Oli Watt – A Bit of Mischievousness Anyone?
The city of Chicago has a long history of mischievous creators. The enigma that is Oil Watt continues in this spirit of innovation through creating distinctly upper Midwest artworks and the running of Free Range Gallery. Through his creation of prints and sculptural works, curatorial practices, and teaching, one can ...
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Kun Zhao – A Collision of Cultures & Consumerist Concern
Kun Zhao came to the United States after completing an MFA at the prestigious Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During her studies, she was introduced to new methods for considering and advancing one's aesthetic practice. Today, Zhao combines ...
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Tim Lowly – Perhaps, a Mystical Realism
One of the traits that sticks out when I think about the studio practice of Tim Lowly is the idea of perseverance. This is a key staple that can be seen in many aspects of his life and practice. From the long standing devotion to his daughter (Temma) to ...
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Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELD
Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELDOn exhibit August 24 – October 6, 2023Reception: Thursday, August 24, 5-7pm
Paul Erschen, LEACHFIELD, exhibition view, University of St. Francis Art Gallery, Joliet, Illinois, 2023.
The USF Art Gallery presents an exhibition by Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELDBorn in 1975, in Aurora, IL, Paul Erschen lives and works in Chicago, ...
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Matthew Bandsuch – Isolated Aesthetic Excavations
Working in isolation for roughly 20 years, Matthew Bandsuch has focused his studio practice on translating an understanding of carbon-based materials into visual representations. In this, Bandsuch works with foundations of drawing to create a long form series of works that takes on a physical manifestation through layering of ...
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Milo Christie – Retroreflective Pseudo Volumetric
One of the most remarkable times to make art is in youth. An undefinable raw freedom and fluid yet erratic approach can give rise to something unknown, potentially something the audience (and artist) struggles to identify by name. In the seemingly disjointed visual vocabulary of Milo Christie there appears ...
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Sam Jaffe – Pattern-Based Dizzying Effect
For over a decade Sam Jaffe has been producing visually sensuous artworks that track contemporary colour representation via fashion and popular culture. Jaffe's process is a combination of tracking mainstream usage of colour, recycling of materials, and spontaneity. The completed works often play with one's vision to dizzying effect ...
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Kelly Reaves – Intuition, Meditation & Exorcising Demons
As a talented painter, musician, and writer, Kelly Reaves has traversed a variety of creative fringe microcosms since arriving in Chicago from Florida in the early 2000s. In her portrayal of moments of intense ecstasy to an intimate embrace there has been a consistent adept fluidity in her ...
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Monika Plioplyte – Cyclic Pagan Patterns & Universes
One item I am drawn to is direct display and conversation. Monika Plioplyte holds these nonevasive traits in her art practice and the manner in which she carries herself. In recent time, there's been an insistence to avoid frankness and honesty due to our present socio-political milieu. In Plioplyte's ...
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Elnaz Javani – Intersecting Craft, Ideas & Parietal Art Today
Elnaz Javani has located the importance of combining adept craft with art forms and storytelling that date back over a millennium. Though rooted in the past, Javani's practice addresses a range of contemporary ideas that are highly relevant today. This week The COMP Magazine visited Javani at her studio ...
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