Chicago Art Department » Pilsen http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org intermedia + art + exhibition + learning Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pine | Bridgette Buckley, Stacy Peterson & Sighn | Sept. 11-20 by appt. http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/2009/08/pine-september-11/ http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/2009/08/pine-september-11/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:51:11 +0000 stacy http://www.chicagoartdepartment.org/?p=789 Opening night Friday, September 11 through September 20 by appointment.

Please contact stacy@chicagoartdepartment.org for viewing.

Pine
pine = wood + design + craft + nostalgia

Chicago Art Department proudly presents the group show Pine, with artists Bridgette Buckley, Stacy Peterson and Sighn.  The show will feature wood sculptures, paintings, text-based work, illustrations, lighting and textiles.

Bridgette Buckley negotiates the space between art, design and craft to create objects that are useful and pleasurable.  She believes the objects we surround ourselves with should be active in our everyday lives, to evoke memories, help us imagine our future or bring us closer to natural or human-made craft.

Stacy Peterson’s illustrations, photos and paintings are full of architecture, design, childhood toys and family traditions. From the Milwaukee Art Museum to Swedish Horses to colors reminiscent of the 70’s, each pattern is a thought, a moment and a memory.

Sighn's painstakingly hand-carved sculptures deal with very emotive and expressive phrases that are rooted in deep nostalgia. His typography aims to access the roots and fundamentals of language, thereby achieving simple, graceful expressions of emotion.

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New CAD resident artist and co-founder of mfchicago, a music, video and street art collective, will exhibit a collection of his video work and still photographic captures derived from his VJ experience from 2004-2009. The show titled "Capturing Motion" will be held from 6-10 PM on Friday, July 10th at the Chicago Art Department.

A VJ is a performance artist that manipulates video as an art form. Typically, VJ's mix video live and in conjunction with electronic music at clubs, festivals and "illegal" underground parties called "raves". Seth's VJ work combines video found in the public domain, samples of uncommon film footage and video he shoots of objects and subjects of interest.

Musical Performance by Trenchdigger and 0+1=Everything and Afters Cool Society

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