by Alicia | Sep 19, 2008 | Art Writing, Artforum.com, Writing
In his new body of work, the Chicago-based photographer John Opera skillfully and conspicuously leaps from landscape to abstract photography. When creating works in the former category, Opera nearly takes an ironic jab at the genre’s tropes but ultimately smartly...
by Alicia | Jul 8, 2008 | Art Writing, Artforum.com, Writing
“Ladylike: A Proper Take on Feminist Art” KOSCIELAK GALLERY 1646 N. Bosworth Ave. June 13–July 31, 2008 Jessica Hannah, Showroom No. 6 (Robot Lady Talking on Phone), 2008. Performance view. One wouldn’t expect an exhibition titled “Ladylike” to present a view of...
by Alicia | Jun 20, 2008 | Artforum.com, Writing
Tom Denlinger’s thoughtful exhibition—of photographs and a video—challenges notions of the local landscape as bland or static. Denlinger brings to the subject a keen sense of three-dimensional space, the museum context, and representations of landscape in art history....
