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Yarn Trails: Visual Resonance Among Three Exhibitions in Chicago
The typical museum experience is controlled. A pathway describes a route from one artwork to another, each illustrated by its label and narrated by an audio tour. However, three exhibitions currently on view in Chicago invite the visitor to engage in a less predictable process. Detail of Academic Connections: Media Atlas, 2014, an undertaking of […]
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Art of Darkness: Matt Kish Illustrates Conrad’s Classic
Matt Kish, illustration for ‘Heart of Darkness’ (2013), ink and marker on watercolor paper (all images courtesy Tin House) What’s stunning about Matt Kish’s illustrations for Heart of Darkness — one for every page of Joseph Conrad’s text — is how sunny they are. His modest palette comprises yellow, green, black, and white, with the […]
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Art(ists) on the Verge at the Soap Factory
Now through April, the sprawling, rough-and-tumble brick spaces of Minneapolis’ Soap Factory are filled with installation projects by five artists—the Art(ists) on the Verge, as it were. It is not quite fair to consider Art(ists) on the Verge as a single exhibition, as there is no curatorial or artistic conceit to cement the various projects […]