Jno Cook – Recalling Kitchen Conversations & Most Unusual Art Inventions

Jno Cook lived many most productive lives. Jno was an artist, educator, engineer, historian, provocateur, thinker and most importantly, a father and husband. I knew Jno, firstly, as an artist who created spectacularly unorthodox kinetic sculptures, artist books, corresponded with and wrote upon photographer Robert Frank and maintained the ...
August 3, 2019
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Jason Dunda – Examining a Rogue Gallery of Unflattering Portraits

There's still a bit of Canada in Jason Dunda. This can be clearly seen in his current aesthetic investigations. As an expat living in a precarious time where America's divisive ideologies are grossly amplified and nationalistic fervor is at fever pitch, Dunda is now focused upon examining the imbalanced ...
July 20, 2019
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Matt Kayhoe Brett – Shifting Vision & Weird Phenomena

Part visual anthropologist, part optics investigator, Matt Kayhoe Brett’s artistic practice can be seen to reside in the past, present and future simultaneously. From collecting and arranging mundane artifacts found in the studio or outdoors to working with industrial grade materials, Brett’s ongoing examinations suggest visceral digestion and application ...
May 16, 2019
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Ji Su Kwak – Balanced Talk & Fluid Identities

The studio of Ji Su Kwak is spartan. Neatly organized in the space are a couple completed works, a couple shelving units with just enough materials to continue experimenting with on new projects, a small table with a laptop, one chair, and a stool. Her practice takes on a ...
April 25, 2019
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Ed Paschke – An Analysis of Two Paintings

Ed Paschke was a highly influential mid 20th c. Chicago painter. Here, I plan to discuss two works, Minnie (1974) and Ramrod (1969). Minnie depicts woman, while the painting Ramrod depicts a Lucha wrester. While these two painting have some similarities, they have differences as well. Ed Paschke was ...
April 19, 2019
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Eric Stefanski – Paint Drips, Death & Humor

Coming from a diverse background, Eric Stefanski creates visceral paintings and sculptures that are rooted in the humor and work ethic commonly associated with the working class. His approach and visual vocabulary is abrasive, bold, and comedic in their heavy handed absurdity. This makes them appealing, fresh, and on ...
March 19, 2019
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Brian Russo – Stages on Life’s Way, or: Become what you Are

Upon entering the home and studio of Brian Russo one will immediately sense that a voracious search for wisdom is underway. All rooms are filled with books on art, philosophy, poetry, and psychology, and all surfaces are covered with artworks and inspiring ephemera. Russo’s aesthetic practice merges literature and ...
February 28, 2019
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Holly Cahill – Propositions of a Female Craftsman

Working in loosely connected spheres of inquiry, Holly Cahill is known to frequent a wide range of disciplines simultaneously. Be it architecture, choreography, fiber arts, painting, sculpture or hyperdimensional phenomena, one finds a distinct interconnectedness in her approach to formal ideas and materials. This week the COMP Magazine visited ...
February 19, 2019
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Erin Smego – Navigating Sculptural Fashion

It can be said that sculpture and fashion can be easily linked. Distill the two disciplines down to their essential form and one finds the occupying of space and commenting upon present day aesthetics to be two apparent intersections. A young Chicago artist, Erin Smego, is investigating this frequently ...
January 25, 2019
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KT Duffy – Giant Amoebas & A.I./Digital/Real Identity

There is something fresh and undefinable in the art practice of KT Duffy that clearly resonates deeply with my current interests. This youthful artist is producing musing works from a standpoint that is unlike anything I have encountered previously. The visionary approach and willingness to explore new ideas and ...
January 15, 2019
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