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Black Gossamer: Photo Op for the African American Experience

Black Gossamer: Photo Op for the African American Experience

Yolanda Green Christ & Co. (Gonzales’ Christ Revised and Extended) by Ebony G. Patterson “The tone of the show is supposed to be colorful and I wanted to invite people in as opposed to pushing people away,” Camille Morgan, curator of the Black Gossamer show at Glass Curtain Gallery, explains. Walking into the exhibition, a [...]

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Black Gossamer: Photo Op for the African American Experience

Black Gossamer: Photo Op for the African American Experience

Yolanda Green Christ & Co. (Gonzales’ Christ Revised and Extended) by Ebony G. Patterson “The tone of the show is supposed to be colorful and I wanted to invite people in as opposed to pushing people away,” Camille Morgan, curator of the Black Gossamer show at Glass Curtain Gallery, explains. Walking into the exhibition, a [...]

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Constructing Future Forms: Afro-Futurism and Fashion in Chicago: Part I

Constructing Future Forms: Afro-Futurism and Fashion in Chicago: Part I

D. Denenge Akpem “We’re living in the space age… No matter where you are…” Longtime Arkestra member June Tyson sings in a haunting chant, clad in the silver-ringed cap seen also on Sun Ra’s drummers. As Chicagoan, NASA astronaut and the first black woman in space challenged the audience in her keynote at DuSable Museum [...]

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New Gallery Spotlight: Hinge Gallery

New Gallery Spotlight: Hinge Gallery

Taylor Madaffari Cool.  Chic and Cool is simply the only way to describe newcomer Hinge Gallery.  Situated on Chicago and Damen in the Ukrainian Village, this open and ambitious storefront space—with its unassuming yet charming exterior—is decidedly inviting.  Casual and intimate, Hinge promotes emerging contemporary artists of the highest caliber from Chicago and throughout the [...]

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Edgewater Abandoned Theater to become Community Art Space

Edgewater Abandoned Theater to become Community Art Space

Susan Du Chicago sculptor Rosario Rosi is a former U.S. Marine Corps captain with no formal artistic background who went on to create critically-acclaimed works featured around the world. Over the course of a decades-long career that began on the north side of Chicago, Rosi has followed his passion from the art capitals of Asia [...]

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Shipping a Painting?: Advice from Chicago Artists

Shipping a Painting?: Advice from Chicago Artists

A few months ago, Chicago Art Magazine stumbled upon a Facebook conversation initiated by Geoffrey Todd Smith, who asked the question that many artists ask each other: how to safely and inexpensively pack and ship a painting. He asked, Work by Geoffery Todd Smith “Any of you painters have advice for shipping a relatively big [...]

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Somebody Please Explain What “Post-modernism” Is: Interview with Gretchen Holmes

Somebody Please Explain What “Post-modernism” Is: Interview with Gretchen Holmes

A while ago, Chicago Art Magazine Founder and Publisher Kathryn Born sat down with friend of the magazine, artist Gretchen Holmes to ask her a few questions about contemporary art terminology, in particular, the usage of “post-modernism” in both an art historical context, as well as colloquial and stylistic contexts. What follows is an abridged [...]

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Somebody Please Explain What “Post-modernism” Is: Interview with Gretchen Holmes

Somebody Please Explain What “Post-modernism” Is: Interview with Gretchen Holmes

A while ago, Chicago Art Magazine Founder and Publisher Kathryn Born sat down with friend of the magazine, artist Gretchen Holmes to ask her a few questions about contemporary art terminology, in particular, the usage of “post-modernism” in both an art historical context, as well as colloquial and stylistic contexts. What follows is an abridged [...]

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