Tara Strickstein (MFA 2005) at the MCA

Ms. Strickstein has been asked to display her studio practice as part of the Works in Progress series at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. This Tuesday, May 6th from 5-8pm, she will be working in the Mayer Education Center on the first floor. Entrance to the Museum is free as part of Target Free Tuesdays.

Posted by Alison on May 6, 2008

Artist Talk: Catherine Sullivan

Get an aritst's perspective on the adaptation process as Catherine Sullivan discusses her new work Triangle of Need and introduces the complex strategies she employs to incorporate a wide range of source materials into her work.

Co-sponsored by the Smart Museum of Art and the Open Practice Committee of the Department of Visual Arts.

Presented in conjunction with the Smart Museum's exhibition Adaptation on view through May 4.

http://adaptation.uchicago.edu/artists/sullivan/

Thursday, April 17, 5:30 pm
157 Cochrane Woods Art Center
5540 South Greenwood Avenue | Chicago, IL 60637

Posted by Alison on Apr. 17, 2008

OPEN PRACTICE COMMITTEE PRESENTS: Claire Bishop, April 3rd

Please join the Open Practice Committee in welcoming art historian and critic, Claire Bishop, this coming Thursday April 3rd at 4:30PM in the Cochrane-Woods Art Center RM 157 for her public lecture, "Pedagogy as Art."

Click here to view the program flier

Posted by Alison on Mar. 31, 2008

Conceptual Artist Hans Haacke at the Court Theater: April 7

Posted by Alison on Mar. 31, 2008

MFA Amy Babinec at South Shore Arts

Ramayana Series: works by Amy Babinec

Substation No. 9
435 Fayette Street
Hammond, IN
open M-F 10-5

You're invited to the exhibition reception:

Saturday, April 5
4-6 pm

Refreshments provided

Posted by Alison on Mar. 20, 2008

Alumni Brian McNearney (MFA 2007) at Roots & Culture

Roots & Culture presents:

A Real Mother For You
with Becca Baldwin & Brian McNearney
Through April 12th

Opening Friday, March 21st, 6-9 p.m.

Gallery hours Thurs. & Fri. 4-7 p.m., Sat. 12-6 p.m.

Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773-235-8874
www.rootsandculturecac.org

Posted by Alison on Mar. 20, 2008

Martina Nehrling, MFA 2001, Exhibits at Zg Gallery, Chicago 6/6/08

MARTINA NEHRLING
Through a Purple Patch:  New Paintings
June 6 - July 12, 2008
Artist Reception: Friday, June 6, 5:30-7:30pm  

Zg Gallery, 300 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL 60610
T. 312.654.9900 | Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00am - 5:30pm
www.zggallery.com/nehrlinghtm

Martina Nehrling "Through a Purple Patch" detail, panel #2 of 3,  full size 42"h. x 21 feet, acrylic on canvas, 2007

Martina Nehrling uses painting as a means of engaging in a dialogue with the visual world, communicating through an emotional use of color.  Nehrling's palette is distinguished by a euphoric almost manic use of primary and spectral colors banded together in a system of marks across the surface of the painting.  Nehrling states that she uses color, "in order to engage and explore its imprecise language that is suspiciously downplayed as a rule."  Nehrling's paintings question the decorative label attributed to these hues and call for a re-examination of those colors previously written off as too pretty and inconsequential.  Martina Nehrling received her MFA from the University of Chicago and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

Posted by Alison on Mar. 20, 2008

Tara Strickstein, MFA 2005, Exhibiting at the MCA this Friday

Posted by Alison on Mar. 6, 2008

Open Studio Night

Posted by Alison on Feb. 27, 2008

Lecture by Jessica Morgan

Posted by Alison on Feb. 27, 2008

DOVA Assistant Professor Tania Bruguera performs in New York

Posted by Alison on Jan. 22, 2008

Visiting Artist Talk

You are invited to attend a lecture by visiting artist Anoka Faruqee, sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts. Refreshments will be served.

Thursday, January 31
4:00 p.m.

Location:
Room 119, Midway Studios
6016 S. Ingleside Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

CMY RGB XYZ
Several years ago, I began mixing colors with medical syringes. The attempt to quantify and document my process is a comedic defense against my dependence on vision. In the unlikely event that I lose my sight, I can at least dictate my paintings and their colors via numerical codes. Such recording and mediation might provide a strange stability in the fleeting realm of appearances and experience. My works are as much about the biases of human vision and ambition as they are about their potential. The use of modular color and shape mimics the laborious and sometimes absurd fragmentation of experience inherent in our human attempts to control and represent. I will speak about the evolution and current state of my practice as a painter.

Posted by Alison on Jan. 10, 2008

Visiting Artist Talk

You are invited to attend a lecture by Gaylen Gerber, sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts.

Painter Gaylen Gerber will speak at 4:30 on Friday, January 25 about his work. A reception will follow. We hope to see you there!

Location:
Room 157, Cochrane Woods Art Center
5540 South Greenwood Avenue

Gaylen Gerber is a professor of painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gerber's work has been exhibited at Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; FRAC-Bourgogne, Dijon, France; Neues Meuseum Weserburg Bremen, Germany; Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; Art Institute of Chicago; Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Renaissance Society, University of Chicago; Lisson Gallery, London; Galerie Nachst St. Stephan/Rosemarie Schwarzwalder, Vienna; Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich; Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles; Donald Young Gallery, Chicago.

Posted by Alison on Jan. 10, 2008

DOVA Lecturer Scott Wolniak

Opening January 17



Virgil de Voldère Gallery
526 W 26th Street room 416
New York, NY 10001
Tel: +1 212 343 9694
fax: +1 212 537 6226
Cell: +1 917-535-9694
http://www.virgilgallery.com

Posted by Alison on Jan. 9, 2008

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