Virtual Artist Talk: Bounce Back
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 22nd
FREE event, no registration needed
Join the organizers Karen Dana Cohen and Emily Lindskoog for a virtual walk-through of their exhibition “Bounce Back”!
Artists: Will Hutnick, Jack Arthur Wood Jr., Angela Lopez, Deirdre Colgan Jones, Manuela Gonzales, Daniela Gomez Paz, Emily Lindskoog, Laura Street, Karen Dana Cohen, Omar Barquet, Tracy Marie Taylor, Sarah Irvin, Curtis Mann, Brooke Berger, Dan Devening, Monica Rezman,
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85824106822
Meeting ID: 858 2410 6822
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With depictions that are both intimate and attuned to larger systems, eight artists, linked by their perceptions of time and memory, present original artwork alongside digital print editions. Playfully interpreting the current surge of virtual art experiences, we asked the participants to invite one additional artist to email a digital image of a piece to be printed and hung in the exhibition. While there is certainly much that shifts in perception, the screen presents an opportunity to flatten time and space – to layer artwork in a way that might not be logistically possible otherwise. We want to create a space for conversation outside of geographical boundaries, one that creates a meaningful resonance between places in this moment. This way, we reflect on a year of sheltering as a collective move. As social creatures, we respond to isolation by finding alternative ways of forming community. We respond to restrictions by finding new ways to expand. The realization of technology opens the possibility of togetherness.
There is one additional component of this invitation. Arranged in the gallery are sixteen objects that represent the sixteen artists on the walls. These objects are of the participants’ own choosing based on something occurring in their artwork. Instead of sending items in the mail, we asked them to describe the object for us to find locally and install for them. This process provides an alternative approach to sending information, creating closeness, and sharing space with one another.
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Tags: Angela Lopez, Bounce Back, Brooke Berger, Chicago, Curtis Mann, Dan Devening, Daniela Gomez Paz, Deirdre Colgan Jones, Emily Lindskoog, Heaven Gallery, Jack Arthur Wood Jr., Karen Dana Cohen, Laura Street, Manuela Gonzales, Monica Rezman, Omar Barquet, Sarah Irvin, Tracy Marie Taylor, West Town, Will Hutnick
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