SEPTEMBER
Michiko Itatani at Linda Warren Projects
Michiko Itatani
With more than seventy-five solo exhibitions under her belt, Michiko Itatani is a stalwart of the Chicago art scene. She has been making paintings of imagined spaces for the last thirty years, configuring and reconfiguring reality in her sometimes unusually shaped canvases. Linda Warren Projects, September 6-October 19
Rachel Niffenegger
A 2010 Newcity Breakout Artist, Niffenegger presents “Flesh Club,” a solo show of sculptures and works-on-textile that continue her investigation into the grotesque and the seductive. Western Exhibitions, September 6-October 19
Paul D’Amato
A graduate of Yale University, D’Amato has been taking portraits of African Americans living on the West Side of Chicago for ten years. D’Amato’s approach is conservative rather than creative as he provides humanist portraits of everyday men and women. DePaul Art Museum, September 12-November 24
Josiah McElheny
McElheny, a MacArthur “genius”-award-winning artist, collaborates with architect John Vinci to construct a modernist glass room as a frame for live performances. Arts Club of Chicago, September 17-December 14
Jacob Whibley at Bourouina Gallery at Expo
Art Fair Weekend
EXPO returns to Navy Pier with a selection of international art galleries and an interesting list of programs and events co-hosted by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Also worthy of attention are the satellite art fairs taking place around the same time that offer a more affordable take: Edition, in the West Loop, and Fountain Art Fair, in Pilsen. EXPO at Navy Pier, September 19-22; Edition at the Chicago Artists Coalition, September 20-22; Fountain Art Fair at Mana Contemporary, September 20-22
A Study in Midwest Appropriation
Co-curator of the upcoming Whitney Biennal, Michelle Grabner puts together a group exhibition showcasing contemporary art from the Midwest on the theme of appropriation. Grabner, originally from Wisconsin, has long expressed an affinity for Midwestern art but decries provincial thinking. Hyde Park Art Center, September 29 -January 12
Roxy Paine at Kavi Gupta Gallery
Roxy Paine
Kavi Gupta Gallery debuts its new exhibition space this September with large-scale sculptures and installations by New York artist Roxy Paine. His sculptures are impressive creatures that imitate organic forms in great detail. Kavi Gupta Gallery, September 20-December 20
Kirk Faber
Emerging Chicago artist and apartment-gallery proprietor (Kirk’s Apartment), Kirk Faber makes simple yet heartwarming artwork, a throwback to the early years of conceptual art, but mixed with irony and melancholy. Autumn Space, September 21-October 12
