The Chicago Gallery News

Fear No Art Chicago
Presents New Series, The Dinner Party

Fear No Art Chicago host Elysabeth Alfano will present a new series this month called The Dinner Party. Held on the last Monday of every month, the show will include three artists and a celebrity chef to join in food, art, wine & conversation.

The public is welcome to attend the filming from Mayne Stage Theatre & stay for a sampling of the chef’s creation & a continuation of the conversation. If you can’t make it to the filming, one-hour shows will also stream live online. Click here for details, ticket pricing & information.

Guests for the inaugural Dinner Party on January 30 include artist Tony Fitzpatrick, musician Jon Langford & Jeff Award winning director Rachel Rockwell; Chef Homaro Cantu of Moto and iNG will be preparing the meal.

Learn more about The Dinner Party & Fear No Art Chicago here…

Someone Else’s Dream
Opens at Hyde Park Art Center

Opening this weekend at the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) is a group exhibition titled Someone’s Else’s Dream.

The show features vibrant work that references high + low art, various distortions of the human form + the psychological realm. The ten exhibiting artists – local + international; new HPAC exhibitors + veteran Hairy Who masters - include Arturo Herrera, Richard Hull, José Lerma, Héctor Madera-González, Martin McMurray, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Christina Ramberg, Peter Saul + T.L. Solien.

Also Showing at HPAC:
- Bibiana Suárez: Memoria
New paintings by Puerto Rican/Chicago-based artist that reveal the shifting nature of memory, place + identity, particularly within the latino community.
- Kit Wise: Arcadia
High definition large-scale animation created by this English artist for the Jackman Goldwasser Gallery.

See HPAC’s full list of exhibitions here…

T.L. Solien, Mechanic's Jersey (detail), 2011

Limits of Photography
Now Showing at MoCP

Limits of Photography opened last week at the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) and features work by Chris Naka, Curtis Mann, Daniel Hojnacki, Doug Stapleton, J.J. Murphy, John Brill, Randy Hayes, Rhona Shand, Sally Ketcham, Vera Klement.

The exhibition pushes boundaries of traditional photography by showcasing a range of contemporary mixed media, video and manipulated pieces, raising questions about how we identify photography – and altered photography - with reality.

MoCP Upcoming Events:

Thursday, February 2:
- Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker J.J. Murphy.
6 pm @ Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 1st floor

John Brill, Untitled (detail), 1991

National Wet Paint Exhibition 2012
Opens Friday at the Zhou B. Art Center

The National Wet Paint Exhibition 2012 opened last weekend at the
Zhou B Art Center.

The exhibition serves as an overview of the top MFA painting programs in the U.S., showcasing fresh work from MFA candidates and recent recipients working primarily with paint.

This growing, juried exhibition is in its third year and is fully funded by the Zhou B Art Center;
Juried and curated by Sergio Gomez of 33 Contemporary Gallery.

Make Sound 2012 will also be on view, featuring an exhibition of sound art, installation & performance work.