Friday, May 11, 2012

CANstruction 2012 [at Merchandise Mart]


Nuts about Fighting Hunger [Mr. Peanut]

CANstruction 2012
6th Annual Chicago Design/Build Competition
Presented by Whole Foods..
Location: Lobby of the Merchandise Mart.

More than 85,000 pounds of food from the 19 colossal structures of the Sixth Annual Canstruction design/build competition will go to provide food for hungry people in Cook County. Chicago architects, engineers and construction companies are showing off their designs and engineering genius to aid in the cause to fight hunger. All cans used in the structures benefit the Food Depository


Nuts about Fighting Hunger [Mr. Peanut]
Alfred Benesch & Company


The V8 Summit
RTKL/GRAEF


A Healthy Balance
KJWW Engineering / VOA / Berglund


Chicago Harbor Lighthouse - A beaCAN of hope
Hirsch Associates / C.E. Anderson & Associates / Linn-Mathes



Hungry Birds
HDR Architecture, Inc.


The LEGO ManCAN
BSA Lifestructures


Shake Off Hunger
Potbelly Sandwich Works


Cape CANaveral
The Boeing Company


Hunger is Not a Game
OKW Architects Inc.



Hunger is Not a Game
OKW Architects Inc.


Feed Me
Murphy / Jahn Architects


Feed the Hungry, Not the Meter
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects/ W.E. O'Neil


InterCANected
Smith Group JJR


Jonquilla hyperbola [aka Daffodils]
Skidmore, Owing & Merrill LP


Block Out Hunger
RJN Group, Inc.


CANacopia
Goettsch Partners


Show Your Helping Hand
Muller+Muller, Ltd. / Primera Engineers


Hole Food - Do it for Chicago
Harley Ellis Devereaux / AVI-SPL



Hole Food - Do it for Chicago
Harley Ellis Devereaux / AVI-SPL

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Alterpolitan : An Indoor Sculpture Garden [at Inland Steel Bldg.]





Alterpolitan; An Indoor Sculpture Garden
Presented by the Chicago Loop Alliance, Noisivelvet and Art Advisory, Ltd
Curated by Susan Blackman
Temporary Exhibit: May 3  to  May 26 , 2012..
Location: Inland Steel Bldg.
Noisivelvet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for the arts and artists making public work.

Alterpolitan includes sculptures by 17 artists: Andrew Arvanetes, Barbara Cooper, Barry Tinsley, Mike Baur, Corinne D. Peterson, Darrin Hallowell, Derick Malkemus, Elena Rakochy, Bob Emser, Eric W. Stephenson, Jason Verbeek, John Hatlested, John Himmelfarb, Mike Helbing, Ron Gard, Terry Karpowicz and Victoria Fuller.




Darrin Hallowell - Self Portrait Chauvet
2005-12/ Iron Oxide


Barry Tinsley - Red Walker
2011/ Aluminum & Stainless Steel


John Himmelfarb - Blue Motive
2011 /woodblock prints on blocks of wood


John Himmelfarb - The Road to Herron
2011 /woodblock prints on blocks of wood


John Himmelfarb - Mesa
2011 / Bronze


Terry Karpowicz - Leaving the Nest
1992 / Steel, wood, stone


Ron Gard - H2H
2009 / 100+ year old Fire Warehouse beam


Jason Verbeek - Tathered
2010 / Carbon steel, Stainless steel, Grass..


Victoria Fuller - Knob Job and the Power Box
2011/ wood, doorknobs & sockets 


Elena Rakochy - Untitled
2011 / Stoneware


Corinne D. Peterson - Flow, Here I Stand, Blue, Fog, Sand
2010 / Stoneware
 Bob Emser - Wind of Change
2010 / Stainless Steel, Painted Aluminum


Eric W. Stephenson - Squirm
1996 / Welded steel, plexiglass & rubber..


Andrew Arvanetes - Quest
1997 / Bronze


Barbara Cooper - Rupture
2006 / Cast iron


Derick Malkemus - Bounce
2006 / cast aluminum, stainless steel


John Hatlestad - Wind of Change
2010/ Stainless stell, painted aluminum


Mike Helbing - Mike's Raintree
2010 / Stainless steel


Mike Baur - Artesian 2
2008 / Steel and concrete


Mike Baur - Redwing
2008 / Steel and concrete


Mike Baur - Aerial
2010 / steel, concrete & copper

Please point out any mistakes in names, spelling or any other mistake..

Untitled - by Elena Rakochy



Untitled - by Elena Rakochy
At Alterpolitan : An Indoor Sculpture Garden
at Inland Steel Bldg.
Presented by Noisivelvet
Noisivelvet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for the arts and artists making public work.






Small scale sculptures by John Himmelfarb [at Alterpolitan; An Indoor Sculpture Garden]



Small scale sculptures by John Himmelfarb
at Alterpolitan; An Indoor Sculpture Garden
Temporary Exhibit: May 3 to May 26 , 2012..
Location: Inland Steel bldg.
Presented by Noisivelvet
Noisivelvet is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for the arts and artists making public work..

For more sculptures at Alterpolitan, click here..







Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Best Wishes Lucas!


Lucas Cowan:  Senior Curator at Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture will now be the new Director of Public Art for the Maryland State Arts Council.
A Big Loss for the City of Chicago!

I came to know Lucas, when I was the official photographer for the exhibition, "Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection", and he is extremely talented, very hard working and a very amicable person!

 

Here is Lucas with the scale model of  "Tribute", an installation by Guerra de La Paz..  . He prepared a similar scale model for every single object at display in the exhibition..  



Some images of the exhibition.. "Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection"..




Check out the exhibition..
Morbid Curiosity: Richard Harris Collection
Location: Sidney Yates Gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center..
January 28 – July 8, 2012
Curator: Lucas Cowan
Co-Curator: Debra Purden
Director of Exhibitions: Dr. Elizabeth Lee Kelly..
Presented by Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture..