Category: Indy Film and Storefront Theatre

Top Street Art Picks for the Month of July

Top Street Art Picks for the Month of July

The street art scene in Chicago has grown to such an extent that this monthly feature has become necessary.  Without further ado, here are the top street art picks for the month of July: 10. Baby Head on Rat, artist unknown, snapped by flickr user theres no way home There is no explanation for this [...]

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Eyeporium Gallery presents “Revisionists’ Realities” -v- “Kitschy Koo”

Eyeporium Gallery presents “Revisionists’ Realities” -v- “Kitschy Koo”

-Sponsored Post- Toni Damkoehler, Love Her Lover Her Not Annette Sollars explains the dual exhibit at Eyeporium Gallery by saying, “We didn’t set out to present a tag-team wrestling match during our August show – we were just over-booked and ran with the idea of playing tag.” Eyeporium Gallery, located at 1431 N Milwaukee Avenue [...]

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Chicago Cultural Center Visual Arts Exhibitions and Events

Chicago Cultural Center Visual Arts Exhibitions and Events

It could be argued that the Chicago Cultural Center — with its large number of art galleries, strong curatorial sensibilities, and extensive programming — is a stand-in for a local art museum. To illustrate that point, we are posting the Cultural Center’s Schedule for late summer and early fall. Brad Temkin, Vanishing, 2009. Brad Temkin: [...]

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Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller’s Untitled Performance (Pink Tube) 

Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller’s Untitled Performance (Pink Tube) 

As we talked about “radical artists who use yarn”, this duo immediately came to mind. So I added this to the “Best of” list. Originally posted on September 29, 2009. Gretchen Holmes Since 2003, husbands Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller have been crocheting away from each other vis-à-vis a tube of pink acrylic yarn: in [...]

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In Hard Times Should Museums Be Allowed to Sell Their Artworks?

In Hard Times Should Museums Be Allowed to Sell Their Artworks?

Dawoud Bey [Part of "Best of Chicago Art Magazine" - originally posted in July, 2009 on Art Talk Chicago (w/19 comments)]    “Art Institute of Chicago Lays Off 22 Employees,” “Met Museum Lays Off  14% of Staff,” “Detroit Institute Dismisses 56 Full-time and Seven Part-time Staff,” “Spertus Cuts Its Hours to 2 1/2 Days A Month,” [...]

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Pixel Mint : The Art of Analog-to-Digital Photography Conversion

Pixel Mint : The Art of Analog-to-Digital Photography Conversion

-Sponsored Post- Pixel Mint : professional digital imaging, flat drum scanning, and the art of high resolution conversion from analog to digital The newest generations of high quality inkjet printers have provided speed, efficiency and convenience for the professional photographer. However, the digital printing process follows a slightly different set of traditions than the photographer [...]

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Video from Alexander Calder at MCA

Do you know what the Alexander Calder exhibit needs? A really big fan to get the stuff moving around. I hassled the MCA to no end to send me a video so it could really show the kenetic nature of the work, but the stillness is tomb-like. I wish the woman in the video would [...]

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Pixel Mint

Pixel Mint

-Sponsored Post- The newest generations of high quality inkjet printers have provided speed, efficiency and convenience for the professional photographer. However, the digital printing process follows a slightly different set of traditions than the photographer may be accustomed to. The same is true for the artist or illustrator looking to digitally reproduce their work. A [...]

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Henri Cartier-Bresson at Peter Fetterman Gallery (and the Art Institute)

Henri Cartier-Bresson at Peter Fetterman Gallery (and the Art Institute)

-Sponsored Post (underwritten by Peter Fetterman Gallery) – The Art Institute is hosting the retrospective Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century. It’s a beautiful exhibit of over 300 photographs that demonstrates his long, global and varied career. In Bresson’s youth, small, portable cameras were available for the first time, which allowed him to carry a camera [...]

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