Chicago Art Images: January - June 2010

Posted by Paul Germanos

July 5, 2010 2:44 AM

Noelle Mason @ Thomas Robertello:

Above: LAN Party, in the exhibition,
Bad Boys
April 9 - June 5, 2010
Thomas Robertello Gallery
939 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60607
www.thomasrobertello.com

Previously:
What makes a man start fires?
Noelle Mason @ Antena Gallery, 2008
www.antenapilsen.com/exhibit01.html
And:
X-ray image of ivory buddha in transit from Hong Kong to Chicago
Noelle Mason @ Alogon Gallery, 2008
alogongallery.com/artwork/313912_Noelle_Mason.html
www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/7537.html

Tony Fitzpatrick (candid) @ Studio 1020:

Roger Hiorns @ Art Institute of Chicago:

Above: Untitled (Alliance)
Two Pratt and Whitney TF33 P9 engines from Boeing EC135 Looking Glass long-range surveillance planes.
May 1-September 19, 2010
Monroe Street entrance of the Modern Wing; Third Floor; Bluhm Family Terrace. Major funding by Boeing. Curated by the Art Institute of Chicago's Frances and Thomas Dittmer Chair and Curator of Contemporary Art: James Rondeau.
http://art.newcity.com/2010/05/10/review-roger-hiornsart-institute-of-chicago
http://blog.artic.edu/blog/2010/06/16/roger-hiorns-in-conversation
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/artnow/rogerhiorns/default.shtm

Back of the Yards

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

July 1, 2010 7:25 PM

John Gaetano at his Apartment in Back of the Yards, Chicago, 2010

At the Skylark

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

June 18, 2010 11:08 PM

Sam in the Basement of the Skylark, Pilsen, Chicago, 2010

Erik Johnson

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

June 9, 2010 8:30 PM

Erik Johnson, Union & Canal Street in Pilsen, Chicago, 2010

Erik is the one of the artists on Bravo's new show "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist" , which premieres Wednesday 6/9.

Saw-whet Owl Visits South Loop, Eats Brains

Posted by ken clarke

May 17, 2010 11:00 PM

The Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus - hunt mainly at dusk and dawn and most often use the "sit and wait" tactic to drop down onto prey on the ground from low hunting perches. All text from www.owlpages.com

Jessica

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

April 28, 2010 8:14 PM

Jessica George, Pilsen, 2008

Shelley

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

April 4, 2010 10:07 PM

Shelley Zawadzki in her parents backyard, Bridgeport, 2010

Dave Song, Empty Bottle Basement, Chicago

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

March 14, 2010 4:53 PM

And the basement lives here

Peter Otto @ Devening Projects

Posted by Paul Germanos

March 8, 2010 8:35 AM

Above: Hand of History (Ode to John Heartfield)
oil on canvas, 21.5 x 43 inches

Below: Artist Peter Otto

Exhibition: The Lodger
March 7 - April 9, 2010
3039 West Carroll Avenue
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 420-4720
www.deveningprojects.com
Exhibition facilitated by Cultural Services in the USA / Consulate General of the Netherlands and Materiaalfonds, Amsterdam

I saw a man, he danced with his wife in Chicago

Posted by Ray Pride

February 26, 2010 12:01 PM

Everything terrible

Posted by Ray Pride

February 23, 2010 11:57 PM

Known knowns

Posted by Ray Pride

February 20, 2010 3:05 PM

Portrait of my Mom

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

January 23, 2010 6:17 PM

Alicja Czuchajowska, Woodridge, IL, 2009

Images: Chicago Openings September 19 - December 19, 2009

Posted by Paul Germanos

January 3, 2010 7:10 AM

Wesley Kimler: Open Studio
2046 W. Carroll, Chicago IL
December 19, 2009
artnet.com/artist/21755/wesley-kimler.html
wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Kimler
wesleykimlerstudio.com

Adam Ekberg @ Thomas Robertello
In the between
December 11, 2009 - February 6, 2010
939 W. Randolph, Chicago
"Born in 1975, Adam Ekberg resides in Chicago and graduated the School of the Art Institute's MFA Photography program in 2006."
thomasrobertello.com
adamekberg.com/home.html

2046: Sharkparty

Posted by Ray Pride

December 28, 2009 6:57 PM

12/19/2009

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

December 22, 2009 9:47 PM

Portrait of Juan Chavez

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

November 16, 2009 5:58 PM

Juan Chavez, Elevator at his Studio, 2009

More information on Juan's work can be found here

Glenn Wexler: Transit 5

Posted by The Editors

October 27, 2009 5:44 PM

The show, currently on view at H Gallery in Bangkok, includes photographic works on acrylic panels, a wallpaper installation (collaboration with Jason Pickleman) and a backlit film installation.

