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[Bobzilla]

We had a small thread on Art Chicago 2007 last year, but I thought that I'd start a fresh one to remind you art-loving Chicagoans of this year's Artropolis event at the Merchandise Mart. It runs Friday April 25 through Monday April 28, with an invite/donor preview night on Thursday. As with last year, Artropolis not includes Art Chicago, but the NEXT Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair, The Artist Project independent artists exhibition, and The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art (a personal favorite). You can lose yourself for hours and hours on exhibition floors equal to one half city block. So come on out, Chicago SOMB people! Feed your head and feast your eyes on all sorts of visual arts, new and old. I'll probably be there on Saturday.

And post favorites and discoveries in this thread too!

[Simakos]

i think i will be there on Sunday... i just scored a free pass.

[Duff.]

Trying to rally some troops. I'll be going though.

[yancy]

Sometimes I wonder why I bother paying to live near a major metropolitan area when I never attend things like this.

[fffffffff]

i'll definitely be there saturday and/ or sunday. i worked my ass off on last year's fair and didn't really get to enjoy it as much since i was behind the scenes and know all the shit and drama behind it, so i cannot wait to see what they have in store for us this year. i didn't even look at the exhibitor list becaus ei want to be surprised. I AM STOKED. EVERYONE GO TO THIS.

[yancy]

I'm saying this without a trace of snark: proofread. Honestly.

[fffffffff]

I'm saying this without a trace of snark: proofread. Honestly.

me? that totally isn't what forgo does. fuck that.

[fffffffff]

my favourite of the list: roebling hall.

make s ure you see this booth

[Bobzilla]

Bump Chicago SOMBies. It's chilly, blustery and gray, and it's supposed to rain later. What better day to spend inside, and what better way to spend it inside than looking at beautiful and cool and bizarre paintings and pictures?

I was there for about 5 1/2 hours yesterday, and barely scratched the surface, missing about 1/2 of Art Chicago and all of the Antiques Fair. My advice for time management is to head straight for the eighth floor, and do The Artist Project and Intuit show galleries. There seemed to be a bigger bang and hit/miss ratio. Also, a lot of local artists and more affordable pieces (meaning less than $500). The NEXT galleries on the seventh floor were also a big hit.

Some highlights:
Seeing original pieces from "autistic savant" Gregory Blackstock in the Garde-Rail gallery at the Intuit show. I have this book, and like it lots:


Also at Intuit, Lindsay Gallery with Bill Miller and Harry Underwood.

How have I missed Checkered House before? Especially Theresa Disney and Tres Taylor.

For the Artist Project galleries, I'm sure some of you know of and have heard of
Deborah Maris Lader
Gabe Lanza
Anastasia Mak
Zsofia Otvos
Guillermo Munro


The music lovers here may be taken with the collage of painting and manipulated vinyl of Katherine Kisa:


Most amazing thing I saw at Forum Gallery in Art Chicago, not this work, but something similar, the photo-realism movie theater painting of Davis Cone:


Sven Kroner:

[gwa]

Thanks for reminding me about Davis Cone's stuff... unreal. I saw one in person and stared at it for probably 10 minutes.

Gabe Lanza's page has a link to a free pass if anyone's interested:
http://www.artropoli...p_09950_032608/

I'm really bummed to be missing it.

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Thanks for reminding me about Davis Cone's stuff... unreal. I saw one in person and stared at it for probably 10 minutes.

Gabe Lanza's page has a link to a free pass if anyone's interested:
http://www.artropoli...p_09950_032608/

I'm really bummed to be missing it.

Thanks for the free pass link. I am going to try to check this out tomorrow.