December 2010
2 posts
"The Daley Show"
Published in Time Out Chicago / Issue 305.306 : Dec 30, 2010–Jan 12, 2010
In 1988, student David K. Nelson Jr. created an uproar when he displayed Mirth & Girth, an unflattering portrait of Mayor Harold Washington in women’s lingerie—painted shortly after Washington’s death—at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
While many portraits in “The Daley Show” portray Mayor...
"Gender Benders"
Published in Time Out Chicago / Issue 301 : Dec 2–8, 2010
Emanuel Aguilar is the first man whom Woman Made Gallery has asked to curate one of its shows since it was founded 18 years ago—in response to the representational imbalance between men and women in the art world.
Aguilar, WMG’s preparator, and the River West gallery’s former coordinator Kristen Carter selected 20 artists for...