I just posted some info about the new show at Lula at the Lula's Walls blog and thought I'd put some of the images and the story of THE FLOOD here as well (see below). Following are installation shots of the show and then some of the individual pieces. I suggest clicking on Chi-hoi's drawing below (the textured cube) the text is good.
Shown above are pieces by
Marc Bell,
Dan Zettwoch,
Jeffrey Brown,
Chi-Hoi Lee,
Jay Ryan,
Gabrielle Bell,
Esther Pearl Watson and
Andrea Bruno. Also in the show are
Marijpol,
Tommi Musturi,
Jordan Crane,
Sammy Harkham,
Mark Todd,
Anders Nilsen,
Peter Thompson,
Luke Ramsey,
Doublenaut,
Michelangelo Setola,
Sonnenzimmer, Nick Petersen, Doug Shaeffer and
Ron Rege.
THE FLOOD
So, it's been a rainy summer in Chicago. Two trees on my street have been blown down over the last month or so, and the strange colors of the sky and the lightning shows have been frequent topics of conversation this year. Last weekend it rained and stormed for a solid eight or nine hours, all night long, very unusual for Chicago, who's storms generally come and go fairly quickly. And the basement of Lula flooded. Like, 3 1/2 feet, with freezers picked up and dumped out, computers and files and wine bottles floating around in an apocalyptic mess. Among the casualties were a number of pieces of art--from past shows and a few pieces waiting to be hung for the opening reception. Of these, most have proved more or less salvageable, a number have spent several days pressed between layers of newsprint and under stacks of heavy art books in my living room, and early indications are that they might make it. But two pieces in particular, by
Marijpol and
Tommi Musturi (shown above) having been stored in rolls which collapsed, were torn in places in addition to being swamped. Prints by
Jay Ryan and
Jordan Crane were also affected. My intention is to hold a silent auction at the opening, or perhaps online to benefit
Marijpol and
Tommi, possibly for a private commissioned drawing from them or something. More on that as details are ironed out in the next few days.
There is also a concurrent exhibition of small pencil drawings at Lula right now, by
Amanda Vahamaki and
Michelangelo Setola. More on that show, including images, soon...
Concurrent with the Car Engine Drawing Show this Summer at Lula is a show of pencil drawings by Amanda Vähämäki and Michelangelo Setola (also in the Car Engine Show) both of whom are part of the Italian comics collective Canicola. The drawings are partially collaborative, many have appeared in their artists book Souvlaki Circus, published in the U.S. by the late, lamented Buenaventura Press. The drawings are little gems of narrative image making. They are mysterious, understated and dreamlike. They are being seen in the U.S for the first time (Lula's show follows on the heels of a show at Home Gallery in Hyde Park), and it may be a while before these artists work will be seen here again. Reception with wine and food August 24th, 6-9.
I just posted some info about the new show at Lula at the Lula's Walls blog and thought I'd put some of the images and the story of THE FLOOD here as well (see below). Following are installation shots of the show and then some of the individual pieces. I suggest clicking on Chi-hoi's drawing below (the textured cube) the text is good.
