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Art Review — Justyna Adamczyk: New Paintings by Jeffery McNary

January 28th, 2010 — 8:36pm

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Justyna Adamczyk: New Paintings
EC Gallery
Chicago
January 15 – February 13, 2010

“I don’t want to communicate directly with the thoughts of people seeing my art. I’d like to provide a road show which allows for personal reflection”, notes Justyna Adamczyk. Her current exhibition, New Paintings at the EC Gallery is a challenging row toward Continue reading »

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Art Review — Judith Mullen: Aerie by Jeffery McNary

January 23rd, 2010 — 11:52am

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Judith Mullen: Aerie
Linda Warren Gallery (Main Space)
January 22 – February 27, 2010
Chicago

Upon entering the Linda Warren Gallery for Judith Mullen’s current exhibition, “Aerie”, the viewer immediately realizes something exciting is gonna happen. It’s a wonderland, one of thrilling, beautiful art. It’s a cotillion of color, of sculpture, of painting of instillation. Here the artist Continue reading »

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Art Review — Art Shay’s True Colors by Jeffery McNary

January 14th, 2010 — 7:09pm

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Art Shay’s True Colors
Thomas Masters Gallery
Chicago
January 15 – February 15, 2010

Art Shay’s photography is brilliant. And should one be in search of art as solely objects of, and for, aesthetic enjoyment, the exhibition, “Art Shay’s True Colors”, opening Friday, January 15 at the Thomas Masters Gallery, is not that experience. It is not an Continue reading »

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Art Review — Daniel Kim and Michael Parker: Structure and Space by Jeffery McNary

January 11th, 2010 — 9:29am

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Daniel Kim and Michael Parker: Structure and Space
David Weinberg Gallery
Chicago
January 8th – February 20th, 2010

Poise appears conscientiously injected into the current exhibition at the David Weinberg Gallery. The abstract paintings of Daniel Kim, combined with the photography of Michael Parker make for a very impressive introduction to the new year, stepping from the holiday vestibule into Continue reading »

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Art Review: West Loop Trilogy — Part 3 (Black Walnut Gallery) by Jeffery McNary

December 22nd, 2009 — 9:51pm

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West Loop Trilogy – Part 3
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Black Walnut Gallery
Chicago
December 1- 31, 2009

The tone of the current exhibition at the Black Walnut Gallery is in tune with the themes curator, gallery owner Robert Waynor, generally purports. Aesthetically there is a measured distance between the various works. They do not leave possessions in seats beside them, and each artist succeeds Continue reading »

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Art Review: West Loop Trilogy — Part 2 (Linda Warren Gallery) by Jeffery McNary

December 18th, 2009 — 1:24pm

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West Loop Trilogy – Part 2
Juan Angel Chavez: Dragging the Leash
Linda Warren Gallery
Chicago
December 11 – January 16, 2010

Juan Angel Chavez’s solo exhibition, “Dragging the Leash”, now at the Linda Warren Gallery, lays out a sermon. It presents an emblematic voyagers tale told in pressed wood and street found jagged things tidied up and made to rejoice. It leads the viewer off the curb like an intruder, Continue reading »

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Art Review: West Loop Trilogy — Part 1 (EC Gallery) by Jeffery McNary

December 18th, 2009 — 1:05pm

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West Loop Trilogy – Part 1
Contemporary Figuratively Themed Works
EC Gallery
Chicago
December 11, 2009 – January 9, 2010

It’s as if couriers have arrived, delivering storms of color and skillfully engineered works to the EC Gallery. With the current exhibition, “Contemporary Figurative Themed Works”, curator Ewa Czeremuszkin, has re-collected and filled full her right-size gallery with the art of Continue reading »

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Art Review — Thomas Masters: shelter by Jeffery McNary

December 11th, 2009 — 9:47pm

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Thomas Masters: shelter
Thomas Masters Gallery
Chicago
December 4 – January 4, 2010

Moderate in scale, the current exhibition of watercolors by Thomas Masters at the Masters’ Gallery, hardly pretends to be a comprehensive retrospect of the artist. Rather, it provides a compelling, passionate glimpse of the artist’s recent central activity. “shelter” is a treatise on Continue reading »

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Art Review — Ann and Maria Ponce: On TV / Off TV by Jeffery McNary

December 10th, 2009 — 9:19pm

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Ann and Maria Ponce : On TV / Off TV
Packer-Schopf Gallery
Chicago
November 20 – December 23, 2009

The glow of celebrity illuminated the Packer-Schopf Gallery recently with the opening of, “On TV / Off TV”, a joint exhibition combining the elegant portrait paintings of Ann Ponce and the crisp portrait photography of daughter Maria. It was a who’s who Continue reading »

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Art Review — Corey Postglione: Synecdoche by Jeffery McNary

November 24th, 2009 — 10:43am

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Corey Postglione: Synecdoche
Thomas Masters Gallery
Chicago
November 20 – December 20, 2009

With his current exhibition at the Thomas Masters Gallery, Corey Postglione has one of the more intriguing shows one has seen for a while. Here, he presents the viewer a developed, dynamic style, telling a story written with oils and abstractions. Here, the artist strings together his forms as some Continue reading »

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