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Dear Friends of Next Art Chicago, To that end, we have been developing year-round programming and are about to launch our first initiative, The Collectors' Colloquium, presented in partnership with Chicago Gallery News. This program is designed for art enthusiasts and new collectors interested in honing their collecting skills and developing a discerning eye. Casual monthly sessions – beginning in November – will feature experienced and engaging art professionals, including curators, collectors, art dealers, and artists, who will share tips and thoughts related to selecting and buying art. As I’m sure you are aware, October is Chicago Artists Month, and we salute the City’s impressive efforts to promote the remarkable and hard-working artists who make Chicago their home. You may not know this, but Next Art Chicago provides studio space at the Merchandise Mart for a group of six artists from the Chicago Artists Coalition. For more information about the artists participating in the 6 month work on paper residency program please click here. Please be sure to visit our website for information about the latest fair developments. Below you will find a listing of some of the amazing art events occurring this month. See you around town. |
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Staci Boris Executive Director Next Art Chicago |
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The Renaissance Society Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven: Van Kerckhoven’s artistic output includes a diverse array of mediums including painting, drawing, collage, computer animation, installation, and zines. The Renaissance Society will present four new bodies of work, including numerous new works on paper; an interactive computer animation; and a related series of computer generated prints. |
Chicago Cultural Center Write Now: Artists and Letterforms This exhibition's point of departure is how artists and designers use the letterform in their creative product. Participating exhibitors are predominantly, but not exclusively, Chicago-based. Selected artists include Jo Hormuth, Lora Fosberg, Ken Fandell, Jason Lazarus, Rahmaan “Statik” Barnes, Michael Thompson, Drury Brennan, Jason Pickleman and Joel Ross. |
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October 12 Making it in Chicago: Building an Art Career in the Second City Panelists include: Monique Meloche, Director – moniquemeloche gallery; Shannon Stratton, Executive Director – threewalls; Shane Huffman, Artist; Oli Watt, Artist; Rob Davis & Michael Langlois, Artists. |
October 23 The Computational Artist: Jason Salavon in Conversation with Hamza Walker An artist on the University of Chicago faculty, Jason Salavon uses computer software of his own design to manipulate and reconfigure preexisting media and data to create new works of art. In this conversation with curator Hamza Walker, Salavon shows and discusses his work—and shares the high-tech secrets of its creation. |
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..... October 17 Wolfgang Laib in Conversation with Mary Jane Jacob and Nora Taylor Wolfgang Laib's installation for the Sullivan Galleries, Unlimited Ocean (opening October 25), comprises |
..... October 26 Peter Schjeldahl Distinguished critic at The New Yorker since 1998, Peter Schjeldahl has been described as America's most influential writer on art. His lecture, “The Critic as Artist” in 2011, will address what, if anything, makes dedicated art criticism a going concern in an era--our own--when a despotic market, show-bizzy institutions, theme-spinning curators, academic theorists, and the vox populi of the Internet have divvied up its traditional functions? |
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..... October 20-23 Hand-in-Glove Conference at the GeoLofts Organized by threewalls with the Alliance for Independent Arts Organizers (AIAO), in conjunction A national convergence of artists and independent organizers working at the crossroads of creative administration and studio practice, this four-day event includes the Hand-in-Glove Conference on grassroots creative activity and innovative organizing models across the country and the release of PHONEBOOK 3. Registration includes catered meals, artist-designed events and parties, and more! |
..... October 27 Artist Talk: Jessica Stockholder Meet artist Jessica Stockholder, who has won international acclaim for her genre-defying multimedia installation pieces, which incorporate found objects and painting in bold, vibrant colors. As the newly appointed chair of the University of Chicago’s department of visual arts, Stockholder will add her distinctive voice to the dynamic community of art-makers and art-thinkers on campus and in the city. |
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Chicago Artists Month The 16th annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant |
October 28 Exhibition Opening: UNFREE FREEDOM: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe One of the defining events of the 20th century was the momentous fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. For many Central and Eastern European artists the political and social changes that followed the break-up of the Soviet- bloc, fundamentally changed the subject and style of their work. This Spotlight Exhibition examines how blacklisted artists responded to the restraints imposed on them under communist regimes and how their worked changed when those systems |
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..... October 8 Exhibition Opening: The Language of Less The Language of Less (Then and Now)is inspired by the MCA's rich holdings of minimalist and postminimalist work from the 1960s and 1970s. The exhibition is divided into two distinct parts, one devoted to a fresh installation of historical material; and a second showing five contemporary artists who are working within the stylistic language of their forebears. |
..... October 29 Exhibition Opening: Central to Killoran’s strategy is the artwork that pretends to be something it is not, often times transitioning the viewer from unwitting observer to analyst. The title of the work, Immergence or “to disappear into” points to how vending machines have been assimilated into our everyday reality. Located at the physical threshold between art gallery and artists’ studios, interacting with Immergence becomes a non-negotiable experience for visitors wanting to travel from one space to the other. |
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..... October 28 Exhibition Opening: Crime Unseen Photography, with its special capacity for identification, observation, and implication, allows for unique access |
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