Press / Reviews : For Real
From flavorpill #75 empowered flavor
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2/21/2006
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Spotlight
ART
For Real
when: Now through Sun 3.26 (Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm / Sat & Sun: 12-5pm)
where: Hyde Park Art Center (5307 S Hyde Park Blvd, 773.324.5520)
links: Event Info: http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/2006/04/first_post.php
This small but profound exhibit produced by the artist collaborative Cream Co. examines "the melancholy of time passing." Memorable works include John Photos' black-and-white photos of Ikea display-model rooms, Jaysen James' pile of gold- and red-tinted hair-dye foil (left over from the hair salon where James works), and Howard Fonda's Andrew Wyeth-like painting Life in the Woods. Curator Bill Brown's descriptions alongside the pieces provide food for thought about the effect of mass culture on society. It's a "real" look at the world, as seen through the eyes of seven insightful Chicago artists. (MS).