Lead (Pb) Rips our Engines

Posted by Gary Justis

September 29, 2009 1:43 AM

Lead (pronounced /ËˆlÉ›d/) is a main-group element with symbol Pb (Latin: plumbum) and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal, also considered to be one of the heavy metals.

Chicago Fall 2009 Season Opening: Impressions

Posted by Paul Germanos

September 19, 2009 7:26 PM

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.

Images: Chicago Openings July 31 - August 8, 2009

Posted by Paul Germanos

August 19, 2009 4:56 AM

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

Images: Hyde Park Art Center, July 19, 2009

Posted by Paul Germanos

July 22, 2009 4:33 AM

Carrie Schneider:

www.carrieschneider.net
www.moniquemeloche.com

Lora Fosberg:

www.lorafosberg.com

Cody Hudson:

www.struggleinc.com
www.andrewrafacz.com

Images: Chicago Gallery Openings July 10 & 11, 2009

Posted by Paul Germanos

July 16, 2009 4:32 AM

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

Images: Chicago Gallery Openings April - July, 2009

Posted by Paul Germanos

July 9, 2009 8:07 AM

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

Several Silences @ The Renaissance Society

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

Paul Germanos: Art Shows

Posted by guestblogger

April 20, 2009 9:06 PM

Myth in Material @ Alogon Gallery

Elizabeth Chodos curates: Ryan Fenchel, Rebecca Gordon, Mathew Paul Jinks, Stacie Johnson, and Michael Ruglio-Misurell
Myth in Material
April 18-30, 2009
Alogon Gallery
1049 N. Paulina 3R [entry on Cortez], Chicago, IL
alogongallery.com

Dawoud Bey on Art Babble

Posted by Mark Staff Brandl

April 13, 2009 2:50 PM

Dawoud Bey on Art Babble

The "In the Factory" series brings you an interview with Chicago's great photographer Dawoud Bey as he discusses his career as an artist, working with high school students and his exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Class Pictures: Photographs by Dawoud Bey.

Paul Germanos: Chicago Gallery Openings April 3, 2009

Posted by guestblogger

April 9, 2009 2:29 PM

Above: The Culmination, 2007, oil on canvas, 48" x 72" inches
Nicole Gordon @ Linda Warren
April 3 - May 9, 2009
Artist talk on April 18th, 2 pm
1052 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
312.432.9500
www.lindawarrengallery.com

Judith Brotman @ threewalls
April 3 - May 8, 2009
Artist talk on April 23rd, 6pm
119 n. peoria #2d, Chicago, IL 60607
312.432.3972
www.three-walls.org

More ...

Paul Germanos: Chicago Gallery Openings March 27, 2009

Posted by guestblogger

March 30, 2009 8:05 PM

Sheba Chhachhi @ Walsh Gallery

Winged Pilgrims and Other Creatures
March 27 - April 25, 2009
Tuesday-Saturday 10:30-5:30
118 N. Peoria Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
312.829.3312
www.walshgallery.com

Paul Germanos: Spring 2009 Undergraduate Exhibition and Time Arts Event

Posted by guestblogger

March 24, 2009 1:38 PM

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State, 7th Floor
March 20 - April 3, 2009
Tues-Sat, 11-6

www.saic.edu/

Above: Erin Elizabeth

Paul Germanos: Scott Stack @ Monique Meloche Gallery

Posted by guestblogger

March 24, 2009 1:34 PM

"Scott Stack (b. 1952) lives in Oak Park, IL and received his MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1976..."
"Stack expands the conceptual reaches of his investigation of night vision surveillance..."
March 20 - April 25, 2009
118 North Peoria
Chicago, IL 60607
www.moniquemeloche.com

Juliana Beasley, Holiday Print Sale

Posted by Mark Staff Brandl

December 20, 2008 9:19 PM

As Lisa Hunter, the Intrepid Art Collector reports, "here's a treat for serious collectors: Juliana Beasley, heir apparent to Toulouse-Lautrec, is having a holiday print sale. She's selling four images from her series "Last Stop: Rockaway Park" in a nice size (18x18) for $250 to $300.

