The Thrill Of The Moment: A Review of Yukimasa Ida at Mariane Ibrahim
The moment you enter the gallery you understand why this 2019 MFA graduate from Japan is already having a solo exhibition in America.
Bloomed: A Review of The Obama Portraits at The Art Institute of Chicago
America’s first African American First couple is depicted by the first two African-American artists to be selected for the feat.
Sight Receipts: A Review of Kate O’Neill and Neal Vandenbergh at Apparatus Projects
In decelerating the act of looking, they allow us to sense the initial moment of recognition before it passes us by.
Time Marches Forward: What Flies But Never Lands? Asks Us To Reconsider The Past
In our twenty-four-hour news cycle world, where work and life are blurred and it’s unclear if our time is ever truly ours, we’re all but forced to forget headlines almost as soon as we read them.
Art Top 5: August 2021
Gallery shows to see this month
Chicago Art Oximeter: A Review of LatinXAmerican at the DePaul Art Museum
Not surprisingly, the most captivating moments in the exhibition are those that unite thematic framing with formal kinship.
Make/Shift: A Review of Molly Zuckerman-Hartung at Corbett vs. Dempsey
“Flim-Flam” refers to a con. And while the show could be a very oblique reference to the culture of conspiracy that has exploded over the past year, it seems more likely to be an inessential bit of wordplay.
Choreographing Space: A Review of Imagined Spaces at Project Onward
“Imagined Spaces” is moving because it reminds us of the interior spaces that sequestered us during the pandemic. Or how we discovered the outdoors.
Lost Landscapes: A Review of Oli Rodriguez at Iceberg Projects
Each object in “Papi” stands as evidence that the digital and physical landscapes we currently occupy are filled with ghosts.
Artful Dodger: A Review of Kelly Kristin Jones at 062
In “We forgot the moon while holding up the sun,” we witness a return to the self, a more personal reckoning of sorts, that has come to the artist at a time where public spaces are devoid of publics and the private has returned to being sanctuary.
