Tom Torluemke: Live! On Paper, 1987 – 2024
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Tom Torluemke’s (b. Chicago, 1959) name is familiar to art lovers in Chicagoland thanks mainly to his detailed acrylic paintings, in which he observes and memorializes society’s ills with the doting attention of a diehard humanist. Torluemke has been considerably more prolific in painting works on paper, a primarily unexplored part of his oeuvre: Tom Torluemke: Live! On Paper, 1987 – 2024, aspires to reframe the conversation around his art, representing almost forty years of studio activity that includes works about nature, fantasy, autobiography, abstraction, social strife, identity, and a full spectrum of emotion from shame to ecstasy, showcasing Torluemke’s unique artistry through his freewheeling imagination and boundless technical chops in capturing our broad collective experience of being fully aware, conscious citizens living in this place at this peculiar moment in history. – Dan Cameron, Curator
A monograph and exhibition catalog for Tom Torluemke: Live! On Paper has been published by SKIRA Editore, Milan, and edited by Dan Cameron, with essays by Dan Cameron, Jeff Huebner, Robin Dluzen, Alan Pocaro, and David Detmer.
Roast of Tom Torluemke
Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd Floor North
Join us before the exhibition reception on Saturday, May 24, at 12:15 p.m. in the Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd floor, for “Roast of Tom Torluemke,” a humorous performance and illuminating observations about the life of exhibiting artist Tom Torluemke, featuring Chicago artists and friends from the art community.
1-4 p.m.
Artist’s Reception
Exhibit Hall, 4th Floor North
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