These images were shown at Freize and are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. But you don't need to read her CV to know that Beasley's the real deal. This holiday edition is limited to 15 prints, so don't dawdle."

The image is "Leopard Lady" by Juliana Beasley. See her website for more images.

We The People: In Grant Park

Posted by ken clarke

November 10, 2008 2:07 AM

Election Night 2008

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

The Same Story for Predator and Prey

Posted by ken clarke

October 13, 2008 11:00 PM

"Idle Tears," after "The Princess," Alfred Lord Tennyson

Posted by Ray Pride

October 5, 2008 9:18 PM

TEARS, IDLE TEARS, I KNOW NOT WHAT THEY MEAN,

Tears from the depth of some divine despair

Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,

And thinking of the days that are no more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,

That brings our friends up from the underworld,
Sad as the last which reddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.

Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earliest pipe of half-awaken'd birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes

The casement slowly grows a summering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.

Dear as remember'd kisses after death,

And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd
On lips that are for others; deep as love,

Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O Death in Life, the days that are no more!

["The Princess: A Medley: Tears, Idle Tears," by Alfred Lord Tennyson; for RM.]

Between the Rains

Posted by Ray Pride

August 16, 2008 12:59 AM

"The monotone of the rain is beautiful,
And the sudden rise and slow relapse
Of the long multitudinous rain.

Stormcrow

Posted by ken clarke

June 23, 2008 4:34 AM

All text from The Center for Biological Diversity

A relative of the Greater Roadrunner, the Yellow-billed cuckoo is also called the Raincrow or Stormcrow because its call heralds the coming of summer rains.

"Enter Dream": New photography by Ray Pride

Posted by Ray Pride

June 12, 2008 7:04 AM

A show of 40+ photographs opens Friday, June 13 at Medicine Park (Chicago Avenue at Washtenaw) and runs through July 9. Friday's opening reception begins at 8 with dj Lauri Apple spinning. Details and a sample below...

Sharkforum Praise: Dawoud Bey

Posted by Mark Staff Brandl

April 15, 2008 7:40 AM

Yes, we can also point out and extol the virtues of artists we admire.

One of the greatest treasures Chicago has is the photographer Dawoud Bey.

Bey was one of my surprise discoveries last year when I was in the Chicago Art Fair. He came to my booth, we talked, I found him very interesting. Back at Wesley's where I was staying, I googled him, my favorite spy tactic. I was amazed at how outstanding his photos were! I had suspected that he would be a good artist, but here I was presented with a great one. His works unite a strong humanism (that disgraced word) with striking formal qualities in service of an art at once aesthetically challenging, sociological (in the best sense) and personal. And all that depth is carried lightly, under a mantel of (seemingly) direct image making.

His most recent works feature pictures ...

EELS

Posted by ken clarke

February 3, 2008 11:38 PM

California Moray (Gymnothorax mordax)

"The Impact of the Cities," after Bertolt Brecht

Posted by Ray Pride

October 31, 2007 10:21 AM

Leave the woman where she is.
She has two arms of her own
And two legs for that matter
(Which, sir, are no longer any affair of yours).
See that you yourself come through.

Alexander Wilson's Magnolia Warbler

Posted by ken clarke

September 23, 2007 11:42 PM

In 1811, near the end of his life, poet, ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator Alexander Wilson named this common North American warbler after observing it for the first time in the branches of a Mississippi magnolia tree. This bird, which breeds in spruce trees near the Canadian border of the United States and in Canada, is commonly called the Black and Yellow Warbler.

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Posted by ken clarke

August 6, 2007 8:00 AM

A kind of woodpecker, the yellow bellied sapsucker harvests sap from trees for food, as well as the insects the sap they tap attracts. The holes these birds make appear as unmistakable horizontal lines of dots that can illustrate the entire trunk of a tree. They manage the trees they use, like any conscientious user of natural resources.

car repair

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

August 3, 2007 9:48 PM

Lost Cat

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

July 28, 2007 9:52 PM

krakow, poland

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

July 21, 2007 3:08 PM

I photographed so much, that I can't make sense of everything yet. But, the churches were the most comforting. The child mannequin and projector came along for the trip, smashed in a suitcase. Fortunately, no problems with airport security, at least in Chicago...

