New Exhibition by Fugscreens Studios: HIP FOR ARTSTERS AT COLE’S Exhibition on display from November 6 through January 6, 2012
Opening Reception: Monday, November 14 at 8pm Cole’s, 2338 North Milwaukee
Fugscreens Studios | Founded by Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, Fugscreens Studios is an independent silk screen studio based in the heart of Wicker Park. Established in 2008, Fugscreens prints gigposters and fine art prints priding itself on working with local bands and artists and creating strong relationships with its clients. “Keeping the work fun and exciting is our goal.”
______ Current Exhibition This week is the last week to check out work by Angela Davis Fegan through October 31. _______ Upcoming Exhibition HIP FOR ARTSTERS AT COLE’S by Fugscreens on Display November 6–December 3, 2011 Opening Reception: Monday, November 14 at 8pm Founded by Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, Fugscreens Studios is an independent silk screen studio … Read more
• Art at Cole’s #4:Gutter, a South End featured exhibition for the 2010 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival. Curated by Cheri Basak, Anne-Katrin Elliot, and Rebekah Brown(July 17—August 21, 2010)
• Art at Cole’s #5:Old Stuff: An Exhibition of Old Works by Tracy Kostenbader (August 22—September 3, 2010)
• Art at Cole’s #8:*QUirk* an exhibition highlighting the offbeat, the funny, and the grotesquely twisted work of Nicole Syrquin, Jeff Strong, Katina Petsas and Gabe Patti.(On Display November 15 — December 31, 2010)
• Art at Cole’s #9:Paintings By MacKenzie Stonis (On Display January 2 — February 19, 2011)
• Art at Cole’s #11:Works by Melanie Kasten & Scott Pandel (On Display April 12 — May 29, 2011)
• Art at Cole’s #12:Works by Matthew Bremer for the Milwaukee Ave Arts Fest (On Display July 23— September 4, 2011)
• Art at Cole’s #13:Works by Angela Davis Fegan (On Display September 14— October 31, 2011) Art @ Cole’s
_______
Call for Artists Art at Cole’s is seeking artists’ and group show proposals for future shows.Interested individual artists: Email projects@anysquared.com (Art at Cole’s” in subject) and include:
1) name 2) medium 3) email and/or website 4) phone number 5) a one sentence description 6 ) attach 3 jpg images of your work. Interested curators or art group: Curated or group exhibition proposals will also be considered.
My work explores notions of gender, ethnic identity and power. It depicts female subjects in imagined spaces or environments composed of urban exteriors, religious interiors, everyday objects and emotionally charged talismans. These spaces are fantastical elaborations on metropolitan existence and cathedrals that use historically/traditionally powerful iconography and symbolism. Placing these subjects in this context is meant to afford power in a representation style usually reserved for religious icons; thus affording them power without overt sexualization as objects. This process continues for me as I shift mediums and materials. The beginning of this body of work is heavily rooted in drawing and building up surfaces with dry materials and has now shifted to a larger scale, using markers and wet media. As a supplement to this work, I also create etchings and lithographs that correspond to some of the existing pieces. Currently I am questioning the role of everyday routine and objects in the creation and establishment of ceremony. angeladavisfegan.com
Works by Melanie Kasten & Scott Pandel April 12 — May 29, 2011
Melanie Kasten | melaniekasten.com | As a designer, I thoroughly enjoy applying modern ideas to traditional methods and images. Within my work you will find many references to animals and nature combined with man-made items from our everyday life. This work is meant to embody what in this day in age comes naturally to us; riding a bike, potting plants, etc. These things have become part of daily life, or at least my daily life. My goal is to acknowledge and embrace these acts and recognize them within the beauty of nature that surrounds us.
Scott Pandel | ScottPandel.com | This body of work is an introspection into moments I once reveled in, that stand clear in my memory, while the culmination of the surrounding feeling of these moments come to pass in a poignant reminder that these pictures, these moments are all but what is left of the fading memories of a time I once loved.
