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Brennan McGaffey quietly maintains one of the most interesting art practices in the city of Chicago, creating interactive, mysterious urban interjections with his Intermod Series. Enjoy the interview, a Chicago Art Review first.
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A couple really good openings this weekend. Here’s what I’ll be trying to see:
Nicholas Frank / Joe Hardesty @ Western Exhibitions
Two text-based artists hang work this weekend at Western Exhibitions, Nicholas Frank’s self describing biographical...
Seven artists of the week, from Ryan’s picks. Click images for links.
Bernard Frize, Insulaire Q
William Cordova, Bird in Space (for Bobby Rush)
Luis Gispert
Imi Knoebel, Grace Kelly III
Wes Lang
Neil Krug, from Bonnie Series
Rashid Johnson, The...
With a new address, coat racks, a paneled ceiling and a floor covered in tiny stones, Old Gold has opened again with a one night show featuring the work of Aline Cautis, Josh Mannis and Andy Roche. There was the prevailing social element to the...
(Note: I’m catching up on my backlog of shows I attended, photographed, and never wrote about. Enjoy the pictures and the brief summary.)
September’s main space at Western Exhibitions featured Paul Nudd, I had wanted to give Dan Attoe’s show in the...