B B Two: On everyday theatre

Posted by Ray Pride

July 19, 2007 4:10 PM

You artists who perform plays
In great houses under electric suns
Before the hushed crowd, pay a visit some time
To that theatre whose setting is the street.

Flight of the Woodcock

Posted by ken clarke

July 14, 2007 12:00 AM

The male woodcock’s courtship flight is spectacular to behold. At sunset he flies to the singing grounds and gives an insect-like “peent” call.

the stockyards

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

June 21, 2007 1:23 PM

B B One: I hear

Posted by Ray Pride

May 30, 2007 4:40 PM

I hear In the markets they say of me, I sleep badly

After Don DeLillo's Falling Man

Posted by Ray Pride

May 23, 2007 3:49 PM

The world was this as well, figures in windows a thousand feet up

Save Pandas / Buy Diamonds

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

May 12, 2007 9:31 AM

Looking away: one day in Toronto

Posted by Ray Pride

April 25, 2007 1:12 PM

Sidelong glimpses of the city on my first day at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

City Birds: 11 Alive, 2 Dead

Posted by ken clarke

March 16, 2007 12:00 PM

Mallard Duck Next to Path

driving

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

March 4, 2007 3:56 PM

carson pirie scott & co. building on wabash / state

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

February 8, 2007 11:00 AM

This building is scheduled to close at the end of February or early March. Not that I'm one who cares to shop, but the vacant spaces are looking quite wonderful. I'm hoping to bring the mannequins in after everything is out.

random

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

January 29, 2007 3:12 PM

Can you see more than you thought you saw, the first time you looked?

Posted by Todd Wolfson

January 23, 2007 4:29 AM

a long time ago in a warehouse far away

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

January 19, 2007 7:06 PM

These were shot during 2000 (most for CITY 2000), at raves in Chicago.

Somewhere on Halsted Street in 2001

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

January 11, 2007 9:25 PM

This place was a great source of inspiration until it turned into University Village

you traveled far: after Thom Yorke

Posted by Ray Pride

January 8, 2007 12:11 PM

I am back for 2007

Posted by Todd Wolfson

January 8, 2007 4:13 AM

I will be doing a photo of the week this year.
I found posting too many pictures in one week daunting to say the least.
I hope it will bring NEW MEANING to your life. (sarcasm)

Dispatch From India

Posted by John Kruth

January 2, 2007 11:19 AM

John Kruth sent along the following batch of images without titles, saying little more than "Don't worry, I ain't smokin' - just muggin' for the camera." Enjoy, Ed.

The Devourer

Posted by ken clarke

December 21, 2006 5:30 PM

Thermal updraft sucking things that soar
into the frozen vortex of thunderstorms.
faux angel, Mary Poppins Harpy.

Didja Miss Me ? I missed you!!!!

Posted by Todd Wolfson

November 13, 2006 5:17 AM

Sorry, I have been a little busy with life lately, and have neglected my baby SHARKS.
I do promise to have a more pulled together post for next time,
but here is just a bit of what's been going down in my life...a tiny bit....

The lean days of determination: after John Fante

Posted by Ray Pride

November 10, 2006 8:55 AM

The lean days of determination. That was the word for it: determination:

Photo opening Friday: Chicago 1900-1959 West

Posted by Ray Pride

October 31, 2006 4:32 PM

Chicago 1900-1959 West

Posted by Ray Pride

October 13, 2006 11:47 PM

A show of 39 recent photographs will be at Atomix Cafe,
1957 West Chicago, through November, and will be part of Saturday's
"East/West" Ukrainian Village art walk. "Chicago 1900-1959 West"
is comprised mostly of pictures taken on the 1900 block of West Chicago Avenue,
and are part of a larger project capturing daily life in the neighborhood.

"I have wasted my life."

Posted by ken clarke

October 6, 2006 12:00 PM

Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly,
Asleep on the black trunk,
blowing like a leaf in green shadow.

American Girl

Posted by Todd Wolfson

October 1, 2006 5:47 AM

MySisterThatIsNotMySisterAndItIsJustSoWeirdThatWeEvenGetToBeFriends
BecauseSheLivesThousandsOfMilesAwayIAmSoHappyWhenSheComesToVisit
AndMickeyKnewHerRightAwayInHerHeartTooMySister...

