Visual Art Culture of Chicago and Beyond
Schaal’s work shows his penchant for reflection and observation—average people going about their average lives somehow take on a kind of glamour in his images, due in part to his talent for composition.
Informed by her experience as a Chicago-based artist from Mexico City, the exhibition represents the trauma of communities split by the United States–Mexico border, but it also engages with borders as a form of creative limitation to be overcome.
Glenn Wexler, an accomplished photographer and longtime master of silkscreen and cut vinyl, is adept at juxtaposing the two to great effect in this exhibition about cities and nature.
Woods-Morrow expertly uses emotionally charged imagery and processes as a foil: something to be overcome through education and careful observation of the way his artworks collectively speak to subtle, hopeful, and ordinary ways of existing within flawed social structures.
Hargrave’s show at Alma Art and Interior is a tour de force of heartbreaking ecological devastation.
Known for her intricately layered images, often featuring child mannequins in up to ten layers, the artist’s recent series is free and light, with herself being the only figure in these pieces—she is both the muse and the model in her new work.
Seung Jae Kim created these evocative monochromatic photographs in various wilderness areas of the upper Midwest. The images speak of his affinity for nature while reminding us of the increasingly fragile condition of our earth.
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