Riding the swelling wave of photography that uses nature as a springboard for enlarging and transforming perception and meaning, Monika Wulfers shoots flowing water and reveals its visual possibilities as we have never seen them before. A believer in “the continuity of the elements,” Wulfers’ most provocative images are negative prints of bow spray viewed from the deck of a boat that appear to be exquisite shoreline landscapes rife with vegetation and dotted with boulders rising up from the sand. Rather than attempting to use the still image to communicate motion, as most water photographers do, Wulfers exploits her medium’s bias toward structure in order to show us that at each moment of ceaseless fluidity there is a definite, albeit interminably complex, form that exists for itself; her involving study of a patch of whitewater presents us with an intricate network of lines and nodes that we are glad will never change. (Michael Weinstein)
Monica Wulfers shows through June 13 at Flatfile Galleries, 217 North Carpenter, (312)491-1190.
Across Layers of Reality: A Review of Jacolby Satterwhite at SAIC Galleries The exhibition bills itself as the first major survey of work by the artist. Across its large footprint, audiences can see how Satterwhite’s aesthetic has evolved while maintaining the commitment to personal history and embodied practice that launched his career.
For Us: A Review of "Something from Something" at Engage Projects Kushala Vora and Adia Sykes’ collaboration "Something from Something" tells us as viewers that knowledge, art, creation, inspiration, love—really anything you can think of—has a place of origin.
Women Behind the Lens: A Review of "From Her to Eternity" Courtney Love curates on the street. Just west of Wabash on the corner of Eighth Street, there is a wall of stellar rock star images that includes a special collection made by women photographers over the years.
Microcosm: A Review of “Dialogues” at Patron Through each artist-relationship, "Dialogues" offers the viewer a rare opportunity to witness the direct connections that flow through the electric nervous system that both infiltrates and generates Chicago's art world.