He could go no farther: after Malcolm Lowry

Posted by Ray Pride

September 27, 2006 12:06 PM

He could go no farther. Exhausted, helpless, he sank
to the ground. No one would help him even if they could.

The Healing Heart

Posted by Todd Wolfson

September 25, 2006 9:27 AM

Communication

Posted by Ray Pride

September 10, 2006 10:54 PM

These are not words set down for the rejected

...THREW HER EYEBOX OFF TRUMP'S PLAZA...

Posted by Todd Wolfson

September 4, 2006 8:03 AM

Possible Christoff / Wolfson Art Post in the works !

Open Through October 15 in Chicago: Katrina Photography by Joshua Mann Pailet

Posted by ed

August 29, 2006 1:57 PM

While it's true that Rob Miller's accounting of his time in New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity brings home the horrifying disaster of government waste and incompetence, there's nothing quite like a professional photographer to really put you right there on the scene.

Opening this Friday, September 1 at The Architrouve in Chicago is the riveting work of New Orleans photographer and photo dealer Joshua Mann Pailet. Snapshots of the show can be viewed at The Architrouve's web site, and the opening for the show will begin at 5:00 PM.

For more information visit The Architrouve's web site, or contact them directly.
The Architrouve
1433 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
312.563.1033
Open Tuesday Through Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM by appointment only.

Honey Love You.........

Posted by Todd Wolfson

August 28, 2006 1:29 PM

What I Do Best.................

Posted by Todd Wolfson

August 21, 2006 5:39 AM

Though night is always close: After Thom Gunn

Posted by Ray Pride

August 17, 2006 8:22 AM

...tues / thurs....(goodbyes)

Posted by Todd Wolfson

August 14, 2006 4:30 AM

The young man walks by himself: after Dos Passos

Posted by Ray Pride

August 10, 2006 8:31 AM

The young man walks by himself, fast but not fast enough, far but not far enough

I am The Great White Way of the city: after Carl Sandburg

Posted by Ray Pride

August 4, 2006 2:29 PM

C 2 the B 2 the Z / The Out-Takes

Posted by Todd Wolfson

July 31, 2006 6:48 PM

These are kinda out-takes. Third or fourth drafts. Maybe.
Do you think these are bad?
I don't think Chrysta Bell and I can take BAD photographs. Books full of beauty. Heart.
Cigar. Chango's. Empty Grocery Store. Municipal Building. Big Lots®. Retail Strip Center......

CB has been creating music with one of my heroes,
Director/Musician/Painter/Etc.......David Lynch.
Two of my favorite movies are THE WIZARD OF OZ & BLUE VELVET.
When David Lynch made WILD AT HEART, I wondered if he had made it just for me....

Chrysta Bell has been my muse* for a full decade, and I thank my lucky stars for that !
She is my muse* of all muses. She gets it. Gets me.

*(a guiding spirit, a source of inspiration.)

Gone SHARK Fishin' (back next week)

Posted by Todd Wolfson

July 24, 2006 6:00 AM

Streets of Chicago

Posted by Ray Pride

July 19, 2006 4:10 PM

Thirty-two of my photographs from Chicago streets are part of
"Chicago Car Culture," at the Cultural Center through August 27.

Intimacy Saturations

Posted by Todd Wolfson

July 17, 2006 1:55 PM

...and NOW for Something VERTICAL : Part II (I Used To Shoot Film : Part II)

Posted by Todd Wolfson

July 10, 2006 9:15 AM

Jeez, I hope to offend someone with this "title" as I did a few weeks back....
This is some art from before the ownership of digital cameras.....
Very random, arted & with LOVE !!!!!!!
I hope to be back with some NEW SHIT, next week.............

The long weekend, dusk 'til dawn

Posted by Ray Pride

July 5, 2006 4:16 PM

I Used To Shoot Film....

Posted by Todd Wolfson

July 3, 2006 11:07 PM

.....around 4 years ago, I didn't even have a point-and-shoot digital camera. I didn't know Photoshop all that well, but was learning. Now it seems like a whole different world, visually.........

Sunday's signs

Posted by Ray Pride

June 28, 2006 11:09 PM

On Sunday, I installed several photos at Flying Saucer on California, and wandered home from Humboldt Park through the side streets of Ukrainian Village, where crucifixes are in bloom.

