Devan Shimoyama, “We Named Her Gladys,” 2019, mixed media on canvas, 84 x 72 inches /Kavi Gupta Gallery
1 Gregg Bordowitz (Art Institute of Chicago) The videos, poems and performances of Chicago-based artist and activist Gregg Bordowitz examine his queer, Jewish identity and his impact on AIDS activism in America. Opens April 4
2 Genevieve Gaignard (Monique Meloche Gallery) Gaignard’s photography and mixed-media installations operate at the intersection of race, gender and class. Opens April 5
3 Devan Shimoyama (Kavi Gupta Gallery) Coming off a solo show at The Andy Warhol Museum, Shimoyama shows new portraiture taking up the complexities within the meeting of queer culture and black American culture. Through May 25
4 Context 2019 (Filter Photo Space) This year’s edition of the annual juried show of new photography is curated by Ariel Pate, assistant curator of photography at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Through April 27
5 Abstractly Speaking (Woman Made Gallery) Juried by gallerist Melanee Cooper, this group show focuses on and favors form, color, texture and mark-making over traditionally representational work. Opens April 5
Elliot J. Reichert is a Chicago-based curator, critic, and editor. He is a currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana Unversity, and Hatch Projects Curatorial Resident at the Chicago Artist Coalition. Formerly, he was Art Editor of Newcity and Assistant Curator at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. His writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, the Journal of Visual Culture, and Newcity.
Art Top 5: April 2020 Chicago's spring art season is in full swing, with an exhibition of Frida Kahlo's personal photos, a look at the city's artist-run spaces and much more.
