Freedom is one of non-representational art’s most captivating attributes. Free of geographical borders, free of national divides and often not dependent on the specifics of an individual’s origins, it doesn’t depict a place, a person or a thing. As expressions generated purely of the mind, it can represent an idea or a memory. It can …
Whether they paint, sculpt, dance, write, design or work in the musical sphere, artists are remembered either for their renown or for their impact. The Elmhurst Art Museum’s exhibition simply titled Sandra Jorgensen movingly commemorates both. An accomplished modernist artist who also led a distinguished academic career, Jorgensen’s name is frequently associated with a Chicago …
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Looking back at someone’s lifetime achievements does much more than chronicle their mastery of craft. If done with the hope of exposing a glimpse of the person as a human being as well as an artist, a retrospective can disclose how talent, savvy and knowledge of self can propel a person into lasting fame. Andy …
Even with the staggering number of choices Chicagoans have to satisfy our cravings for music, theater, dance and the visual arts, the entertainment playing field can never get too crowded. Having only been open a year, the city may be just beginning to realize what an asset Wrightwood 659 has already become. The sedately serene …
Museums can sometimes act as portals to rich and complex worlds. The Museum of Contemporary Art’s Figures of Speech, a retrospective on the work of 38-year-old Virgil Abloh, manages to reveal as much about one of the cornerstones of our culture, fashion, as it does about the prolific creative output of a gifted artist. Because …