Robert Hillel (Harold) Wolfson

Posted by Todd Wolfson

June 26, 2006 6:54 AM

28 september 1932 - 24 june 2006

Door to the River: after Mark Doty, after de Kooning

Posted by Ray Pride

June 21, 2006 9:40 PM

He means, I think, there's an out,

My Superpal, SARA HICKMAN...has a NEW CD out called MOTHERLODE !!!

Posted by Todd Wolfson

June 19, 2006 10:15 PM

Sara Hickman is my sister, angel, muse, hero, friend.
Sara has been known to go to department stores,
buy up a bunch of blankets
and take them personally to the homeless during the cold Winter nights.
She is also very involved in numerous charities and human rights issues...
Is a very hands on mom....
She loves to still write letters to the people she loves, in this age of e-mails.....
She is also one hell of a writer, singer & guitarist!
Sara has a new DOUBLE CD out JUNE 20, 2006.
It is a great CD and has a moody disc and a happy disc to fit you either way.
So here is a motherload of photos from our recent years as friends.

Birthdate: what I saw

Posted by Ray Pride

June 14, 2006 7:29 AM

The Front Porch, The Two Wives & Beggsie....

Posted by Todd Wolfson

June 12, 2006 8:35 AM

Groucho: "Well whadaya say girls? Are we all gonna get married?"
Woman: "All of us? But that's bigamy!"
Groucho: "Yes and it's big of me too. It'll be big of us!"

Rikki Kasso

Posted by James Beckman

June 6, 2006 10:34 PM

MIXED EMOTIONS VOLUME 4 COPYRIGHT RIKKI KASSO (14).jpg

Tokyo based photographer Rikki Kasso has several regularly updated blogs online. Tokyo Undressed is one of these projects. In the tradition of Araki Nobuyoshi, Rikki juxtaposes 'typical' snapshots with highly sexualized photographs to create a compelling emotional tension.

Craig Ross & Glass Eye at Hole in the Wall, Austin TX, June 2, 2006

Posted by Todd Wolfson

June 5, 2006 12:00 AM

Rock Shots: Backyard Tire Fire and Alejandro Escovedo at Martyrs' May 17, 2006

Posted by david roth

June 2, 2006 9:37 AM

Rock Shots: Red Eyed Legends and Eleventh Dream Day at the Empty Bottle May 18, 2006

Posted by david roth

June 1, 2006 11:00 PM

Esta Noche: an exhibit

Posted by Ray Pride

May 31, 2006 7:45 AM

Twenty new photos will be on display from June 3-30 at the Rainbo Club, 1150 North Damen (at Division).

Sammo & Emme Daze

Posted by Todd Wolfson

May 29, 2006 6:04 AM

...the SpenJohnny were playing the Caucus,
Samera was graduating,
Ainjel had already moved away.....
It was the ending of one of my favorite time spans,
and some greatness about to begin....

Face of the shadow

Posted by Ray Pride

May 24, 2006 10:12 PM

Figures leave shadows, not faces. Shadows are faceless.

...and now for something Vertical.......4 Women

Posted by Todd Wolfson

May 22, 2006 12:10 PM

I adore photographing women!
I adore these women.
My photos are imperfect.

I have dreams like this sometimes

Posted by Ray Pride

May 17, 2006 3:29 PM

It's late but not so late and I walk face forward into mist.
World a blur. Directions? Directionless. Where are you pointing?

Two People

Posted by Todd Wolfson

May 16, 2006 10:00 AM

These are images from May 2006.
The people you see here are part of my Austin family.
"Google" the ones that don't have links....
I am not being lazy. There are just alot more interesting things about them when you do a search.

Directions

Posted by Ray Pride

May 10, 2006 5:00 PM

Continuum

Posted by Todd Wolfson

May 9, 2006 11:16 PM

Orso, Amandine and Fruit Bats at Schuba's Last Night

Posted by david roth

May 8, 2006 1:58 PM

scribble

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

May 5, 2006 1:41 PM

it's not in a gallery, it's not in a museum; it's under the cta train tracks or in an alley. i don't know the creators, I was just there to sample it onto film.

Sharkstalking: a Sharkstock Sharkfolio

Posted by Ray Pride

May 4, 2006 11:22 PM

Moving Day

Posted by Ray Pride

May 3, 2006 5:33 PM

Twenty Years with Alejandro Escovedo

Posted by Todd Wolfson

May 2, 2006 11:33 PM

Alejandro Escovedo's new album THE BOXING MIRROR is released Tuesday, May 2nd 2006.

