Short Court: Tropical Aesthletics

Curated by Tag Team 

February 10 - March 10, 2012


Opening Friday February 10 from 6pm-10pm


Prepare for fun in the synthetic sun at Short Court: Tropical Aesthletics!
A sporting event and painting exhibition all in one! HOT!HOT!HOT!


This collision of spectacles has it all:
* Attendees can challenge a pair of professional volleyball players
for the chance to WIN $100!
* Chicago's best painters will display event-specific works on the
walls surrounding the court!
*!Muy Caliente!  Imbibe exotic tropical beverages from the Cabana!
*!Muy Caliente! DJ set by wurkstep pioneers SICH MANG!
*!Muy Caliente! Sun Lamps, Palm Trees, Coastal Wildlife, Sun Block, and Sand!
The sandy lines dividing spectators, artists, and athletes will be
smoothed over by all feet that make their way to this one night event
at Antena.
Painters include: Adam Farcus, Adam Grossi, Alberto Aguilar, Alex
Bradley Cohen, Angeline Evans, Brian Wadford, Caroline Carlsmith, Cory
Glick, Edra Soto, EC Brown, Irene Perez, Jeriah Hildwine, Jim
Papadopoulos, Kevin Jennings, Nicole Northway, Pamela Fraser, Philip
von Zweck, Thad Kellstadt, Vincent Dermody


ANTENA
1765 S. Laflin St.
Chicago IL 60608
www.antenapilsen.com
antenapilsen (at) gmail.com
(773) 340-3516
Hours: by appointment only

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VERGE ART MIAMI BEACH AT THE GREENVIEW HOTEL

1671 Washington Avenue @ 17th Street
December 1-4, 2011

PUBLIC HOURS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 2 - 3 December, Noon to 10 pm

Sunday, 4 December, Noon to 6 pm


OPENING NIGHT PARTY 
Thursday, 1 December, 2011, 6:00 pm to 10pm

Artists showing in the Antena room: Saul Aguirre and Miguel Cortez

TOMORROW'S ART TODAY: THE THIRD ANNUAL VERGE ART MIAMI BEACH
Coming Thursday, December 1, Verge Art Miami Beach invites you to experience the finest, freshest work on display in Miami Beach by living artists. Unstunted by the blue-chip rehash of a stale market, VERGE breaks away from the false quality of name recognition art to reach for something new and cutting edge. Verge Art Miami Beach is proud to host a list of exhibitors that includes international and national gallery exhibitors, and more than fifty artists for "The Drawing Show" and "Tomorrow Stars." Chosen by a distinguished panel of jurors, "Tomorrow Stars" represents the brightest and best by artists from around the globe, as selected by Meg Duguid, Clutch Gallery Director and Cultural Grants Coordinator for the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, Michael Thomas, Dogmatic Gallery co-founder and sitting member of the Visual Arts Committee for the Chicago Cultural Center, Patrick Collier, artist and critic for PortlandArt.net and ultraPDX.com, and VERGE owner Michael Workman. Don't miss out on this opportunity to own the work of tomorrow's stars today!



GALLERY EXHIBITORS

ANTIDOTE, Brooklyn, NY, and Chicago, IL, Astro Space Party, Chicago, IL, Visual Cocaine, Berlin, Germany, Friend Party Enterprises, Berlin, Germany, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL, Van Brabson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT, Byrne Art Portfolio, Merion Station, PA, McGowan Projects, London, UK, Peters Art Projects, Chicago, IL, PURE LUCK, Brooklyn, NY, Vortex Enters Void, The Muldives, Dhivehi, Klaus Gerdes Projects, New York, NY.



