High Concept Labs Spring Open House
High Concept Labs never disappoints. From dance workshops, to late night performances, and Butoh classes, the organization is a pivotal resource to the arts community in the soothed and beyond. To […]
Lee Godie’s Many Personaes at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Visitors will be in for a treat after setting foot into the first exhibition showcasing an array of self-portraits by Lee Godie in the Lee Godie: Self Portraits exhibit at Intuit: The […]
Presence: David Wallace Haskins at the Elmhurst Art Museum
While exploring Presence, David Wallace Haskins’ first museum exhibition, you might laugh at yourself one moment and experience a rush of adrenaline the next. Situated somewhere between sculpture, painting, and […]
Split Complementary at The DePaul Art Museum
The opportunity to draw silly comparisons to the work in the exhibition or use the title, Split Complementary — whose handsomely lacquered minimal sculptures and intricate handmade weavings drawings and books primarily […]
A Surprise in the Process: An Artist-Curated Show Exploring Chance
Approaching the theme of chance from conceptual, material, and formal perspectives, eleven Chicago-based artists formed A Surprise in the Process at Chicago Art Department. Featuring painting, photography, robotic and interactive […]
Anna Elise Johnson, Structural Adjustment at The Mission
Upon entering The Mission’s current show, Structural Adjustment, visitors are immersed in the orange and yellow glow from the front window collage, which serves as the most literal translation of […]
Corinne Peterson’s Campaign for “The Cairn Project”
Before Gapers Block’s hiatus in the beginning of this year, I interviewed Corinne Peterson about her ongoing workshop and installation based work, “The Cairn Project,” which has been in action […]
Conserver at The Franklin
The positioning of this large grocery-store-bag-covered structure backed by leafless trees is eerily accurate to the narrative built within the structure — I should say it affirms my doomsday fantasies. […]
Jessica Caponigro, Sing a Funeral Song at Roman Susan
A small space can create big illusions. Similarly, a juxtaposition of emotions can seem completely at odds with our ability to reconcile them such as the thin line between feelings […]
VAM Presents FANTASTY @ Wesley Kimler Studio
VAM is an experimental resource and creative studio that has featured artists such as Sid Branca, The Good Night Ladies, Beata Chrzanowska, and Po’ Chop. This Saturday, VAM will be […]
Claire Ashley’s “Lumpy Morsels, Hot Rocks” at the Cleve Carney Art Gallery
Spray painted in neon hues and silver grays, the inflatable sculptural forms in Claire Ashley’s ambitious solo exhibition “Lumpy Morsels, Hot Rocks” are reminiscent of aging bodies, saggy breasts, fat […]
Sabina Ott, “who cares for the sky?” at the Hyde Park Art Center
Sabina Ott’s who cares for the sky? demands participation of all ages the moment one enters the room. Forcing viewers to confront their obsession with conquest, the artist has built […]