The Unconventional Beauty of Roberta Bayley

Posted by Marilyn Cvitanic

May 1, 2006 9:45 AM

Even if her name isn’t familiar, her photographs are. Roberta Bayley’s photographs of the early New York punk scene have a wonderful ubiquitous quality. Sure, her pictures have appeared in magazines ranging from the original Punk magazine to Rolling Stone, and on album covers for artists such as The Ramones and Richard Hell. But Roberta’s images have also traveled beyond the usual print media outlets. For years now, her work has graced T-shirts for sale on St. Marks Place and most recently has appeared on the high-rent walls at Mary Boone Gallery. These pictures have a life of their own, surfacing here and there to remind us of a music scene that influenced so many but was witnessed by only a fortunate few.

Chicago Reflections

Posted by david roth

April 27, 2006 3:42 PM

Notes for a Ghost: The Bigger Picture

Posted by Ray Pride

April 26, 2006 10:27 PM

The ghosts won’t come to rest. For months, I’ve culled their mythology, steeped it in Chicago history and flashes of abrupt beauty. Close my eyes—their tale dodges me. Open my eyes? I see the passways of their restless circling. I frame and then run as the image materializes.

Clean Up Your Act....(people face 2:00 o'clock)

Posted by Todd Wolfson

April 25, 2006 2:05 PM

thrift store

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

April 21, 2006 11:44 AM

Unsigned

Posted by Ray Pride

April 19, 2006 11:00 PM

Peanut Butter & Jelly on Matzoh : Oy Vay In The Life of....

Posted by Todd Wolfson

April 18, 2006 12:56 PM

A FAVORITE PASSOVER FOOD.

Joel Dorn's NYC: Volume 12

Posted by Joel Dorn

April 17, 2006 11:10 PM

Chicago Artists' Month (2004)

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

April 14, 2006 6:34 PM

Every year in October the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs presents Chicago Artists’ Month. Various cultural institutions and galleries partner with the city of Chicago to offer exhibitions, open studios, demonstrations, workshops, neighborhood art walks, and a variety of additional events in art communities throughout the city.

Early spring, late afternoon

Posted by Ray Pride

April 12, 2006 12:18 PM

Five Guys from the Files

Posted by Todd Wolfson

April 11, 2006 12:04 PM

Okay, okay...I am going to do a current piece next week, but here is something from my digital archives.

Notes for a Ghost, # 3

Posted by Ray Pride

April 5, 2006 12:48 PM

Chicago is steeped in the atmosphere for a ghost story I've spent months on. If it's all there, in the turn of the head or blink of an eye, then why should it be anything but a joy to turn images into the words that will prompt the making of a story?

the BEST thing about SXSW2006 had nothing to do with it...

Posted by Todd Wolfson

April 4, 2006 11:47 AM

This is why i try my hardest to move forward. This is electricity.

In the coming weeks, I will bring you photos of musicians (sometimes FAMOUS), actors, artists...people who inspire me. My goal here is to show you some of the people who make my life as a photographer interesting. I hope you enjoy this, as I know that I will enjoy bringing it to you, the viewer!

Mickey's light !

The Pearl Fog

Posted by Ray Pride

March 29, 2006 8:07 AM

Open the door now./ Go roll up the collar of your coat/ To walk in the changing scarf of mist.
Tell your sins here to the pearl fog/ And know for once a deepening night/ Strange as the half-meanings/ Alurk in a wise woman's mousey eyes.
Yes, tell your sins/ And know how careless a pearl fog is/ Of the laws you have broken
wrote Carl Sandburg in a pome he called "Pearl Fog."

Joel Dorn's NYC: Volume 11

Posted by Joel Dorn

March 27, 2006 3:37 PM

you can't?

Posted by Ursula Sokolowska

March 24, 2006 5:37 PM

“There’s no YOU CAN’T in Vegas”, well at least that’s what the monorail ad says. So I decided to walk away from “the strip” towards a potential vegetarian / vegan friendly eatery. After receiving two signs that I should turn back, I realized “I Couldn’t”. The first sign was a strong smell of weed and the second a couple of methed out gentlemen. I didn’t feel the need to find out what my 3rd sign would be; if any. Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I’d prefer to label it aware.