Sunday, April 22, 2007

Alogon: Stonings

On Friday night I went to the closing reception of a show at Alogon entitled "Stonings". The show had work by artists Ben Fain, Max Schubert, Justin Swinburne, and Bless Tive. Alogon is a gallery space in Bucktown/Wickerpark that shows work by emerging young artists. The gallery is owned and run by students of the Art Institute. The photos below show the work of Bless Tive, whose remaking of the Pyramids of Giza, consisted of sugar cubes and colored sand. In the background the electrifyingly red painting by Max Schubert radiated with a strange optical intensity.




The next opening reception at Alogon is Friday May 4, 2007. Alogon will showcase the work of Clint Jerritt Bargers, the show is entitled "Where I Lead Me". Alogon is located at 1049 N. Paulina 3rd Floor to all who are interested.




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