Chicago
Friday [last] at Co-Prosperity Sphere // ACRE show trying to look cute bc the abyss // artists Alicia Chester, [me], Ellen Nielsen, Oli Rodriguez, and Aiden Simon ChiCritics chose us as a weekly pick---hope you were there! >>http://chicritics.com/2013/05/24/weekly-picks-26/
I've been stopping by the gallery over the last couple of days and can't wait to see the projectors up and running tomorrow night for Archetype Drift, curated by Jason Lazarus and organized by my favourite people at Filter Photo. The space looks amazing---if you are in Chicago tomorrow night please stop by Johalla Projects for a visit!
There's a great preview of the exhibition on Image 37, so if you can't make it take the tour:
"It’s interesting to note that some of the less obviously photographic pieces are the ones most concerned with the historical and cultural aspects of the medium, such as Shannon Benine’s Central Light (No. 2), 2009, which attempts to reconnect photography to some of its early mystical uses, and Molly Brandt’s 1895-1946, a “direct positive print from a rubbing of László Molohy-Nagy’s grave.” Several other members of the cannon are referenced in Archetype Drift: John Baldessari’s Throwing Three Balls… is comically re-performed in Jeremy Chiu’s video Throwing Three Cameras in the Air to Get a Straight Shot (Best of Thirty-Six Attempts), and Nan Goldin’s Nan One Month After Being Battered sits in the background of Kate Hampel’s interrogative piece, Something you can believe in. These videographic takes on classic photography projects celebrate the originals while seeking ways to keep their intentions relevant in the contemporary world." (James Pepper Kelly)
This month I've been busy--the changing weather in Richmond means I have to judge every day's biking gear by the colour of the sky through the skylight, and I've been figuring out what to do with all the squash that my CSA has given me. Also though, I've been working on shows in both Chicago and Richmond. As an ACRE summer resident, I was given the opportunity to participate in this fall's MDW fair in Chicago, located at Mana Contemporary. ACRE curator Alicia Eler put together a booth of artists that she'll be working with for a show in the spring, and helped co-ordinate my participation at a distance, and luckily I have an amazing studio/life partner who could shuttle work and large bags of rock salt around the city! (thanks JMPK!) I am so glad this all came together, and it was really great to see my work featured in Newcity's review of the event. (Jason Foumberg named my piece best in show, you can read his whole review here).
This weekend I was setting up another show, this time in Richmond. Derecho opened last night at VCU and featured the work of the visiting faculty members in each area of the Craft/Material Studies department. The show looks great, and will be up until December 6th in the Fine Art Building at 1000 W. Broad St.
THE GREAT REFUSAL is up and looks amazing! For another whole month and a half you can see my new work along with favourites Steven Frost and Ivan Lozano, and get into it with writer/curator Alicia Eler's exhibition essay on progressive rituals.
You can also check out Bert Stabler's review of the show for Newcity here.
This weekend I'll be at Woman Made Gallery (685 N. Milwaukee) discussing my piece in the show 20 in Their Twenties. The talk is from 2pm-4pm on Sunday, February 12. Woman Made Gallery is proud to host an artist talk in conjunction with its current group exhibition ‘20 in Their Twenties’. Led by juror and solo show artist Betsy Odom, the event will feature a number of artists from ‘20 in Their Twenties’. The talk will focus on the art pieces presented in the exhibition, their relationship to one another, and to any larger understanding we have of art-making by younger women.
...super excited about my first show in LA! Momentum is being held in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Women's Caucus for Art, and an updated version of Self-Portrait: Lying will be there. Go visit if you can: 825 Gallery, 825 N. La Cienega Blvd. Opening reception Feb. 24, 6:00-9:00 pm. Meanwhile, I'll be at Woman Made Gallery this week installing work for Twenty in their Twenties.
July's been really busy and I am soooo excited to be participating in two amazing shows: PLEASE TOUCH THE ARTWORK, curated brilliantly by Emma Stein and opening in Chicago on July 16th, and the 7th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition at Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport, opening July 15, where I'll be showing video work.
My work is showing in Pilsen! Cobalt Studio is hosting In Stitches: Smile Now, Cry Later until June 4. Make an appointment and go visit! cobaltartstudio@gmail.com, 1950 W. 21st St.
