Process of Subtraction
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S. Halsted St. Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Photography is often about refining an image until the essential elements harmoniously exist in the frame. The group photography show “Process of Subtraction” at Chicago Art Department is about taking removal further. Eight artists present work that challenges through its utilization of photography as a basis for extraction. Elements have been removed with a wide variety of techniques – from actually covering physical elements within a scene, and distressing prints and negatives, to the reproduction of the image through line and shape. The Chicago Art Department is pleased to have a great mix of rising artists pushing the medium to the edge and back again – Allison Grant, Nathan Miller, Jessica Pierotti, Victor Salgado, Chuck Przybyl, Daniel Hojnacki, Nicole White, and Edyta Stepien. Consider this show a cross-section of what is going on now in image-making, taking the raw elements of photography be it film or digital and pushing past the standard photographic image without gimmicks or effects, just raw distillation until the pure concept emerges. Now in its tenth year, the Chicago Art Department is a nonprofit collective focusing on art exploration through exhibitions and workshops. Recently expanded to over 5000 square feet of work and exhibition space in the historic Fountainhead Lofts building of East Pilsen, the Chicago Art Department is expanding its presence in the art and education communities.
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