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A Chicago (ish) art tumblog by me, Claudine Ise. I'm an art writer and a regular contributor to badatsports.com, art:21 blog, Artforum.com, and Chicago Magazine's Guide section. This is a visual notebook of the articles, images, videos and other gunk that's clogging my brain at the moment....some of it fodder for the larger stuff I am, have been, or will be writing about.
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Chuck Moffit, Untitled, 2007, Shino glazed ceramic, found burnt wood
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Chuck Moffit, Untitled, 2007, Shino glazed ceramic, found burnt wood
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This is an energy drink we got today. Called “Sum Poosie”. It is a real thing that exists. It actually tastes really good. Probably the best energy...
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Leon Kossoff (British, 1926) Here Comes the Diesel, Spring 1987. oil on board, 24-1/2 x 22 inches
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I like it.
Jerry Saltz:
“Directly in front of the American Pavilion in the beautiful Giardini, main site of the Venice Biennale — which opens on...
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What can be done with painting’s sexiness and decoration that’s not—but is instead more than—a critique of the sexy and the decorative? Moving in this direction does not necessarily place painting at home in the contemporary art world, a world much more concerned with art as signage to which…
This should be great!
Party for Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago’s Waterways
Thursday, November 3 · 6:30pm - 10:00pm
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Architectural Artifacts 4325 North Ravenswood | Chicago, IL
Please Join us to celebrate a collaboration between NRDC & Studio Gang Architects with the release of the book, Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago’s Waterways.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
6:30pm | VIP reception and book signing with architect and Reverse Effect author and 2011 MacArthur “genius” Jeanne Gang
7:30pm | Carpocalypse! (one time) performance by The Second City and reception
Tickets are required for entry. Space is limited – you must purchase tickets here.
The culmination of a yearlong collaboration between NRDC and Studio Gang Architects, Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago’s Waterways is a new book dedicated to exploring the importance of the Chicago River and the possibilities for its 21st-century transformation. Both an information-rich resource and a catalyst for future action, its diverse content, perspectives, and visions fully illuminate the complex and urgent opportunity currently facing our city.
‘Nuff said.
CI: What do plants mean to you? When did you start using them in your own work, and why?
Carson Fisk-Vittori: My work with plants started as a reaction from moving from a rural setting in Austin, TX to the urban midwest city of Chicago six years ago. In the city the wilderness is very contained. Everything is either manicured or intentionally abandoned, to a point where the flowerbeds on Michigan avenue contrast with the abandoned empty lots, and both, in their differences, become these kinds of arrangements. They at once show our love of natural beauty, our need to control it, our ignorance and arrogance. I began to look at it in this way where a soda can thrown in a flower pot is a gesture, because it is intentionally placed whether or not the person was aware of it or not. It’s really a natural gesture, like eating a cherry and spitting out the core, but in our world we are dealing with these man-made objects that are specially designed and branded. The contrast of man-made object and plant life really shows how far away we are from living with nature. I basically started looking closer at these casual arrangements and creating my own with elements of plants and man-made objects. My first gesture was in my backyard, Portal, 2007, which is an image of a mirror leaning against a bush. In the image it looks as if the grass is climbing up the bush in the form of a prism, and almost looks like a digitally constructed image. From there I really started to get interested in exploring my own arrangements of natural and man-made rather than found situations. I view these arrangements as microcosms for our relationship with nature. (Read full article).
I am excited to share this interview I did with Duncan MacKenzie from Bad at Sports. A great deal of the work we are doing on NewMediator was inspired by the many dedicated folks behind Bad at Sports. I am basically stealing their idea and trying to do what I think they have done with the…
Like. Looks good photographed too, which is always key.
Dude this is pretty cool
hennessyyoungman:HOW TO MAKE AN ART. NEW PAINTING BY HENNESSY YOUNGMAN.
EVERY CUTIE WITH A BOOTIE (AUTUMN RHYTHM 2: DIE HARDER)
2011
mercerized cotton
9ft x 5ftI TOLD YA’LL IM THE KOTDAYUM COOGI KING.
“Beginning Tuesday, June 7th (and every Tuesday there after in June) - Food Truck Tuesdays will begin on the corner of North and Halsted. Below is a list of vendors that are scheduled to take part:
- 5411 Empanadas
- Flirty Cupcakes
- Gaztro Wagon
- Haute Sausage
- Hummingbird Kitchen
- The Slide Ride
- The Southern Mac
- Sweet Miss GIvens
- Sweet RIde
- Tamalli Space CHarros
- Taquero Fusion
Admission - Free, but bring a couple dollars so you can experience some of these great local vendors. No parking available - Public transit only. Come get your foodie on.” - thegirlsoflincolnpark
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This is awesome!
This sounds amazing.
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Via Flickr:
Amelia County, Virginia
Nikon F100it was always an amazing sight how Kudzu would take over everything in its path.
Food for thought re: early modernist revival conversations.
William George Gillies
20th century
Honestly, name me one single fucking thing that Lady Gaga has done that Madonna didn’t do before her? I do not get the Lady Gaga obsession. I didn’t get the Madonna obsession in her day either, but why does no one give credit where credit is due? Why does everyone act like Gaga is the Second Coming or something?? Oh wait…I guess because she is. The second coming of Madonna, that is.
To the owner of this Tumblr: I just found your other Tumblr, the one with found sounds. I think it is awesome. Please, please update it again soon! I also like this Tumblr too. And this particular photograph. Thank you.
Not sure about the headline choice, but I like that the U of C is covering this.
“Devastated,” says Linda, a housekeeper in a University of Chicago dormitory. That’s how she felt when she heard the news. “I was devastated. I felt like we weren’t going to have a job anymore…We don’t know what to do. We’re just waiting here like sitting ducks.”
In a meeting with housekeepers on April 7, University of Chicago administrators announced their plans for major changes to the current housekeeping staff. The proposal calls for a consolidation of Housing personnel, the full-time housekeepers who serve the residence halls, and Facilities staff, who work in on-campus buildings. Additionally, the proposal suggests outsourcing housekeeping jobs. In an e-mail interview, University spokesman Steven Kloehn clarifies that the plan involved “the hiring of a contractor, a firm outside the University staff, which would be responsible for performing that work.” Currently, workers in the Housing staff receive their paychecks directly from the UofC, and Facilities workers are employed by a private sub-contractor. If all goes according to the University’s plan, a new, independent cleaning company will manage the housekeepers in all dorms, on-campus buildings and the surrounding grounds.
The purpose of the change, according to University officials, is to increase efficiency and quality of service by consolidating the Housing and Facilities services under one umbrella. Shortly after the housekeeping staff was notified of the change, a document of frequently-asked questions was sent to all Resident Heads, emphasizing the “functional expertise” of the Facilities staff. The consolidation, according to the document, would provide the “best leverage [of] the skills and resources we have at the University.” However, the department merger spells an uncertain future for campus workers and the possibility of lay-offs hangs over their head. (Read more by clicking link above).