TOMORROW STARS

Chizuco Sophia Yw, "Propogate-G," Brooklyn, NY, Emi Brady, "Convergence," Brooklyn, NY, Fanny Allié, "My Town is Gone," Brooklyn, NY, Jay Paavonpera, "Front St. / Gold St.," Brooklyn, NY, Eve Lateiner, "Untitled," New York, NY, George Goodridge, "Number Twenty, Vertebrate Companion Series," Miami FL, Adrienne Outlaw, "How to Mistake Your ____ For a ____," Nashville, TN, Michael Iauch, "Giving of Myself," Brevard, NC, Jordi Williams, "Artificial Plantlet Array," Richmond, VA, Josafat Miranda, "Lover," Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Cindy Mason, "I will give you what you do(n't) want," St. Petersburg, FL, Alice Raymond, "Mise plat 5," Biscayne Park, FL, Jovan Karlo Vilalba, "A Dawn Perched on Downbursts," Miami, FL, Mare Vaccaro, "Valor," Lexington, KY, Horst Josch, "Against the Odds #4," Meerbusch, Germany, Francesco Vizzini, "On the Trunk," Brooklyn, NY, Marita Contreras, "Death2," St. Pete Beach, FL, Michael Harris, "Seven Island Way," Weston, FL, Romy Maloon, "Birthing," Marietta, GA, Melissa Maddonni Haims, "Hell," Philadelphia, PA.

THE DRAWING SHOW

Monica Rezman, "Hairpiece 30," Chicago, IL, Jordan West, "My Desires Are Not Easily Controlled," Santa Fe, NM, Danielle Wyckoff, "Horizon (we are each others' fates)," Athens, OH, Catherine Lane, "Figure With Guns," and "Figure With Deer," Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PST, "Rape Dream", Chicago, IL, Stefan Haase, "p016," Berlin, Germany, Alice Raymond, "Cloche," Biscayne Park, FL, Charmaine Ortiz, "Graphite Spill (Aquatic)," Carolina Beach, NC, Erin Whitman, "Projections: Gojira," Eureka, CA.

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Art Sale for Antena @ VERGE ART FAIR



Friday November 18 from 6pm-10pm



Antena will participate in this December's Verge Art Fair in Miami and we are having an art sale to raise funds to pay for necessary expenses. We will have affordable art by Miguel Cortez, Saul Aguirre and others.

For more info on Verge Art Fair: http://www.miamibeachartfair.com/miamibeachmain.html



ANTENA

1765 S. Laflin St.
Chicago, IL 60608
http://www.antenapilsen.com/

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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, sharing stories, discovering common traditions and discussing the impact on their lives created by the issues of the day—is key.

The meetings of the group El Stitch y Bitch and the relationships among women which develop out of a shared interest in textiles is a crucial but not necessarily visible component of the aesthetic project. Some of the work on display was accompanied by stories: A toilet-tissue cover in the shape of a large lacy crocheted skirt with a doll on top revealed memories of visits to a widowed Abuelo whose rural neighbors probably gave him the decorative crocheted item, or at least that was what Naomi Martinez who reproduced it, speculates about its feminine presence in a man’s house. Adriana Baltazar crocheted a soft sculptural installation of weeds common to city sidewalks along with a street sign (18th Street), commenting that the beautiful, ubiquitous chicory, dandelion and thistle are like local immigrants to Chicago, non-indigenous. Claudia Marchan, whose project was the most technically polished in keeping with its retro spirit, embroidered a garland of roses around a sentimental poem and the portrait of a Mexican movie star from the forties, Pedro Infante. Not all of the work tied the women to their Abuelos and Abuelas: a door crocheted out of “plarn,” plastic bags recycled into crochet materials, with text and photographs worked into the piece, offered a contemporary green and funky take on the theme of home, an old feminist standby. One of the strongest aspects of this small exhibit, aside from color and texture, and the multiple threads informing it (Latino identity, DIY, feminist process) is the display of a diverse group of objects which have been stitched, ranging from soft sculptures, objects which have the attributes of paintings, a coverlet made out of scraps (the only functional object in the gallery) to finely embroidered portraits. (Janina Ciezadlo)

At Antena, 1765 South Laflin, (773)340-3516, through October 22
http://art.newcity.com/2011/09/27/review-el-stitch-y-bitchantena-gallery/

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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 Art Institute of Chicago where she obtained her Masters of Fine Arts in 2OOO. Immediately after, she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work has been feature in New American Paintings and her show at Ebersmoore was selected Best Solo Exhibitions of 2010 NewCity Art of Chicago. Soto has lecture at El Museo de Puerto Rico, Harold Washington College and The Art Institute of Chicago among others. She is a member of the collective ED JR. with Deborah Boardman, Jeroen Nelemans and Ryan Richey. She is also the founder a fashion blog dedicated to artists with a flair for fashion called ModaMasters  at modamasters.blogspot.com

