Sticker show and Martha Cooper at Maxwell Colette Gallery

Last night, Chicago's Maxwell Colette Gallery opened a show based on DB Burkeman's extensive sticker art collection in conjunction with the book Stickers: Stuck Up Piece of Crap, which he published last year  containing images of thousands of stickers. Today Saturday, both Burkeman and legendary documentary photographer Martha Cooper will be signing books at the gallery from 1 to 3 pm.  Martha Cooper is the co-author of the seminal graffiti book, Subway Art, as well as the author of documentary books ranging from Street Play, the Hip-Hop Files, and Going Postal.

Martha was out here in Chicago a few years ago for the release party for the 25th anniversary edition of Subway Art.

That was a lot of fun.  Today's show and signing should be just as great.

DB Burkeman and Martha Cooper book signing
at Maxwell Colette Gallery
908 N Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL

Saturday, January 21, 2012
1 to 3 pm

The sticker show itself, Stuck Up: A Selected History of Alternative & Pop Culture Told Through Stickers will be on view today through March 3, 2012

Thor

Thor, originally uploaded by fotoflow / Oscar Arriola.

I submitted this photo of my friend Thor for the You Are Beautiful show that opened this past weekend at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco. You Are Beautiful is a non-profit campaign that started in Chicago close to a decade ago. People around the world have been spreading this simple message in many forms including signs, stickers, street art, and large-scale installations. There'll be an opening reception tonight Wednesday, January 18, 2012. More info here... www.missionculturalcenter.org/MCCLA_New/events.html#youAr... It should be a fun time.

Merry Everything to EVERYBODY!

Merry Everything to EVERYBODY!, originally uploaded by featherbed.

This artwork is by the amazing Laura Park.

Wooding Out

Artist Matt Sauermilch has a show of work made with graphite, carved bones, and wood including this piece titled Highlife...

Opens tonight Friday at Heaven Gallery in Wicker Park.

Matt Sauermilch: The Process of Wooding Out
at Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave
2nd floor
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 16, 2011
7 to 11pm
Also open this Saturday, December 17 from noon to 5
The show will be on view through Jan 15, 2011

Revenge of the Nerd...Art Show!

Chicago graffiti artist, NERD, will have an art extravaganza open tomorrow night Friday at the 2612 Space in Chicago featuring artwork and an installation. 

Revenge of the Nerd...Art Show!
at the 2612 Space
2612 W Nelson (at Elston)
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 15, 2011
6 to 10 pm
Music by DJ Madcap Mook

Under Monster

A collective from the School of the Art Institute Chicago will have a collaborative installation open tomorrow night Friday at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport.

Under Monster
at the Co-Prosperity Sphere
3221 S Morgan
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 16, 2011
6 to 9 pm
On view through January 13, 2012

Register for the Chicago Zine Fest

Registration opened this morning for the Chicago Zine Fest and now more than 1/2 the tables are sold out!  Going on its third year, the 2012 edition will feature more zinesters than ever.  In addition to the day of exhibition and sales there will also be workshops, a film festival, readers, and the Spring '12 Zine Olympics on the night before hosted by Billy da' Bunny.  Fun will be had by all.

Here's the 2012 schedule...

SILVER TONGUE READING SERIES PRESENTS
Gender, Race and Sexuality: A Discussion with Women in Self-Publishing 1 - 3pm
A panel discussion to feature Cristy Road, Anne Elizabeth Moore and Mimi Nguyen
Conaway Center
Columbia College
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL


YOUTH ZINE READING, 6 - 7pm
EXHIBITOR ZINE READING, 7- 9pm
826CHI
1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.
SPRING '12 ZINE OLYMPICS, 9:30 - 11pm
Hosted by Billy da Bunny!
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 W. North Ave.
Chicago, IL


SATURDAY, MARCH 10th
ZINE TABLING EXHIBITION, 11am - 6pm
Conaway Center (1st & 8th Floor)
Columbia College
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL


Featuring a 150+ tablers, DIY Film Festival, Workshops, Kid's activities
and More!
KARAOKE AFTERPARTY, 8pm - 12am
Hosted by Shameless Karaoke!
Location TBA

You can register for a 1/2 table for $10 at http://www.chicagozinefest.org/. Chicago cartoonist Lilli Carré designed this year's poster as well as this t-shirt that you can pre-order here!

X-Men Crew Art Show

RGB Lounge in Wicker Park is celebrating their 1-year anniversary with an art show celebrating the X-Men graffiti crew.  There'll be photography documenting the crew as well as artwork by crew members.

X-Men Crew Art Show
at RGB Lounge
1420 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL

Saturday, December 3, 2011
Doors open at 7pm

Hold Fast to Dreams

I'll be showing some photographs in a show opening tonight Friday at the Believe Inn.

Chinatown, NYC by Oscar Arriola

Erik DeBat has some mesmerizing geometric pieces that are in a different direction from other work I've seen by him.  Alex Bradley Cohen has a huge, fun drawing full of characters, some of which are replicated with some handmade fabric figures.  Aregentian artist Irana Douer has some beautiful mixed media drawings, David "COVE" Gonzalez is showing several canvases and drawings done in his distinctive abstracted character style that I love.  Kim Hoffman has some great pieces including two that include a Ginko leaf collage that meshes excellently with her artwork.  Ellen Greene has an amazing set of flash tattoo inspired imagery painted on white vintage leather gloves. Erik Harris has drawings and birdhouse-like structures made from relcaimed materials and there'll also be prints, paintings, and constructions by Mirtes Zwierzynski, Chris Silva, Lauren Feece, Andrew Schansberg, and Danny Mansmith.

