I'd like to spotlight a couple things about the upcoming weekend, and also give links to worthy people who cull through all this stuff.
In a nutshell, tonight is the second Friday of the month, so Pilsen (around 18th and Halsted - see our map) has got a whole lineup of stuff. They say there are 35 galleries open tonight, but we only list a few on the map. Our criteria is that you have to show work other than your own, otherwise which we categorize it as a studio. Soon we'll have a studio map, where people can add their space. Still, Pilsen has good stuff.
Duncan MacKenzie, my peer from Bad at Sports and person who tries to idiot-proof me on a monthly basis, said "Philip von Zweck does more art that's worthy of national recognition than almost anyone in this city, and he does it out of his apartment." Well, tonight he's got a special space in the back room of Western Exhibitions (link contains explicit imagry), and is titled "they will not ruin us through the things that we like". The front room is dedicated to "The Ecstasyist", a show about desire, alternate standards of beauty and dynamics within sexual relationships, as well as some visually intriguing approaches to figuration.
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Tags: badatsports, gallerycrawl, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, NEA, philipvonzweck, pilsen, refugegallery, westernexhibitions
As a Pilsen dweller, I'm always excited for something free to do in the neighborhood the second Friday of each month. Thanks for posting!