4Art Inc.1932 S. Halsted #100, Chicago, IL 60608
ph: 312.850.1816
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"SATURATION"
(Chicago, IL) - 4Art Gallery is proud to announce the opening of its seventh show since its debut in October of last year. Spring is here and brings with it an amazing array of colors and so will our May 14ths show. 4Art Inc. Proudly introduces five extraordinary Chicago artists: Susan Clinard, Misha Shebesta, Irina Russkol, Eric Peterson and Anastasia Makarenko. The artist's reception is open to the public and will take place Friday, May 14th from 6pm-11pm. The show will run through June 4th. In continuing with our goal of curating shows that offer a variety of styles and media, we present "Saturation," a collective of Chicago artists whose works range from oil paintings, to mixed media sculptures, to digital images. Each artist's work is saturated with color, meaning, and emotion. The gallery's mezzanine level also exhibits rotating works from previous shows, including paintings by Ned Broderick, Bruno Surdo, and Gail Potocki, as well as sculptures by Tulio Vazquez. Opens Friday, May 14th, 6-10pm. For more information about the gallery or its services, please contact Jerod Schmidt or Robin Rios at 312.850.1816.
Unit B (Gallery)1733 S. DESPLAINES ST. CHICAGO IL 60616 // 312.491.9384
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and now for something completely different
(Non-Drawing Show)May 14 - June 5, 2004 @ Unit B (Gallery) Opening Reception: Friday, May 14 from 6-10pm.Gallery Hours: Saturdays, Noon - 5pm or by appointment. Marking the anniversary of our second year, Unit B will commemorate the gallery with "and now for something completely different." The artists that participated in Stray with Unit B were invited to show a work other than drawing to exhibit in the gallery. These featured works that fit more into the abnormal scheme of things of these drawing-based artist's will include painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper and much more.Featured Artists: Duncan Anderson (Chicago), E.K. Buckley (Chicago), Min-Tse Chen (Taipei), Scott Espeseth (Madison, WI), Ben Gardner (Bloomington, IL), Shannon Harrison (Blountville, TN), Matt Irie/Dominick Talvacchio (Chicago), Letha Kelsey (Dane, WI), John Mata (San Antonio), Michael Merck (Chicago), Liz Nielsen (Chicago), Erik Wenzel (Chicago). Opens Friday, May 14th, 6-10pm.
Drivethru Studio626 W. 18th St., Chicago, IL 60616
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Join Jen Poppen, art director of Meat Yard Gallery and Eric Medine, director of Drivethru Studios for a Round Robin art exchange. This is Eric Medine's first solo show in Chicago. He will be exhibiting selected work made during his five years with Drivethru Studios. Expect delicate, dangerous interactive installations and heavily textured paintings and watercolors. Poppen explores the link between social and financial status and rank in the military service, a pointed comment revealing the soldier as victim and the government as misguided crusader. Her work is a complex fusion of painterly abstraction and stylized realism. Cartoonish irrev-erence mixes with detailed flourishes in psychedelic poster-art style. Opens Friday, May 14th, 6-10pm.
Fleur Gallery1833 S. Halsted Chicago, IL 60608
ph: 312-421-8929
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ELVIS PUPPY Reception Friday May 14th 6pm-10pm Exhibition continues through Saturday May 29th Featuring the recent works of: Patty Carroll (photography & mixed media) Alan Brunettin (painting) C.M. and Grace Kelly Laster (folk art) Joshua Miller (serigraph) John Unger (mosaic) Eric Robinson & Eric Devlin (Citizen Elvis zine with original illustrations) Text Box: Patty Carroll: "Doug (The Voice) Church" (1997) c-print, 8 x 10 Elvis Puppy is a collective visual exploration of the good-looks and charisma, silver-screen appearances and platinum-gold musical tunes of one of the most important figures of 20th century popular culture, Elvis Presley. Toying with the common deification of Elvis by opening the exhibition on Good Friday, Elvis Puppy unifies folk art, photography, serigraph, painting, mosaic and illustration to better understand how Elvis became such a reverent figure and why his legend continues in contemporary society. From his spiritual potential often portrayed in folk art, to the American obsession with Elvis impersonation documented in Patty Carroll's photography, Elvis is a Zeitgeist of contemporary existence and, as such, a staple in artistic production. Quoting Patty Carroll, "Elvis is someone with whom many people relate very directly; he is not an abstract image in the way Jesus has become to many people. We know what Elvis looked like throughout his life, we all know stories about his behavior, his family, his home and we can still meet his friends. He is both a larger-than-life myth and simultaneously a real person in our hearts" ( www.elimpersonators.com)Introducing works from St. Louis, Chicago, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia and Massachusetts, Elvis Puppy is a hearty, cross-country exploration of the many shades of this rock-religion icon. Opens Friday, May 14th, 6-10pm.
