Dialogue: Painting & Drawing
John Thodos’ architecture expressed a unique minimalist beauty with a distinctive Mediterranean openness. His invention of seamless glass boxes as bay windows brought in glowing light and the Aegean spirit in his design opened up the insides of his spaces to the radiant California sun and nature. Continue reading »
Recently, Details magazine ran an article on the 10 Coolest Art Galleries in America. All the major cities were mentioned with NYC getting the most nods, of course. When you break it down Top 10 lists and the like don’t mean much but they are fun. Continue reading »
A few weeks ago, Chicago Art Magazine ran an article asking the question, “Are apartment galleries illegal?” The article summarized the troubles The Green Lantern apartment gallery ran into, and documented the issues the City of Chicago has with mixing businesses with residences Continue reading »
Back in 1984, as part of the issue that coincided with the Navy Pier art fair, Chicago Magazine published 4 photographs of 159 Chicago artists. The photo essay, "Artists by Number." was a roll call of important artists in Chicago at that time. Do you recognize any of the names or faces? Continue reading »
There is so much art information available on the internet it can make your head spin. If you “google” an artist’s name current articles, past articles, interviews, videos, images, reviews, etc. may all come up in abundance. And this artist doesn’t even need to be famous. Continue reading »
“Think about this: we go to the doctor’s office and an hour or so later we’re still reading two-year-old magazines. Despite the wasted time and the fact that it’s going to cost you, you still patiently wait and at the appropriate time remove your clothes, lean back, and completely Continue reading »
There is an interesting article in this week’s Chicago Reader: The Endangered Coyote: After a disappointing benefit, the Around the Coyote arts org contemplates extinction by Deanna Isaacs (here) which states that the 20-year-old organization is in Continue reading »
A while back, a friend and I were discussing music that had been overplayed over the years and had determined that some of it should be locked up in a vault; to be released at a later date when it might be fresh again. We both agreed that the Beatles should be vaulted.
Well, the same is true of the art world. Continue reading »
Eleven years ago, I read the Chicago Reader article “Kimler’s Complaint.” At the time, I only had a vague notion of how the Chicago art scene worked. I knew there was a lot of conceptual work out there. I frequently read New Art Examiner, with all of its pseudo-sociology. I was also Continue reading »
When Norbert asked me to present some writing on Neoteric, I wanted to make an attempt at something a little different. I feel like blogs – and really all media – are so tuned to an at-the-moment kind of content that, perhaps, seasoned contemplation of past events is less valued. Continue reading »