Public Art in Chicago: May 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

St Ives, Patron Saint of Lawyers at Northwestern University School of Law

St Ives, Patron Saint of Lawers

Northwestern University School of Law

Any more information on this sculpture id welcome!

Portrait with Sculptor - Dr. Theodoros Papagiannis

The Runners - by Dr. Theodoros Papagiannis

2011

Location: O'Hare International Airport, Chiacgo

40 feet long x 18 feet height

10 individual runners statues. Each of the first five runners is 6,000 pounds (3 tons) and the last five runners are12,000 pounds (12 tons)

The stainless steel sculpture was water-jet cut from high grade vessel strength steel, approx. 2.25 inches thick

The sculpture is donated by the Athens Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International. It was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chicago-Athens Sister City relationaship and honors Chicago's large Greek-American community.

For the love of blur..

Art Chicago, 2011

Every year, the end of April, comes my favourite art show in Chicago, Atropolis at Merchandise Mart. Atropolis, an annual event is composed of three events..

Art Chicago
NEXT, and..
The International Antiques Fair

Art Chicago is the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art. NEXT is a showcase for the world’s emerging talents.. and.. The International Antiques Fair is one of the world’s best dealers in antiques and fine arts.. My main interest is Art Chicago.
Art Chicago, the annual international fair of contemporary and modern art, was at Merchandise Mart, April 29 to May 2, 2011, with Preview on April 28..
It's easy to break down the fair into..

Outdoor installations
Interior Installations, and..
Galleries..

Outdoor Sculptural Installation..
There are 25 outdoor sculptural installations, "Avenue of Sculpture" by members of CSI, like this sculpture, My Pi, by John Adduci. It's curated by Tony Karman..
More can be seen here, click here..

Mural by Shepard Fairey..

Sculptural installation, Invocation, by Josh Garber..
Interior Installations..
There are about 9 interior installations. These include, sculptures, murals and mixed-media. Indoor installation includes works by Jane Manus [Spellbound], Josh Garber [Invocation], Juan Angel Chavez [Listening Chambers], Shepard Fairey [Mural], Erik DeBat [Word is Bond], Rein de Lege [200 Faces], Dietrich Wegner [Black Oracle] , Glenn Wexler [G3 Photographic Vinyl Media Installation, and, Thomas Ramey [Rollin', Rollin' Rollin]..
Images of all the Interior Installations can be seen here, click here..

GALLERIES..
Now coming to main interest, the Art Galleries. There were about 100 galleries, from all over the country and a few from abroad. It included exhibitors from London, Paris, Toronto and Shanghai among others.. Within the country, there were galleries from all over the country and many from Chicago.
There were many galleries that impressed me. However, if I have to select a few name of artists, they would be Hanneke Beaumont [Contessa Gallery], Carol A. Feurman [International Sculpture Center], Ruth Bloch [Galerie Vivendi], David Robinson [Windsor Gallery] and Kevin Barrett [Evan Lurie Gallery]..

I've earlier written on..
Some galleries that compelled me to Stop! And Photograph!..

Then there were works from my favourite CSI team..click here...

I've posted more images on some of my favourite works..

RELATED LINKS..

Art Chicago, 2011 [The CSI team, at Art Chicago, 2011]

From left.. Dusty Folwarczny, Jenny Arvin, Bob Emser, Betsey Lipp, Yvette Kaiser Smith, and Kelly Ludeking..

Exhibit "Six to the Third", by CSI, at Booth #167..
Art Chicago, 2011
CSI stands for Chicago Sculpture International, a non-profit organization, an affiliate of International Sculpture Center.

The CSI, has been associated with Art Chicago, for much more than a gallery for five days of Artropolis extravaganza. They began much earlier and with "Avenue of Sculpture" outdoor exhibit, which will stay on site for about six months..

There are twenty-five sculptural pieces installed along the Orleans Street, River Drive and one on Wacker and Orleans. These installations progressed in stages, beginning on April 2, when the first set of eleven sculptures were installed..
Some images from installations..

Some images from installation process..

Dusty Folwarczny, giving final touches to John Suave's work, Die Gluckliche Hand..

From left.. Ron Gard, Tony Karman, Terrence Karpowicz, Ted Garner, Christine Rojek and Dusty Folwarczny..

Talk about team-work! Everyone was helping each-other. But three names need special mention, Ron Gard, Ted Garner, and Terrence Karpowicz, who were there for most of the installations, almost all of them.

Exhibit "Six to the Third"..
The idea was that each sculpture fits in a 6"x6"x6" box. More than 80 sculptors participated in the show. What I found very interesting was that each of these pieces was like table-top piece, with the potential of large-scale sculpture.

Betsey Lipp, helping visitors and clients at the CSI booth..

Many pieces were sold..

After all the hard work, there was time to celebrate. the wrap-up party was at Cityscape Bar, Holiday Inn, just west of Merchandise Mart..

Here's raising a toast!
YESss the CSI team ROCKS!!!

Here's beautiful Chicago cityscape from the Cityscape Bar..
Here's more images of celebration at Cityscape Bar, click here..

RELATED LINKS..
# Art Chicago, 2011 [Some galleries that complelled me to Stop!]..
# Art Chicago, 2011..
# CSI team at Art Chicago, 2011..
# Interior Installations, Art Chicago, 2011..

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Art Chicago, 2011 [Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio]

Sculpture by Hanneke Beaumont..

Contessa Gallery..
Cleveland, Ohio..
The works of one of my favourite sculptors Hanneke Beaumont, was represent by Contessa Gallery. Hanneke Beaumont was born in Maastricht, The Netherlands. She studied dentistry in the United States, but moved back to Europe, to Belgium, where she still lives today. Beaumont's sculptures are realized in terracotta, bronze and cast iron.

Art Chicago, 2011 [Timothy Yarger Gallery, Beverly Hills]

Elizabeth Yochim and Tim Yarger at the Timothy Yarger Gallery..

Timothy Yarger Gallery, Beverly Hills..
Art Chicago, 2011..

The gallery represented some beautiful workk by Louise Nevelson..

These beautiful bronzes are by Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez..

Zhenya Gershman at Timothy Yarger Gallery..

Paintings by Zhenya Gershman at Timothy Yarger Gallery..

RELATED LINKS..
# Art Chicago, 2011 [Some galleries that complelled me to Stop!]..
# Art Chicago, 2011..
# CSI team at Art Chicago, 2011..
# Interior Installations, Art Chicago, 2011..

Art Chicago, 2011 [Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris]

Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris..
The sculptures are by Ruth Bloch..
An excerpt from her website..
In each of her pieces Bloch gives tremendous volume to emotion and celebrates life in each of its stages. Her work conveys a unique and universal emotion all at once, which life has created within her.
The feminine body, maternal instinct and the couple are the main focuses of her sculptures..