Locally she has exhibited at Roots and Culture, , Longman and Eagle with Harold Arts, Ebersmoore, curatorial work for Dock 6 Design & Art Series and the UBS 12 x 12 at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago among others. This summer, Edra completed a two-week residency at Ragdales newly renovated Meadow, granted by the 3Arts Foundation. Also this summer, she lectured at Beta-Local, an international contemporary space located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Current presentations include: CoLaboratory with ED JR. and (f)utility curated by Annie Moorse at The Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Core Values at North Branch Projects and  New Ways: An Exhibition of Ragdale Fellowship Artists both  curated by Regin Igloria. Upcoming presentations include:  Archival Impulse at UICGallery 400,  LIVING By Example with husband Dan Sullivan, the inaugural exhibition of The Frankin projects space at NEIUFine Arts Center Gallery and Afterimage satellite exhibition at the Roger Brown Study Collection curated by Dahlia Tulet and Thea Liberty Nichols.

Dan Sullivan was born and raised in Maine, studying in Minnesota before moving to Chicago in 1997. After years working in both the trades and the arts, Dan used his experience to found Two Lights Contracting, specializing in residential and commercial rehabs, and Navillus WoodWorks, a custom furniture and millwork business. Clients include the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Drag City Records, Renegade Handmade,  and the Illinois Holocaust Museum. 

Navillus Woodworks is a member of the Dock 6 Collective, showing in the bi-annual Design & Art Series as well as with the Object Society and in The Design Harvest Art Fair.  Dan has worked closely with Kujawa Architecture to develop a modular shelving system. With his wife, conceptual artist Edra Soto, Dan has collaborated on sculptural pieces that have been exhibited widely in venues including Ebersmoore Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago. This last year Dan has been developing the Franklin Series, a furniture line for Navillus WoodWorks, and is in the process of securing two design patents. Dan is also an active musician, playing in the bands Rabid Rabbit and Arriver. Both bands are due to release new records on the Bloodlust! Label.

ABOUT THE MDW FAIR:
Chicago: on October 21st- 23rd, The MDW Fair presents a Fall Showcase of solo and duo exhibitions curated by small not-for-profits, artist-run spaces, independent galleries, collectives and curators from around the country. This iteration of the MDW Fair runs in conjunction with The Hand in Glove Conference and will highlight innovative curatorial and administrative practices happening in independent arts initiatives. The Fall Showcase will focus on the practices of individual artists, offering the opportunity for each artist to mount an ambitious project. The Fall Showcase, like the previous MDW Fair, will also feature an independent arts publisher’s forum.

Formed in spring 2011 as a collaborative project between the Public Media Institute, Roots & Culture and threewalls. The MDW Fair was conceived as a showcase for independent art initiatives, spaces, galleries and artist groups from the Chicago metropolitan area. The initial fair, which took place April 23 & 24th of 2011, drew large crowds and press from ArtSlant, The Chicago Tribune, Bad at Sports and more as Chicagoans gathered for a special focus on the visual arts in their county.

In conjunction with The MDW Fair, threewalls & Alliance for Independent Arts Organizers will be hosting The Hand in Glove Conference on the first floor of the Geolofts. The Hand in Glove Conference is a new semiannual conference for independent visual arts facilitators working at the crossroads of creative administration and studio practice. This conference is open to people engaged in the pragmatic realities and imaginative possibilities of organizing exhibitions, re-granting programs, publications, residencies, public programs, platforms for projects, and a variety of other programming that challenges traditional formats for the production and reception of art at the grass-roots level.  The Conference takes place October 20-23rd and is open to registered participants only. Visit threewalls for more information.

