Review: Ontologue
Untitled, Melis van den Berg 2010 Melis van den Berg’s “Untitled” fills the entire first gallery at the White Box (70 NW Couch), shoving gallery director Elizabeth Lamb’s desk into a corner under this...
View ArticleART NOW, DURATION IN COMMON, CONTENTS. Sarah Greig + Thérèse Mastroiacovo
It’s now, now. Now it’s now. No, now it’s now. Now. Now. I am sure I have told you this by now, but many times when I am thinking about or reading or writing about something, a relevant quote or...
View ArticleCarlos Gonzalez: 4More
Come here. Come closer. Go away. Come here. 0 Prologue. Ahead of time. Carlos Gonzalez’ compelling performance 4More at Appendix Space last night was about proximity and distance both literally and...
View ArticleMichael Reinsch: I Have Nothing To Say To You
“I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it” — John Cage I Have Nothing To Say To You Michael Reinsch FalseFront For I Have Nothing To Say To You at FalseFront,...
View ArticleReview: In(ter)dependence
I had to go back to double check my initial response to In(ter)dependence at PLACE…and first thought, best thought, in spite of the fact that this show of shows was to change over the course of its...
View ArticleEye Level: Adds Donna’s Black Moon at Half/Dozen
Although it is technically an exhibition of individual objects, I take “Black Moon” by Chicago arts collective Adds Donna at Half Dozen Gallery as an intriguing installation, an installation that...
View ArticleGary Robbins Fan Death at Appendix
Summary: He Tried to Dive In He Tried Not to Die He Printed It Out Danger I am lucky. I saw Gary Robbins‘ exhibition, Fan Death, at Appendix Space when no one was around, just me walking down the...
View ArticleLiam Drain: If you were asking the right questions
Entering Liam Drain‘s If You Were Asking the Right Questions You Would Know the Answer in Advance at the Manuel Izquierdo Gallery at PNCA is as if entering the smallest of museums stocked with...
View ArticleBlair Saxon-Hill, Tonal Sequence at Fourteen30
Blair Saxon-Hill Tonal Sequence Fourteen30 @ 937 The yawning, unfinished space of Fourteen30′s temporary home in the 937 condominium building is the perfect setting for Blair Saxon-Hill’s Tonal...
View ArticleChicago Chocolate Tour
Ken Fandell, Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder: Chicago Chocolate Tour” Ditch Projects @ 937 (Fourteen30 Contemporary) by Patrick Collier I broke one of my soft rules for art writing while viewing Chicago...
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