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Objet Petit Ahh… aka the Piñata-Palooza.

from our friends at the Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport: Objet Petit Ahh… is a single-evening exhibition and smashing party of artist-created piñata-sculptures. In what could be the most destructive art exhibition in the history of Chicago, all of the artwork in the show will be obliterated by the show’s closing that evening. Whatever various and…

April 12, 2012

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Art, Arts & Culture

Art exhibition, Piñata, Sculpture, version fest

Garland M. Taylor: Chicago’s otherworldly metalsmith

When I met Garland Taylor recently, it was at a Jazz concert held on the lawn of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. I commented on his sandals (brown leather that appeared to be custom), and he proceeded to tell me about how he blew all of his money on them some years back while interning…

August 17, 2011

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Art, Arts & Culture, Jive Culture, the Freshness

art, Chicago, Garland Martin Taylor, Metal, Sculptors, Sculpture, Visual Arts

Marion Perkins: Sculpted a Better Chicago, a Better World

Woodson Regional is a gem of the South Side. I’ve always believed that. One of my favorite locations of the Chicago Public Library, bar none. The library, located at 95th and Halsted, boasts the Vivian Harsh Research Collection (all manner of Black Ephemera) and a really strong overall collection. 1 of only two regional libraries in the…

July 2, 2009

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Art, Arts & Culture, Chicago Cultural History, Events, High Culture, Visual Arts

Arts & Culture, Black Art, Carter G Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Arts, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Renaissance, Events, Marion Perkins, Sculpture, Visual Art