Luke Shemroske: Shed Skin: Artist Talk
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, July 13th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, July 12th
Join Intuit for an exhibition viewing and artist talk of Shed Skin with Luke Shemroske, a Project Onward artist featured in Intuit’s permanent collection.
About “Shed Skin”
Shed Skin, Shemroske’s first solo exhibition, showcases fifteen years of his paintings and drawings. The artwork of Luke Shemroske brings us into landscapes that are shifting, volatile, and above all, alive. Shemroske’s process is rarely straightforward, but rather a long journey of improvising, accumulating, and sometimes eviscerating. “Sometimes I’ll destroy the parts of the painting that look really strong,” he says. Such hard turns are the result of a practice described as “a conversation with myself.”
Shemroske is fixated on layers and what’s hidden beneath them. The artist describes a painting of a face that had gone through months of work. Propping the painting against a window at home, he noticed that by the morning sunlight’s rays, he could see all these “crazy abstract things underneath” that had previously been invisible. Similarly, Shemroske’s automatic, uncensored approach to text and image aims to uncover buried parts of the self. “All of these pieces have gotten lodged in my head since I was a kid,” he says. But even as Shemroske dredges up strange revelations, he submerges them once again in the maelstrom.
The event will start with a guided tour facilited by Luke and Project Onward staff, followed by a reception. Light refreshments will be served.
This event is free of charge and open to the public. Registration required.
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