VAL GILMAN STANDS OUT AMONG SCULPTORS WHO WORK ON SMALL SCALE
A show at the Gwenda Jay Gallery of sculptors who work on an intimate scale proves that such pieces can be as effective as much larger ones. California artist Roger...
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PAINTER JENS HANKE FEELS THE IMPACT OF GERMANY AND CHICAGO
On display in a large exhibit titled "Logarithms of Two Seasons," Jens Hanke's acrylic paintings at Fassbender gallery have the quality of silkscreens with their highly patterned surfaces, vibrant colors...
IN EGYPT AND ISRAEL
JOHN MACSAI's current show of watercolors again serves as a travelogue. This time the Chicago artist transports us to Israel and Egypt, with a quick stop (through two works) in...
THE ECCENTRIC MR. BAKER
Gallery owner Thomas McCormick has mounted a show of the paintings and drawings of the late THOMAS KING BAKER, an amateur Kansas City artist who worked by day as an...
YES, YOU CAN CAN
Years ago, many individuals and families canned and preserved the fruits, vegetables and herbs they grew as an economic necessity to sustain themselves through long winters. Today, some still view...
WHEN TV TRAYS SHOW THEIR METAL
TONY BERLANT takes TV trays, cookie tins, wastebaskets, signs and other objects made of metal, cuts them apart and affixes the resulting strips and curves to flat surfaces or to...
VARIETIES OF VOULKOS
The show of celebrated ceramicist PETER VOULKOS' work at Perimeter Gallery includes several variations on his sculptures. Given representational titles, they are highly abstracted renderings of small "teabowls," larger "ice...
Sizing them up
It's a decision that's made every day, sometimes subconsciously: whether to grocery shop at a small family-owned market or a huge superstore; whether to find that dying breed of solo...
SEIGENTHALER’S HEAD GAMES
JOSEPH SEIGENTHALER'S large ceramic heads, dramatically installed along a wall of the Ann Nathan Gallery, remind a viewer of the carved and painted figureheads of 19th Century sailing ships --...
BEN MAHMOUD’S EERIE STILL LIFES
Ben Mahmoud's acrylic paintings are complex, dense compositions that push the viewer to make meaning of his realistic, flatly painted still lifes. To these Mahmoud adds Latin and Sanskrit text,...