BaM: The 33 — A Cabinet of Curious Characters
@ Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
The 33 — A Cabinet of Curious Characters
New Works by BaM! (Bruce Bachelder and Mike Rende)
“Check your ego at the door.” is the driving thought when Chicago-area artists Bruce Bachelder and Mike Rende (collectively known as BaM!) set out to create their collaborative art. The artists, both graduates of Northern Illinois University, each start a painting and then hand it to the other to complete. Sometimes they follow the original vision for the painting, but it’s always more interesting when they don’t.
The 33 – A Cabinet of Curious Characters is their newest series of paintings, inspired by a box of old “cabinet cards” that Bruce’s mother found while cleaning out her basement. After pulling out all of the relatives she could identify, she planned to discard the remaining photos that were of people she did not know, but Bruce rescued them from that untimely fate and inspiration struck when he presented them to Mike.
Why not bring their ‘artistic misunderstanding’ to a more tangible format? Why not leverage a basic, clear, starting point and build on that? So they embarked on a challenge to create 33 new portraits, each based on a cabinet card from the basement find.
Join us, along with Bruce and Mike, for the opening reception on the evening of Friday, February 3, 7-10pm where we’ll have snacks and beverages (BYOB if you want beer or wine), not to mention awesome music courtesy of DJ Sean Doe.
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