Field Static: A Group Show About the Object

“Field Static”, Installation view, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. Photo by Clare Britt.
Stephen Lapthisphon, “Taxonomy of Root Vegetables”, 2012. Installation view, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. Photo by Clare Britt.
Ellen Rothenberg, “Constellation”, 2012. Installation view, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. Photo by Ryan Weber.

June 2nd – June 13th, 2012 at the Co-Prosperity Sphere .:. 3219 South Morgan Street  Chicago, IL 60608 Featuring the work of Ellen Rothenberg, Mark Booth, Stephen Lapthisophon, Heather Mekkelson, Christian Kuras and Duncan MacKenzie, Carrie Gundersdorf, Justin Cabrillos, and Rebecca Mir. Field Static examines… +

Heather Mekkelson: The Flood that Never Came

Heather Mekkelson. “Limited Entry,” 2008. Mixed media (soaked in clay slurry, particulates added, sealed). Old Gold, Chicago, IL. Courtesy of the artist.

The following essay was originally published in Art21 in May, 2013. It was the summer of 2008. It was hot. And humid. Everything was green and/or sweating. People who didn’t sweat stood out. Their reserve both enviable and mysterious—a contrast from everything else. Refuge… +

Jessica Stockholder

Jessica Stockholder, Lift, 2013. Installation view, 1301PE.

The following article was originally published by art ltd., in March 2013. One would never suspect that Jessica Stockholder’s ivy-covered studio was originally a barn. The one-story building on the edge of the University of Chicago’s predominantly Gothic-style campus has high ceilings inside, skylights,… +