by Alicia | Sep 26, 2012 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — The excitement and buzz around Expo Chicago, the Windy City’s resurgence into the international art world, felt deafening. Practically every artist in the city who knew how to handle art was in some way involved with the fair. Newcitynewspaper, the city’s #1...
by Alicia | Sep 25, 2012 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, News, Writing
Writer Alicia Eler profiles Chicago artists Dawoud Bey, Jeanne Dunning, Aay Preston-Myint and Doug Ischar for the top 50 list. Number 8: Dawoud Bey One of Dawoud Bey’s earliest photographic memories is a book called “The Movement,” which his family brought home after...
by Alicia | May 28, 2009 | Artist Essays, News, Response: Art & the Art of Criticism, Writing
Response: Art and the Art of Criticism with Carrie Schneider University of Illinois at Chicago’s I-Space Gallery April 24-May 30, 2009 Alicia recently participated in “Response: Art & the Art of Criticism” at I-Space Gallery (April 24-May 31, 2009), a show that...
by Alicia | Mar 17, 2009 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, News, Writing
Taxidermy is big business—and high art. A March 6 New York Times article reported taxidermy sightings at this year’s Armory Art Fair, including Carolyn Salas and Adam Parker Smith’s buckhead whose abnormally huge antlers twist into the air like overgrown tree...
by Alicia | Dec 8, 2008 | Art Writing, Newcity Newspaper, Writing
Art Fairing in a new economy, Chicago blows through the 2008 Miami art fairs Overall murmurs of low attendance aside, Art Basel Miami Beach reported more registered collectors and cultural institutions than any previous year. The Miami Herald said that almost half of...
