Recently by Paul Germanos
Photography: Reflecting on the experience of the "first" weekend in the new art year, it seemed good to compare and contrast the work of Leasha Overturf and Doug Ischar. Overturf, at The Family Room Gallery, presented black and white [still] film documentation of the bodies of her female family members--chronicling change across the generations.
Leasha Overturf @ Family Room Gallery:
1821 W Hubbard St, #202, Chicago, IL 60622
www.leasha.com
thepostfamily.com
www.paulelledge.com/blog
Ischar too offered documentary work--but his subjects were male, and his prints in color. Further, Ischar's candid models suggested only the flower of a certain species of manhood. So that while his handling was Mannerist, his study was of something like unto a Greek ideal: mind and body fully developed, then fallen one sun-drenched day into Elysium.
Time, in Ischar's work, was frozen. Twenty-five years having passed since the shutter was released: What became of the men depicted?
Doug Ischar @ Golden:
Marginal Waters
816 W. Newport, Chicago, IL 60657
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 1pm - 6pm
And by appointment: 773-209-8889
golden-gallery.org/home.html
In the unstructured dialogue between the antipodes of Overturf and Ischar--b/w and color, the passage of time and the moment, Downstate Illinois and Chicago, female and male, straight and gay--something near to the whole of the story is told.
Technically, these two are at the top of their game; they are mature artists. I thought that they were the "best" of what I saw on the opening weekend.
And a good curator might easily "say" a lot about the human condition with a juxtaposition of the two.
But, more often than not, in the effort to advance one cause, or career, omissions are made with as much care as lies are told.
Above: Tirtza Even and Toby Millman @ Spoke
Palestine Revisited
August 7-22, 2009
119 N. Peoria #3D
Chicago, IL 60607
Saturdays 11am-5pm, or by appointment
"Tirtza Even and Toby Millman each translate their experiences of personal encounters in Palestine into 3-D animations and cut paper works, spanning moments between 1998 and 2008."
spokechicago.blogspot.com
Above: Public Works Group Show @ Andrew Rafacz Gallery
Public Works includes Chris Eichenseer, Justin Fines, Cody Hudson, Andy Mueller
July 31 - August 29, 2009
835 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago IL 60607
Tuesday-Friday, 11-6; Saturday, 11-5
www.andrewrafacz.com
Renee Shaw @ Logsdon Gallery
Polymorphic Polymers
July 10 - August 1, 2009
1909 S. Halsted St.
Chicago, Il
www.logsdon1909.com
Summer Residents: Women in Performance
CamLab, Gitte Bog, Susan Lee-Chun, Kang-hyun Ahn
June 15th - August 30th, 2009
119 N. Peoria #2d
Chicago, IL 60607
"threewalls will host a group of talented emerging women working in performance this summer for our first thematic residency. Artists will be live and work thoughout Chicago, co-hosted by other organizations. Look for performances, site specific projects and other events through-out Chicago during their stay, including our yearly symposium which will extend the conversation about performance art to our yearly panel and publication."
www.three-walls.org/blog/
www.susanleechun.com
Steven Husby in
Pop Sizzle Hum: Pamela Fraser, Carrie Gundersdorf, Steven Husby, Judy Ledgerwood
June 12 - July 31, 2009
Tony Wight Gallery
119 North Peoria Street, #2C, Chicago
tonywightgallery.com
Ryan Gander in
Several Silences:
Lewis Baltz, Troy Brauntuch, Manon de Boer, Paul Dickinson, Ryan Gander, Geissler and Sann, Gran Fury, C.M. von Hausswolff, Harold Mendez, Jonty Semper, Harry Shearer
April 26 - June 07, 2009
The Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Avenue
Bergman Gallery, Cobb Hall 418, Chicago
www.renaissancesociety.org
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