years, Heather Mekkelson has found solid footing in raising a family while investigating new modes of looking at and translating contemporary aesthetic perceptions as they relate to empirical and speculative sciences: anthropology, astrophysics, cosmology, myth, and mysticism. This week the COMP Magazine ... Read more

Jesse Malmed – Translating Language & Sound

Most comfortable in the public domain (real or virtual), Jesse Malmed investigates the intersection of language, sonic systems, and his contemporary milieu via an array of continually probing installations, performances and videos. Malmed's affable wry wit and unconventional delivery frequently brings pause in a time where discursive display has ... Read more

Graham Foundation Presents “Spaces…depth”

Spaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth February 16 – July 1, 2017 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16, 6-8 PM 6PM: Talk by curators Wonne Ickx and Ruth Estévez Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Madlener House 4 West Burton Place Chicago, Illinois 60610 T 312-787-4071 F ... Read more

Three Graces: Glass-Sula, Denault & McWilliams @ USF

Three Graces: Glass-Sula, Denault & McWilliams On Exhibit: January 30 - February 24, 2017 Artist Reception: February 2, 2017, 6-8pm MARGIE GLASS SULA Margie Glass Sula has an M.A. in Painting and Drawing from Governors State University and has worked in traditional gallery settings, as well as outdoors, creating public installation ... Read more

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry – A Dialogue in Review

Kerry James Marshall: Mastry April 23, 2016 through September 25, 2016 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 Kerry James Marshall has been on my radar since my arrival to Chicago in 1993. He's always loomed large and his current exhibition Kerry James Marshall: Mastry at the MCA echoes ... Read more

Julia Haw – Comfort and Control & Other Paintings

Julia Haw is a lively gregarious spirit that understands the importance of balance within life and her astute layered technical approach in painting. This week The COMP Magazine caught with Haw to discuss her immersion into Chicago's art community, her analytic and technical approach in painting, how life experiences ... Read more

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, ... Read more

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 ... Read more
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