Works by Matt Hilker and Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair February 20 — April 10, 2011 Opening Photos
Matt Hilker | contact | A Chicago-based artist, Matt Hilker’s work deals with home, family, sci-fi, genetics, Greek mythology, and adventure. Details, pattern and a strong central composition are also common themes throughout.
Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair | emiliebsquared.com | My relationship to art can only begin on a personal level. It is a visual biography of my observation or reactions to the circumstances I encounter in my every day life. I draw inspiration from cultural events and phenomenon as well as societal mores and my own emotion. This being said, I find myself attracted to themes of connect vs disconnect and personal vs intra-personal. Humans cognitively create degrees of separation in order to better organize the physical world. A greater realization of the interconnectedness and humanity is required to move forward as a meaningful society and culture. I enjoy using visual metaphors such as labyrinth design & and symbolic objects such as flowers that have a specific meaning attachment. I express myself in a variety of medium, most often being oils, inks and collage. My most recent piece, ‘Borporate Piciet’ is my interpretation of a corporation symbolized by the idealized female form. It is about the face a corporation shows the public, and how they use their portrayed image as a front to cover up their soullessness and destructive mechanical nature. It was originally conceived as my response to the events last summer of the BP spill. Even while the oil spill in the gulf was occurring, lobbyists were pushing legislation through congress that would allow more risky drilling procedures. Corporations continually use distraction through media outlets in order to mask their true function and endeavors. The oil spill is an example of how corporate irresponsibility directly affects the public- being us. I would like this piece to facilitate conversation about our role and responsibility as citizens of a shared community.
Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair, RemainsMatt Hilker, He Steals FishEmilie Bouvet-Boisclair, Borporate PicietMatt HilkerMatt Hilker, Home on the RoadMatt Hilker
Titles: Run DMC, Alice in Wonderland, Sofa King Emo, Gandhi, Twiggy, My Shirt is NOT Pink, Bettie Page, Andy Warhol, Oscar Wilde, Woody Allen, Allergy Season, 8 Arms to Hold You.
AnyPlace: Part of LIP (Life in Progress) an Art Series Examing ideas of “progress.” October 17—November 7, 2010
LIP was selected to be one of 12 Featured Program Series highlighted for Chicago Artists Month. AnyPlace interprets and explores definitions of “progress” as well as work that critiques or represents thoughts, ideas and visions that reference “progress.”
Matthew AvignoneCJ HungermanBecca BrownAlison GreenFrancisco RosadoJulie SulzenAlicia Forestall BoehmGabe Patti
______
Kidney Donor Benefit for Local Artist Larry Green (4-8pm at Cole’s)
Couldn’t make it to the benefit? You can still help! A fund has been set up and donations can be sent to: Larry Green Benefit Fund, c/o Fifth Third Bank, 233 S. Wacker Drive 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60606.
If you are interested in being a donor, please call Alexia Davis, Transplant Coordinator University of Illinois Chicago Medical: 312 996 7308.
Tracy Kostenbader |tracykostenbader.com | A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she is an artist who also has been an activist, a book conservator, a worker-bee, small time publisher, designer, occasional thinker and so many other things. But, the things that compel her are making art, organizing events, working with people, and supporting the issues she cares about. She’s made Logan Square her home for over 20 years and is actively involved in creating venue and space for area artists. Work, home, community, and politics inspire her to make images, both electronic and through prints, drawings and paintings. Her interest in a more humane world has played a part in what she chooses to make work about. Elevating the ordinary with an occasional bit of humor, her work is also often a celebration of the everyday. She’s spent a couple decades dedicated to supporting social justice campaigns through utilizing her visual and technical skills to contribute solid assistance to a variety projects. Tracy also has helped launch and promote different artists organizations and events and, for the last 3 years, she has been one of the key organizers of art galleries at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival. She is an active AnySquared member and continues to collaborate with other artists.
