Thursday, October 20, 2011

New City Review: El Stitch y Bitch/Antena Gallery

This exhibition of work from the group El Stitch y Bitch reminded me of the essentially “relational” aims of feminist work of the 1970s and eighties, specifically Judy Chicago’s Birth Project, a series of embroidered depictions of birth stitched by women, non-artists, from all over the country. While the work on display at Antena in Pilsen looks good, the process out of which the work arises—groups of women stitching,...

Monday, October 17, 2011

Antena @ MDW

MDW Fall Showcase October 21st- 23rd
 at The Geolofts 3636 S Iron St. Vernissage: Friday October 21, 8-11pm Saturday Noon to 6pm Sunday Noon to 6pm $5 admission  ANTENA: BOOTH #230 Artists representing Antena: Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan   Edra Soto (b. Puerto Rico) is a Chicago based artist. In 1995 Edra received the Alfonso Arana Fellowship to work in Paris for one year. She attended The School of the...