Jan 22nd 2011

It’s that time of year again, and we’ve got an ambitious 4-part program that you shouldn’t miss! We have invited four artists new to the gallery to present an installation of their choice. Each week-long installation culminates with a Saturday afternoon “conversation” that will be free and open to the public. Each artist will be paired with another art world participant to start the discussion but audience members are encouraged to join in. Chicago contemporary art podcast Bad At Sports will be onsite covering the talks, to be archived forever on the world wide web. Treats and hot drinks provided by Letizia’s Natural Bakery will complete the cozy afternoon of collaborative thought.

Gunn’s (American, born 1980, lives Chicago) paintings, sculptures and installations investigate the power and perception of pattern and light as well as the roles of spatial and cultural context to the assignment of meaning in contemporary art. Michelle Grabner, who is an artist, curator, writer and the founder of The Suburban in Oak Park, taught Gunn at the School of the Art Institute, where she is Chair of the Painting and Drawing Department and where Gunn received his MFA in 2007. After the conversation, follow us to Shane Campbell Gallery, for the opening of Grabner’s solo exhibition Like a rare morel.

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