current and upcoming shows
Chicago artists Ricardo and Juan Compean are proud to announce their participation in the upcoming exhibit, Artists Run Chicago at the Hyde Park Art center.
Artists Run Chicago is an exhibition showcasing the energy and audacity of some of the most noteworthy artist-run spaces that have influenced the Chicago contemporary art scene over the past decade. Coinciding with the Hyde Park Art Center’s 70th anniversary, Artists Run Chicago reconnects the Art Center to its beginnings as an artist-run space by showcasing spaces that continue the legacy.
Chicago has long been known for cultivating a strong entrepreneurial/Do-It-Yourself spirit in business and the arts. The participating artist-run venues have transformed storefronts, sheds, apartments, lofts, industrial warehouses, garages and roving spaces into contemporary art galleries testing the notion of "exhibition" while complicating the definition of art. Participating venues are:
Alogon, Antena, artLedge, Butchershop, Co-Prosperity Sphere, devening projects + editions, Deluxe Projects, Dogmatic, Fraction Workspace, Fucking Good Art (FGA), Green Lantern, He Said-She Said, HungryMan, joymore, Julius Caesar, Law Office, LiveBox, Margin Gallery, Medicine Cabinet/Second Bedroom Project Space, mini dutch, Modest Contemporary Art Projects, NFA Space, Normal Projects, Old Gold, Polvo, Roots & Culture, Scott Projects, Standard, Suitable, Swimming Pool Projects, Teti, The Suburban, and VONZWECK.
With special contributions by Imperfect Articles, INCUBATE, Mess Hall, Seven Three Split, and ThreeWalls.
Artists Run Chicago will be on view from May 10 - July 5, 2009
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 South Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60615; 773.324.5520
A program of events will range from bike tours of the artist-run spaces, cookouts, panel discussions, and public performances.
For a full list of events please visit www.hydeparkart.org.
Please call the Art Center to confirm the event before attending.
Exhibitions are always free and open to the public.
As the issue over immigration continues to rage across the country- the "IMMIGRATION WORLD CUP" takes its first steps outside of Chicago city limits!! This one-of-a-kind work of art by Chicago artists Juan and Ricardo Compean is an engaging look at the US/Mexico relationship over immigration.
The "IMMIGRATION WORLD CUP" will be part of the (Inter) Action group show along with Chicago artists Mathew Paul Jinks, H. Mathis, Robere Mertens, Lindsay Obermeyer, Irene Perez, John Regan, and Chris Roberts.
The show will run from March 21st through May 30th, 2009, with an opening reception on Saturday March 21st from 6-9pm.
Orleans Street Gallery in St. Charles, IL presents (Inter) Action, an exhibition of artwork with an emphasis on action and participation. (Inter) Action explores the conventional relationship between the artist and the audience by blurring lines between the two and in some cases reversing roles. Contradictory to traditional exhibitions, some pieces invite the audience to trade*, touch and play, while others offer insight into more intimate performance art pieces through multimedia installations.
Orleans Street Gallery is located inside Pheasant Run Resort at 4051 East Main Street, St. Charles, IL.
Hours: Thursday 12pm to 7pm - Friday & Saturday 12pm to 8pm - Sunday 11am to 4pm
Please visit orleansstreetgallery.com or call 630.524.5048 for directions or more information.
* Visitors to the gallery are encouraged to bring a piece of their original artwork to trade with a piece of original artwork by Chris Roberts. Traded artwork should not exceed 24in x 24in.
