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Posts tagged "River North"

Tom Parish's Venice Paintings at Gruen Galleries

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A show of artist Tom Parish‘s latest work recently opened at Gruen Galleries, and it’s a crowd-pleaser.  Parish just completed 15 large-scale scenes of real buildings in Venice, Italy. At the opening on June 4, the gallery itself was stifling from the heat, but just looking into the watery scenes of Parish’s paintings helped refresh... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
June 2, 2010 at 4:07 pm
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Summer Gallery Openings Friday, June 4

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The start to summer for most people kicked off with Memorial Day weekend, but in the art world, our summer starts this Friday, June 4.  Dozens of galleries around the city open their doors to welcome gallery-goers and host new exhibitions during the nice weather. And as we all know, everything is more fun when... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
June 1, 2010 at 11:08 am
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Martina Nehrling: Color Overload at Zg Gallery

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Several openings are taking place this Friday, June 4, and one of the most colorful features the work of Martina Nehrling at Zg Gallery.  Just in time for the spring turning into summer, longer days and the general cheer that comes along with well-deserved and long-awaited nice weather, a new show of Nehrling’s paintings and... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
May 27, 2010 at 4:02 pm
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Deborah Butterfield: New Work @ Zolla Lieberman Gallery

Last week I wrote about life-sized photographs of swimming, naked people at Carrie Secrist Gallery, and starting this Friday evening, you can see larger-than-life horses by artist Deborah Butterfield at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in River North.  Butterfield has been captivated by real horses her whole life; her awe-inspiring sculptures, first created out of plaster or ceramics... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
April 29, 2010 at 11:12 am
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Paschke, Paschke Everywhere!

Chicagoans should be used to seeing Ed Paschke’s vivid works around the city by now, but recently two River North galleries opened a joint exhibition, Ed Paschke’s Women, at Russell Bowman Art Advisory and Alan Koppel Gallery.  The exhibition focuses on 20 paintings by Paschke depicting women, and it is one of the largest exhibitions... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
March 29, 2010 at 5:37 pm
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Hung Liu: Memory in Chinese Painting at Andrew Bae Gallery

I like ‘firsts’ and the chance to see an artist’s first show anywhere – in a gallery, studio, major museum or in the city of Chicago, is of course an opportunity that, obviously, will not come around again. For art, this is always potentially an, “I saw it when…” moment. Plus, a reminder of why... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
March 23, 2010 at 10:40 pm
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Cheonae Kim @ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery

Cheonae Kim’s work is bright, precise, and unmistakable.  I’ve lusted after a few of her smaller works for awhile, but I haven’t had any luck coming up with one yet…  Kim used to paint in only black and white awhile ago, which can be hard to believe when you see the vivid palate in her... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
March 8, 2010 at 1:29 pm
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SAIC @ DWG - David Weinberg Gallery

David Weinberg Gallery is bringing the school to the gallery for its latest exhibition, SAIC at DWG. The show features work by recent graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Chicago is proud of one of its most well-known art institutions, and showing work by SAIC grads in Chicago galleries isn’t unusual... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
February 11, 2010 at 5:28 pm
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Don Pollack: New Paintings at Perimeter Gallery

River North’s Perimeter Gallery opens a new show Friday, February 12, featuring the work of painter Don Pollack.  And if your favorite colors are green and blue, these paintings are meant for you.  Though of course, there is a great deal more to these works than “Ginny’s Ideal Color Palette…” I really enjoy Pollack’s paintings... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
February 11, 2010 at 12:01 pm
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Stephen Daiter Gallery Makes A Move: First Show in New Space Features Martin Parr

Soon gallery visitors to River North will notice that Byron Roche has moved out of his little second floor perch on the west side of Franklin St.  But what they won’t see right away, on the other side of the street, because it’s 4 floors up, is that Stephen Daiter Gallery has moved into a... Read more »
By ChiGalleryNews,
February 1, 2010 at 4:26 pm
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