They Have to Seek It Out
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
“They Have to Seek It Out” opens Saturday @ Patient Info from 6-10PM.
ZEBADIAH KENEALLY (B. 1984) is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City, His drawings offset by painting, sculpture, video, performance and book projects. When asked to describe his work he says “lunch is very important”, and his intricate vignettes use metaphor, humor and symbolism to activate our capacity for connection, reflection, compassion and understanding. Zebadiah presented his first solo show in 2016 and has published his drawings with a long list of independent publishers. His work can also be found in the collections of the MOMA library, the Thomas J Watson LIbrary at the Metropolitan MUseum of Art and the New York Public Library Special Collections. Apartamento Magazine published Zebadiah’s graphic novel, All The Things I Know, in 2022.
ROLAND MILLER (b.1987) is a Chicago-based artist and curator. He is a co-founder of Barely Fair and has been a co-director at Julius Caesar since graduating from SAIC’s MFA program in 2014. Recent exhibitions include The Suburban in Milwaukee, MONACO in St. Louis, along with HG, Fernway Gallery, Heaven Gallery, Triumph, and the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago. His work for They Have to Seek It Out meanders from bodies inspired by action figures, to the bright colors of food advertising, and the fashion of catching rays. A beachgoer bathes under a glowing orb, a million atom bombs bursting in air. Another spray-paints faux radiation burns across their body. Both imbue their skin with an uneasy relationship between beauty and violence. Michelle Grabner writes Miller, “Critically [exploits] the images that clot our political and sexual imaginations.” Miller combines found objects with auto-fictional materials to create a liminal space for contemplating the American male figure – its construction, dissemination and consumption through pop culture.
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