Participants include:
2612 Space
65GRAND
ACRE
Alderman Exhibitions
ANTENA
ANTIDOTE
Bad at Sports
Chicago Artists Coalition
BOLT Residency
Chicago Urban Arts
DEFIBRILLATOR
Devening Projects + Editions
Document
Drawn Lots
Green Gallery
Happy Collaborationists
Harold Arts
High Concept Lab
The Hills
Hinge Gallery
Hungryman
Iceberg Projects
Itsa_pony
LVL3
Trevor Martin
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Abr Gallery
North Branch Projects
Nudashank
Old Seoul
Packer Schopf Gallery
Peanut Gallery
Pentagon
Reference
Reuben Kincaid
Roots & Culture
Sixty Inches From Center
Small Space
Spudnik Press
threewalls
Uncle Freddy’s Treats
Linda Warren
Western Exhibitions
What It Is
Propeller Fund grantees 2010

Publishers and other organizations:
Alternative Press Center
AREA Magazine
CHI_art
Golden Age
Green Lantern Press
Klein Art works
Make Magazine
Neoteric Art
Proximity, Lumpen, Materiél
Quimbys
Soberscove Press

MDW Fall Showcase
The Geolofts

3636 S Iron St.

http://mdwfair.org/ 

see Google Map

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Copyright 2011 Paul E. Germanos

RECOMMENDED
The uncanny potential of domestic objects is key to the art-world appeal of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sitcomesque horror classic “Poltergeist.” Twenty years later, Paul Pfeiffer’s series of sculptures by that name recreated the tower of chairs stacked on the kitchen table by Spielberg’s ghost. In “Renovation Creep,” Antena gallery’s current show, Daniel Bruttig, Joseph Cassan and Erin Thurlow remake the gallery as a dysfunctional domestic environment of desiccated ephemera (perhaps a foreclosed hoarder home) similarly inhabited by ambient menace. Echoing the Reagan-era TV through whose static the ghosts communicate in the film, a hulking monitor encased in veneer and sitting on a mat of lush pile plays Bruttig’s “Carpet Master,” a video featuring black-and-white carpet textures. One delicately painted stain on the wall evokes an absent staircase, and another suggests recently removed tile. Atop sits Bruttig’s “Glass Stack,” a precarious nonsensical tower of jars, dripping rainbow hues like a psychedelic candle and topped by a casserole dish and a marble. Jagged shards of glass protrude upwards from various sculptures, some painted as trompe-l’oeil mirrors. One such piece sits on a set of shelves adorned with a jumble of colorful ceramic agglomerations and scary assemblages, like embellished models of predatory animals and green fangs glued to a decaying shingle glued to a mirror. On the floor below is a single spray-painted fuzzy slipper, standing en pointe. Nearby sits Cassan’s “Untitled (Box),” a white cube around which snake numerous white cords, one fused into the wall. And in Thurlow’s photo series titled “Poltergeist,” power cords and power strips are plugged into themselves, and a Post-It note on a refrigerator reads “Gone to the other side”… backwards. Vladimir Nabokov’s “Terra Incognita” isn’t a ghost story, but, as in “Renovation Creep,” the evil feels internal, arising from memories of dread and repulsion rather than a fear of invasion. As Nabokov’s protagonist succumbs to illness, the jungle in which he is expiring dissolves, and he starts to see fevered glimpses of a European bedroom—or, as he puts it, “the furnished rooms of nonexistence.” (Bert Stabler)

Through September 3 at Antena, 1765 South Laflin

http://art.newcity.com/2011/08/23/review-renovation-creepantena-gallery/

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Stitch and Bitch

Opening Friday September 23rd from 6pm-10pm
September 23- October 22, 2011

Tejer y Joder
El Stitch y Bitch (SyB) was founded in 2008 as a space for knitters, crocheters and crafters in the Pilsen, Bridgeport and Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago. Currently the group is consists of over 20 members, ages 18 and up. Over the years, the group has evolved into a collaborative art group interested in addressing handmade and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture. As DIY culture moves into a contemporary state, many members of the group have found themselves astonished and curious by the inheritance of the handmade skill or the need to carry on the tradition in an adapted manner. Tejer y Joder is a compilation of individual SyB members and independent fiber artists, all interested in the themes of gender, identity, tradition and memory. http://elstitchybitch.wordpress.com/


Artists:
Adriana Baltazar
Krissy Bodge
Julia Chau
Esmeraldo Garcia
Irasema Gonzalez
Erika Hernandez
Claudia Marchan
Naomi Martinez
Jackie Orozco
Jessica Phillips
Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa
Thelma Uranga

ANTENA
1765 S. Laflin St.
Chicago IL 60608
www.antenapilsen.com
antenapilsen (at) gmail.com
(773) 340-3516
Hours: by appointment only

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