Michael Milano: fit, fold, and finish
@ Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 22nd
Jeff M. Ward on the Artwork of Michael Milano
… Agnostic to resolution, Milano’s techniques favor processes that are reversible, things that can be undone, such as forgiving fabrics and minimal fastenings. When unable to retreat, he’ll advance assiduously through all possible juxtapositions of form, for example: drawing out all the design possibilities for a set of triangles within a defined space. These processes suggest study and analysis, and the resulting objects can be seen as collections of data or archivally preserved specimens. Each individual artwork, however prepossessing, points, in part, away from itself towards a larger research activity …
Read the Full Essay Here:
http://www.fernwey.com/yourimmanence
MICHAEL MILANO is an artist and writer, living and working in Chicago. He received a MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies department at the SAIC, and a BA in Humanities from Shimer College. He has shown at Devening Projects, Roots & Culture, threewalls, Peregrine Program, Adds Donna, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, and has written for Surface Design, Textile: Journal of Cloth and Culture, and Bad At Sports. He is also a member of the artist collective/study/exhibition space Adds Donna.
Official Website
More events on this date
Tags: Chicago, Fernwey, Fit Fold and Finish, Jeff Ward, Michael Milano, West Town
« previous event
next event »