Stills from "Whoop Dee Don't," DVD by Death by Design Co.

[Oct. 31, 2010] Missed last night’s fun and frightening Halloween-themed exhibit/event at Co-Prosperity Sphere? (Bridgeport/Chicago, IL). Don’t cry over your candy corn, just check out these lovely pieces, as well as some more frightfully good excerpts of the show here on my Flickr page,. Learn more about the event and Co-Prosperity itself via these links. Happy Halloween!

The fabulous "Hyenas," by Emily Roz, 2009.

• Semi-related: my earlier Flickr album from the wondrous C-PS “Typeforce” exhibit earlier this year.
• Unrelated but still quite fun: Download some booty-licious monster mashup music courtesy the devilish and delightful DJ Adrian Roberts (of SF and the world). Perfect for carving pumpkins by. Check it out here!

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[CHICAGO] Contemporary art, perhaps more than other classifications, can run the gamut, and finding a gallery or museum that you consistently enjoy isn’t always easy. Nor is finding an exhibit to please everyone in your viewing party. If this is a concern, fret no more. The Hyde Park Art Center in south Chicago never fails to delight with at least something among its six or so exhibits on display at most any time. A visit this weekend was a stellar example of this “something for everyone” success, and following are highlights of half a dozen strong exhibits. About 30 more images can be seen at my Flickr gallery:

• INSTALLATION “Notes to Nonself,” from Diane Christiansen and Shoshanna Utchenik. From the HPAC’s always wonderful (if a bit hard to read, due to tiny text type!) exhibit guide: “Wander the Ego Forest, wade through the Relationship Bardo and then take solace in the Temporary Refuge …” or in layperson’s terms: enjoy an illuminated pink octopus (below), a plywood forest festooned with new-age sentiments, Tibetan prayer flags floating in a sea of kite-like clouds, and more. But I don’t want to spoil the fun. Just go and enjoy, through May 2, 2010.

• PAINTINGS from Andreas Fischer, “Ghost Town.” Portraits (below) depicting “intangible mental characteristics excluded from an object-based historical archive.” Read more

[Chicago] One of the down sides of owning a gallery in a fun neighborhood like Pilsen is that when open-house time comes around, you feel trapped in your space if you are hosting a show. Then around 8 o’clock, friends and strangers start pouring in and telling you about the great stuff they’ve seen, resulting in a terrible case of the FOMS (fear of missing something).

This month, during the Pilsen East Artist’s Open House weekend, I was lucky enough to have the crew from Firebelly design not only showing and selling their fine work in my space (raising money for arts programs in Pilsen schools), but manning the store most of the time as well. (Thanks guys!) This freed me up to spend a bit of time both Friday and Sunday, checking out the art, meeting the artists, and snapping photos. If you missed out or just want to see someone else’s impressions, here’s a link to my Flickr gallery of some random works that stood out.

Good work observed: Selection from “DIRTY: Work by Paul Nudd and Casey Wasniewski” at Hyde Park Art Center. For more info on this good work, go here.