Allison L. Wade – Transformations of Language Into Form
With a background in literature, Allison L. Wade has been carving out a visual vocabulary that references past and present experience while simultaneously establishing a consistent aesthetic vocabulary that explores contemporary tenets of abstraction. This can be seen in her recent exhibitions here in Chicago at Devening Projects, in ...
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Ali Seradge – Synthetic Fables & Unorthodox Narratives
In his fascination with non-traditional materials, the intersection of American and Middle-Eastern fables, and a willingness to upend long-standing histories, Ali Seradge offers a fresh look at how one interprets past narratives while being firmly placed in the present. On one level, Seradge's creations are clearly jolie laide, even ...
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Orkideh Torabi – Revisiting Male Dominated Narratives
In examining historical narrative paintings, Persian culture, and her personal life experience, Iranian artist Orkideh Torabi crafts fascinating sardonic tales that comment on our male dominated world. Recently, Torabi presented a series of these works at the Weinberg/Newton Gallery in River North. This week the COMP Magazine headed up ...
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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. ...
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Jeff Carter – Functional Formats of Occupying
Currently, Jeff Carter, along with Susan Giles and Faheem Majeed, is presenting works in Tuned Mass at the Chicago Cultural Center through January 6, 2019. Carter's aesthetic practice merges his interest in early 20th c. Modernism with ideas that address our mass consumer culture, polarizing political commentary, and a ...
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Ciurej & Lochman – Evolving Histories and Processed Views
With nearly 40 years of collaborative efforts under their belts, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman have expanded awareness of the female voice in the fine arts while simultaneously staying current with new formats and strategies for visual presentation. This week the COMP Magazine caught up with Ciurej & Lochman ...
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Larry Ross – The Riberenos & a Conversation
Larry Ross has held a lifelong connection with the sciences and visual arts. Trained as a urologist and having taught and practiced medicine for a number of years at UIC in the College of Medicine, Ross is the Clarence C. Saelhof Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urology. In ...
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Tom Torluemke – Blindfolded with Hands Stretched
With adept skill in transforming two-dimensional space into compelling commentary, Tom Torluemke creates layered narratives that are informed by his upbringing, a coterie of symbolic imagery, and our contemporary social and political milieu. This week the COMP Magazine trekked down to Dyer, Indiana, to talk with Torluemke about his ...
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Melissa Ann Pinney – A Feminist Gaze
The female experience has been largely overlooked throughout art history. As a society, we appear to be heading toward an era where the female voice appears to be gaining warranted attention. In the work of photographer, Melissa Ann Pinney, we are presented with an expansive look at the activities ...
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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. ...
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