Mitch Eckert – Natural History & Environmental Concerns

In the late 1980s Mitch Eckert and I spent the better part of 4 years attempting to wrap our minds around the ideas of Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Susan Sontag, Walter Benjamin, and a number of other heady thinkers while studying at the John Herron School of Art in ...
October 19, 2016
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Spring 2015 Portfolio Review Event

Spring 2015 Portfolio Review Event Tuesday, April 7, 2015 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Art & Design Department 5 East Van Buren, 4th floor Joliet, Illinois, 60435 Phone – 815-740-3821 We welcome you to present your artwork in an informal portfolio setting and tour the Art & Design facilities. Our department offers a competitive Bachelor of ...
March 12, 2015
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Matt Siber – Consumer Desires

We live in an ultra-complex capitalist system that trains the population to over-consume. Our habits are transforming the planet in which we live at an accelerated rate. Artist Matt Siber has investigated the systems, strategies, and methods of consumption through logical progression in a series of projects over the ...
February 19, 2015
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Sierzputowski & Dye – Inside/Within Interview

Inside/Within has been interviewing and photographing Chicago artists and their studios with a diligence 2nd to none over the past couple years. Piqued by mere curiosity, writer Kate Sierzputowski, and photographer Ashleigh Dye, are producing a fascinating look into the present art scene of the city. The COMP Magazine ...
February 1, 2015
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Assaf Evron – Image Space Philosophy

This autumn, The COMP Magazine visited Assaf Evron’s Mana studio. During the session, a range of topics was discussed, including: the process of photographic portraiture, revisiting the work of early 20th century artists and the significance of philosophy in the art-making process. In this Q&A interview, Assaf Evron, a ...
January 25, 2015
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