For additional images or press information, please call (312) 421-8929 or email info@fleurfineart.com
645 W. 18th Street Chicago, IL 60616
ph: 312.738.2536
Open Friday April May 14th, in ROUND ROBIN exchange with Drive Thru Studio, Meat Yard presents the artwork of Eric Medine. Opens Friday, May 14th, 6-10pm.
MAY Exhibit: "THE DEVIL"Chicago Arts District Warehouse
1826 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
(312) 243-4534
Chicago Artists' Collective (CHARCOLL) group show "The Devil" features "I am what I am" and other large format oil paintings along with recent experimental photography by founding member of the new Pilsen Photo Collective, Ned Broderick, a tribute to the Devil and his kind by industrial accessory designer Melissa Kolbusz [wired] with a line exclusively for men, the recent series: "Why is the Devil always a girl?" by hit and run photographer Carlos Canario, a premiere of evil evil paintings and wrong minded, compulsive crystal-faceted skulls by K.C. Welch, the gates of hell forged with care and skill by local cult/art collective, The Lost Tribe, a North American premiere of an interpretive dance banned in the Netherlands inspired by MC Chris by sculptor Kenneth Morrison (sponsored by Bubba & Skeeter's Art Garage), drawings, oils and the new installation inspired by the Sermon on the Mount: "Windows into Hell" by >E.K. Buckley, a juxtaposition of evil and good with "Seven Deadly Sins" and a collage inspired by traditional biblical wedding passages of the South by Clara Batton Smith, figurative paintings just finished for the devil by Zsofia Otvos, a collage of digital photographs that occasionally include digital drawings that were inspired from her childhood in Missouri/Misery -- titled, "The Devil and His Advocates" by Kimberly Aubuchon, a hidden bit of evil in the latest work by David Moskow, paintings from the dark vision of CHARCOLL newcomer, Kevin Moeller, and guest artists to be necromanced. Take 18th Street exit off 90/94. Public transit: Take Blue Line to UIC Halsted stop. Take southbound Halsted bus. For show information or to arrange private viewing, call Elizabeth @ (312) 243-4534. Opens Friday, May 14th, 6-10pm, open Saturdays 12-5pm, May 15, 22, 29, Closes June 5.
Polvo Art Studio1458 W. 18th St. 2F
www.polvo.org
Start the summer right with Polvo Art Studio! Please come and view our upcoming show Micropolis with a special exhibition of photographs documenting the public works by Mexico City-based artist Simona Schaffer. These public works are socio-engaged following the tradition of 1970´s Mexican public artists. These installations entitled Micropolis were set in the everyday life of Mexico City. Schaffer describes her public works: "Micropolis consisted of six walls representing the buildings of a housing project. In the walls are windows, inside of which, different screens of every day urban life can be seen. The characters are made of enameled metal, and set in little scenarios that reproduce street settings. Housing projects have become a sign of overpopulation and a symbol of the architecture of the 20th century. Micropolis questions the way housing demand has been resolved in most Latin American cities." Reception May 14th 6-10pm.
Opposite Gallery1932 South Halsted #204
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 491-2813
oppositegallery@yahoo.com
Manufacturer of Deceit: Joshua D. McCauley
Chicago, IL - On Friday, May 14th Opposite Gallery will host an opening reception for the solo exhibition of painting and three-dimensional works by Joshua D. McCauley. The event will take place from 6:00 pm until 11:00 pm at 1932 S. Halsted Street #204 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago artist Joshua D. McCauley will be on display at Opposite gallery in pilsen for his first solo exhibition. Josh confronts difficult subjects using many diverse styles and media in attempt to persuade the viewer to question his or her integrity. The Atomic Family, N.F.L. vs. Military, and Hypnotic Advertising are but a few of the titles in the show.Josh's large scale paintings surround the gallery and become their own viewing screens into the world around us. Rebuilt televisions and small dioramas complete the interior of Opposite. The environment that Josh has created keeps the viewer's attention with logical and expressionistic ideals.The exhibit will be on view from May14th until May 23rd. The Gallery is open by appointment. Admission is free and is open to the public May 14th. Call (312) 491-2813 or visit www.chicagoartsdistrict.org for more information.