I'm looking forward to this show because there's a great mix of work on the walls and I've always liked visiting this space.

There are 5 art openings (including this one) in the Bucktown/Wicker Park/West Town area opening tonight and I plan on visiting all of them.  The other 4 shows are listed in the entries below.

Hold Fast to Dreams
at the Believe Inn
2043 N Winchester Ave
(1 block east of Damen, 1 block north of Armitage, look for the black gate that says Believe Inn)
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 2, 2011
7pm to 10pm
Other viewing hours by appointment

Text and Drugs and Rock & Roll

Curator Billy Craven has put together a massive show of almost 50 artists from Chicago and around the world opening tonight Friday at Maxwell Collette Gallery.

Including work by Abe Lincoln Jr, Antonio Martinez, Bask, Bill Connors, Brian Knowles, Brooks Golden, Chad Davis, Clown Soldier, Colt Bowden, Dain, Derek Erdman, Don’t Fret, El Celso, Elik, Emily Cunningham, Faust, Fred Litch, Glenn Wexler, Goons, Greg Mike, Hebru Brantley, Infinity, Instigator, Joe Padilla, Klepto, Lloyd Patterson, Mark O’Brien, Mike Murdock, Mike Perry, Nice-One, Posterboy, Priest, Ron Copeland, RP Reeson, Ryan Duggan, Scott Albrecht, Sebastian Napoli, Stikman, Telepath UK, TEWZ, Thomas Billings, Tim Pigott, Victor Kaifas, Weed Wolf, Zero, and Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, this show will contain a great mix of text-based street art, paintings, drawings, and more.

The Chicago Reader has it listed as their Critic's Pick this week.

Text and Drugs and Rock & Roll
at Maxwell Collette Gallery
908 N Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 2, 2011
6 to 9 pm
On view through January 7, 2012

Bob Jones at 65GRAND Gallery

Milwaukee artist Bob Jones will have a show of new work opening tonight at 65GRAND in West Town.  Exploring various materials to produce artwork that are a mixture of painting and sculpture, this show should have some interesting work to check out.

Bob Jones: Mountains and Matter
at 65GRAND
1369 W Grand Ave
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 2, 2011
7 to 10 pm
On view through December 31, 2011

Neche Collection

Wicker Park's Public Works Gallery will have a show titled Neche Collection opening tomorrow night Friday.  Veronica Corzo-Duchardt will be showing a series of photo diptychs and prints illustrating the life of her grandfather Neche through images of his possessions.  Public Works is conveniently located just south of the Damen Blue Line CTA station.

Veronica Corzo-Duchardt: Neche Collection
at Public Works Gallery
1539 N Damen Ave
2nd floor
Chicago, IL

Opening reception: Friday, December 2, 2011
7 to 11 pm
On view through December

Tony Fitzpatrick: New Etchings

Chicago's Tony Fitzpatrick will have a show of his distinctive etchings at Firecat Projects tomorrow night Friday in Bucktown.  It should be a fun time.

Tony Fitzpatrick
Nickel History: The Nation of Heat
Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave
Friday, December 2, 2011
7 to 10 pm

Grilled

Grilled, originally uploaded by fotoflow / Oscar Arriola.

I just got this great zine in the mail featuring NYC doors and the tons of tags they're covered with. It's got a silkscreened cover and 72 pages of full-bleed black and white photos by Sabeth.  It's really well done and I highly recommend it. It was put out in an edition of 100 and there's still a few left. Ordering info here.

2011 Eyeworks Festival

Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation 2011 Poster Trailer from Eyeworks Festival on Vimeo.

Today, Sunday is part two of the 2011 Eyeworks Festival.  Eyeworks is dedicated to presenting all kinds of experimental animation, both contemporary and from the past.   Lille Carre and  Alexander Stewart  curated this year's festival and are presenting it at DePaul University's downtown campus.  Here's the schedule for this afternoon...

Program Three
Sunday, November 6, 1:00 pm
65 minutes

Len Lye - Tusalava 10:00, 1929
Takashi Ito - Thunder 5:00, 1985
Eric Patrick - Ablution 13:00, 2001
Gary Beydler - Glass Face 3:00, 1975
Jesse McManus - Macavity 3:00, 2011
Eric Dyer - The Bellows March 5:30, 2009
Bendik Kaltenborn - The End 10:00, 2008
Paul Bush - While Darwin Sleeps 5:00, 2004
Johan Rijpma - Tape Generations 2:30, 2011
John Stehura - Cibernetik 5.3 8:00, 1961-65


Program Four
Sunday, November 6, 3:30 pm
70 minutes

Paul Rayment - Piano 2:00, 2010
Larry Jordan - Solar Sight 15:00, 2011
Josh Bonnetta - First Snow 2:00, 2004
Laura Heit - The Deep Dark 7:07, 2011
Scott Wolniak - Work Movie 2:40, 2001
Takashi Sawa - Mathematica 8:00, 2000
Nicolas Mahler - Mystery Music 5:00, 2009
Priit and Olga Pärn - Divers in the Rain 24:00, 2010
Dalibor Barić - Pain so light that appears as tickle 4:05, 2010


Looping program
Playing on monitors on view in the theater lobby throughout the festival

Julie Doucet - I Need An Escape Plan
Phenakistoscopes by Florent Ruppert and Jerome Mulot



Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation 2011 Preview Trailer from Eyeworks Festival on Vimeo.

Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation
at DePaul University
247 S State St
DePaul CDM Theater
Lower Level
Chicago, IL

Day 2 - Sunday, November 6, 2011
Program 3 begins at 1pm
Program 4 begins at 3:30 pm
Tickets are $6 per program and are available at the door, cash only.