Visual Art Culture of Chicago and Beyond
There is variety in the work indeed, and yet in so many of the pieces there are suggestions of duality. It makes sense—all the artists whose work is featured are currently living in America and experiencing it through the lens of a different culture.
The issue seems to be in understanding the necessity of events like this, that make an inadvertent case for nostalgia in their seeming to suggest a “normal” mode of arts experience.
In this weekly column, art critic Lori Waxman adapts her 60wrd/min project to review work by artists whose practice has been affected by the pandemic.
What is the interior of a person per se if you’re looking at them as an image?
Heaping mounds of brown and gray oil paint congeal into a crocodilian skin interrupted by the slashing movement of intense, painterly brushstrokes.
In this weekly column, art critic Lori Waxman adapts her 60wrd/min project to review work by artists whose practice has been affected by the pandemic.
“The Body of A Dreamer” builds worlds of connection and yearning, a spectral invitation to move and witness.
In this weekly column, art critic Lori Waxman adapts her 60wrd/min project to review work by artists whose practice has been affected by the pandemic.
Artists continue to grapple with the pandemic in the spring spate of exhibitions.
The story of each canvas is delivered through the deconstructive nature of collaging.
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