An Ode to Owoko: A Review of ebere agwuncha at Comfort Station
“My work cannot just exist in a white cube. I don’t think it’s responsible.”
Visual Art Culture of Chicago and Beyond
at by Hadia Shaikh
“My work cannot just exist in a white cube. I don’t think it’s responsible.”
at by Erin Toale
There is a tension here difficult to achieve in a two-person show; earth vs. air; corporeal vs. abstract; the natural environment vs. a garishly constructed one.
at by Megan Bickel
Where a critic could easily argue this collection of sculptures is about our waste and how much of it there is, Celeste provides us the opportunity to quit worrying and find a better use for the refuse, ourselves.
at by Kerry Cardoza
I’ve come to understand that my practice is really about responding to a body in space and the way we move through that space, the way light activates that space.
at by Alan Pocaro
She is reassembling herself, and we bear witness through imagery pregnant with the promise of spring.
at by Kerry Cardoza
We don’t want to keep moving around because we know that wherever we go, our presence will become weaponized against the working class.
at by Kerry Cardoza
In “Big Words,” Brandon Breaux explores his Chicago roots in a tangible way, with pride and integrity; the city is lucky to have him.
at by Kerry Cardoza
Some of the work that we need to be doing as culture makers is to try to propose alternate structures for our culture.
at by Alexandra Drexelius
While the art fair format can engender a fleeting scan over a lackluster expanse, here, the artworks, barely there, nevertheless command a closer look.
at by Alan Pocaro
Like that first taste of the unfamiliar on an expectant tongue, these are paintings that you have to work for.
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