Fred Stonehouse
Fred Stonehouse's dreamlike scenarios are populated with human/animal hybrids caught in some intense situations. More...
Tonika Lewis Johnson
Tonika Lewis Johnson interviews Chicago residents on opposite north and south ends of longitudinal running streets. Not surprisingly the neighborhoods they reflect are utterly different. The point, though, is that Johnson brings these "Map Twins" together. More...
Burning Down the House
On September 2nd Brazil's National Museum burnt nearly 2 million art, historical and scientific artifacts. Primarily a victim of inadequate funding and planning for such a catastrophe, don't think for a moment that this could not happen here. More...
“I Was Raised on the Internet”
A darkened gallery filled with screens, projections, and a cacophony of audio compels us from one room to the next. More...
“In Red Ink”
The ghost of Edward Curtis both informs and stimulates push back from this group of Native American contemporary artists. More...
Raphaelle Goethals and Wanxin Zhang
Raphaël Goethals and Wanxin Zhang have seemingly little in common. Goethals is a Belgian painter who moved to the U.S. in the 1980s, and Zhang is a Chinese sculptor who relocated to the States in the 90s. But cultural experience and formal similarities abound. More...
Joerael Elliot
Her floral imagery is appealing, but its natural beauty collides with the harsh mechanics of firearms in Joerael Elliot's show, "A Clip of Petals." More...
Kenneth Tam
In "Griffith Park Boys Camp" Kenneth Tam brings “working-age” adult males of varying backgrounds and races together for a weekend of summer camp — not adult-modulated summer camp, mind you, but boys’ summer camp. More...
Ai Kijima
In a survey of her quilt/collages, the evolution of Ai Kijima's technical expertise and eye for subject matter are unpacked. From the influence of the Superflat movement, to "chaotic collages," to sexualized anime figures, then to decorative geometric abstraction, Kijima has elevated the aesthetic power of textiles. More...
“Casa Tomada”
The title translates as "House Taken Over" for this group show centered on the subject of occupation. Setting that aside, this is about as diverse a use of media and geographical distribution as anything you care to imagine. More...
Kari Wehrs
For her “Shot” series of tintype portraits, Kari Wehrs took to parts of the Arizona desert used by recreational shooters. More...
Can Photographs Tell the Truth Anymore?
We have grown accustomed to the ease with which pixels may be twisted: parts removed or replaced, only to be invisibly sutured back together into something diabolically different. Maria Porges notes that this new normal has artists pushing back to uncover a new veracity. More...
“A Conscious Surrender”
In "A Conscious Surrender" six artists push aside their normal working methods in favor producing out of character works. More...
“Selected Affinities”
"Selected Affinities" is a small group shows built around the late Allan Sekula, particularly his "Fish Story" series that splits the difference between documentary and conceptual photography. More...
Agnes Martin
A suite of 10 small prints executed by Agnes Martin in 1990 balance the wavering precision that are all about her world devoid of objects. More...
James Turell
Four of James Turrell's "Glass" works are portals, not just light and color saturated shapes, that cloak us in veils of colored mist. More...
Roland Reiss
Roland Reiss' "Miniatures" and "Florals" survey back over 40 years, but include new works that display both continuity and fresh interests. More...
Favorite Artworks for Different Reasons
If you love art and have even a modest collection, chances are you’d have a hard time saying which piece is your favorite. For Richard Speer there is the story of his first. . . More...
Ned Evans/Kelly Berg
Kelly Berg's work transports us to a visually magical landscape. Ned Evans' colorful abstractions celebrate the earth's fierce shape-making genius. More...
Kris Hargis
Kris Hargis takes an unsparing look at his own visage in "A Michigan Winter," in which he appears as melancholic and haunted. More...
