Chicago: Stained Glass Windows

 

 

Curator Rolf Achilles at Macy's Pedway,

with American Victorian Stained Glass Window Installations

A PIONEERING EXHIBIT

 

 

For the entire post, .. click here..

Driehaus Museum [Louis Comfort Tiffany - expression of Beauty through stained glass]

One of the posts I absolutely enjoyed writing

is on Louis Comfort Tiffany
and the different types of glass he used to produce vibrant, dazzling pieces

 .. click here..

NOTE: All my new updates are on my Public Art website.. click here..

Navy Pier [Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows and Driehaus Gallery]



Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, Navy Pier, Chicago.


 
New updates on this blog have almost stopped
as all new updates have been on my new website with the same name
Public Art in Chicago.. click here..


A recent addition has been on
Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows at Navy Pier..and..
The Driehaus Gallery of Stained Glass Windows, Navy Pier.
I have been organizing the images in Photo Galleries..

Smith Museum: Photo Gallery I.. click here..
Smith Museum: Photo Gallery II.. click here..
Smith Museum: Photo Gallery III.. click here..
Smith Museum: Photo Gallery IV [Tiffany Galleries].. click here..
And
Driehaus Gallery.. click here..

Smith Museum [Holy Family - by Alfonso Iannelli]

Holy Family - by Alfonso Iannelli

 

Holy Family - Design and possibly fabricated by Alfonso Iannelli

 

Location: Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows
At Navy Pier, Chicago.

2013 Temporary Exhibit: Boeing Galleries at Millennium Park [ Legends, Myths and Truths - by Jun Kaneko]

  

Legends, Myths and Truths – by Jun Kaneko

Temporary Exhibition: April 12 – November 3, 2013.

Location: North and South Boeing Galleries at Millennium Park, Chicago.

 

 

 

 

Jun Kaneko at the Opening Reception of exhibition,

"Legends, Myths and Truths".

Moving Forward: NEW Developments

I have not updated this blog in quite sometime. But I have not quit documenting Public Art in Chicago.. Here are some New Developments that has been consuming my time..

 NEW WEBSITE:

 

My own website.. "Public Art in Chicago" click here..
This was long overdue. It  is the same as my blog, but much more personal..
About Me: click here..
My Commissions: click here..
This will be more of a sculptor based website..
The website is in various stages of incompleteness...

AIC Temporary Exhibition: Picasso and Chicago

 

 

PICASSO AND CHICAGO

Temporary Exhibit :  February 20, 2013 – May 12, 2013

At Regenstein Hall [ The Art Institute of Chicago]
Curator:  Stephanie D'Alessandro.

The Exhibition marks the centennial anniversary
 of the Armory Show in Feb, 1913. 
The show was at the Art Institute of Chicago [AIC],
which became the first American museum to exhibit works of
Pablo Picasso [1881-1973]

 

A Terrific Exhibition!!! It brings out the evolution of  a genius that was Pablo Picasso!!! Picasso is my all time favorite artist, and this exhibition traces the different styles and techniques Picasso mastered from the early Blue Period to his late career. It illuminates the special bond Chicago has with Picasso and how pivotal was been the role of AIC in the awareness of the artist! I am specially Thankful for the inclusion of  22 illustrations from the Vollard Suite, [where Picasso inserted himself as the mythical  man-beast Minotur into scenes of bacchanalian feasts], which has always intrigued me! 

EXPO Chicago teams up with city's major cultural institutions to announce, EXPO Art Week: Sep16-22, 2013.

 

Tony Karman, President/ Director of EXPO Chicago!

 

Tuesday, February 20 2013:

Special Announcement at the Chicago Cultural Center

[Millennium Park Room]

 

Expo Chicago, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art,

teams up with

Choose Chicago, and

 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events [DCASE]

for the Expo Art Week!

Sep 16-22, 2013.

 

Desti-Nation: A Haitian Magazine, with article on Dusable

Desti-Nation: A Haitian magazine, with the goal of  promoting Haiti outside;  had story on Jean-Baptiste Pointe duSable. It was a lead story, covered in the center pages of the magazine.  The article "Jean Baptiste Pointe duSable of Haitian descent, Founder of Chicago", was by Marc Arthur Pierre -Louis, and the accompanying photo was an image taken by me!

Figural Sculptures of Lincoln Park



When it comes to commemorative sculptures, figural has it's place firmly established. No amount of abstraction, symbolism or minimalism can bring out the beauty and accuracy of a detailed figural sculpture. It can capture essence of one's character in one simple pose and immortalize it for ages to come! Personally, I love figural sculptures!!!

While talking about figural, Lincoln Park has a fair share of these beautiful bronzes. The most famous is the "Abraham Lincoln Monument" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, which has been designated the status of a Chicago Landmark. But there are many others which are absolutely beautiful. My personal favorite is the Shakespeare Monument.

Non Identical twins of Grant Park

 

 

Small little things can amuse me! Yesterday, working on the Eagles photos in Grant Park, I realized that the two eagles on the north and south of the Congress Plaza in Grant Park are not identical [somehow I had always assumed they were!].  This provided an incentive for a small quick post..

 

The non-identical twins of Grant Park!

 

The Bowman and Spearman - by  Ivan Mestrovic

The Eagle Fountains - by Frederick C. Hibbard

The Lions - by Edward Kemeys



 

 

 

  The Bowman and Spearman - by  Ivan Mestrovic

Location: Congress Plaza Gardens, Grant Park

For more,  click here

 

 

 

The Eagle Fountains - by Frederick C. Hibbard

Location: Congress Plaza Gardens, Grant Park

For more, click here..

 

One has it's beak open, one close.Frederick C. [who is the sculptor's grandson]  points out that the eagle on the north side is a Golden Eagle and on the south side is the Bald Eagle.

 

 

 

The Lions - by Edward Kemeys

Location: Art Institute of Chicago

For more, click here..