Past Shows
Chicago Avenue Muralists
"Under the Viaduct"
October 2 - November 15, 2009
This is a group exhibition introducing the community to the talented and diverse artists of the West Town Mural Project. Their large-scale murals have greatly contributed to the beautification of the community while providing education and support to community members and it's visitors. This is an opportunity for the community to further their knowledge of public art and to learn about and enjoy each artist's style and background by review of their equally important studio work.
Press Release
"Mixed Company"
W.K. Marhoefer
August 7 - September 27, 2009
CHICAGO – The Architrouve is proud to present the solo exhibition Mixed Company by Chicago-based artist, W.K. Marhoefer. Marhoefer returns to The Architrouve, this time presenting a mischievous crew of monkeys, snakes and other daring characters.
"this is 606"
Photography by Ray Pride
June 3 - August 2, 2009
CHICAGO – at The Architrouve – We are honored to have the opportunity to exhibit new works by Chicago-based photographer Ray Pride, in an exploration of the "606" zip code
Absence Presence
Jason Peot • Perry Pollock
April 27 - June 14, 2009
CHICAGO at The Architrouve – We are honored to have the opportunity to exhibit a series of new works created by Chicago artists, Jason Peot and Perry Pollock. The work of Jason Peot and Perry Pollock intersect at a firm belief in the quiet power of abstract form.
December 5 - February 22, 2009
Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present the salon exhibition, Fine Art Rescue Revisited. A unique exhibition and dialogue addressing the secondary art market as an alternate to the traditional fine auction houses. Fine Art Rescue will educate the viewer about the secondary fine art market through the presentation of conservation techniques utilized to preserve and protect works of art.
Friday, October 3, 2008
The Architrouve is proud to present the solo exhibition City of Charcoal by Mary Livoni. Somewhere between surreal emptiness and chaotic abundance Mary Livoni's drawings describe the industrial neighborhoods of the near northwest side.
September 5 - September 26, 2008
Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present the group exhibition Allegoric opening September 5th. Allegoric is a collaboration of over 25 local artists, but this show will highlight the work of 7 artists working in a variety of media. Allegoric recently participated in Art Chicago and Next Art Fair in London.
Genuine Object: W.K. Marhoefer
April 18 - June 7, 2008
The son of a Chicago meat packer, William Marhoefer attributes much of his works influence to early childhood memories in the stockyards, meat packing plants, slaughterhouses, and gritty locations like Maxwell Street and Riverview Amusement Park. William's mother, a former beauty pageant winner, offers a counter-balance and influence in his work. The artist has created an alluring suite of strange and playful characters.
Reviews
New Abstractions: Brenda Barnum & Marianna Levant
February 29 - April 12, 2008
Marianna Levant's intricate renderings on paper of vibrant, insatiable clusters and machine like objects seem to capture the moment of a sensual explosion. These works have masculine elements delicately inserted into whirling compositions of translucent colors. One can make out shapes of deconstructed bolts, plugs, and flowers scattered within a rich spectrum that floats and trembles.
Brenda Barnum's works are an offshoot of her flower paintings. These new abstractions in oil on canvas are a perfect mixture of organic and mechanical activity. They live in an interior space...still lifes with mechanical forms, reclining women in uncomfortable spaces...adapting quite well and thriving. The dirt, greens, and flesh are deflowered, mutated, piled up into a desirable sensory overload.
February 19th and February 26th.
On January 1st all bars and restaurants in Chicago went smoke free. In an effort to utilize hundreds of useless ashtrays and raise money for a local charity, The Architrouve and chef/owner Susan Goss of West Town Tavern collected ashtrays from local businesses to be used in this innovative art exhibition, "Ashtrays to Art." . Chicago artists have created signature works of art using these donated ashtrays. The results is a one-of-a-kind exhibition at The Architrouve.
November 9 - December 22, 2007
Quang Hong is a painter, glass sculptor, metal sculptor, and works with different mediums. Born in 1974 in Qui Nhon , Vietnam and raised in Long Beach, California. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and received his B.A, in 1997. He has been living and working in Chicago since 2001.His glass and metal studio is located in Chicago Hot Glass and he owns a gallery in Chicago called Lotus Keep Gallery. His works can be found in many private collections. He has exhibited his work internationally and completed sculpture and painting commissions for numerous clients.
Wesley & Sandro: White & Black
September 7 - October 31, 2007
Wesley Kimler is a painter, insurgent, and co-founder of Sharkforum: a website dedicated to contrasting opinions about the Chicago art scene and discussions about the art world in general. He is an accomplished artist who is a controversial and powerful figure in contemporary art due to his boisterously outspoken personality that is equally matched in talent as an artist. His artworks on paper are comprised of poured black gesso that takes on ameba like forms and subtle strokes of charcoal. Kimler cuts the works into fragments and reconstructs them into configurations that surprise and delight the eye.
Sandro is internationally known for his photography and has been photographing people for over 25 years. With numerous award-winning projects to his credit, he is one of today's foremost masters of the medium. His photography series of Nudes on Plexi, called Massa offers a unique exploration of the human body shot from beneath Plexiglas. These decipherable masses of human flesh on Plexi create extraordinary texture and uniquely abstracted compositions rarely rendered through photography.
This Side of Hope: Michael Genovese, Carlos J Ortiz, & Jon Lowenstein
July 6 - August 30, 2007
Michael Genovese
Emerging from Chicago's inner-city, Michael's journey is colored by the vibrant diversity of culture and self discovery. He incorporates various skills and materials, learned from his visual progress, to communicate a socially conscious agenda. Michael builds bridges with his work, producing subject matter that speaks to the contemplation of art and industry, differences between cultures, and the value of process.
Carlos J Ortiz
Born in San Juan Puerto Rico and raised in Chicago. Ortiz is a photojournalist who worked on City 2000, a year long project documenting Chicago and its inhabitants. He travels to capture "Street Photography" and has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Tribune Magazine, Parade, Philidelphia Publications, and others.
Jon Lowenstein
Jon Lowenstein has been a professional photographer for more than ten years. He specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary photographic projects that question the status quo. He has completed work on his first book, which explores the lives of developmentally disabled people in Illinois and is now working on several book projects and helped publish "Our Streets" a community newspaper about the nearby South Side Chicago community that he is documenting. He has won many awards, including being recently named a 2007 World Press Photo Award, a 2007 USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism Racial Justice Fellow, and many more.
Tony Fitzpatrick: The City Etchings 1993-2003
April 27 - June 30, 2007
Tony Fitzpatrick is an artist, actor and poet. His work can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum of American Art in Washington D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is the author of six books including three collections of art and poetry: The Hard Angels (1988), Dirty Boulevard (1998) and Bum Town (2001); a collection of etchings entitled Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby's Alphabet (2001) and two collections of drawing-collages entitled, The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 1 (2005) and The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 2, The Dream City (2006). Tony Fitzpatrick was born in Chicago in 1958 where he lives today with his wife and two children.
February 9 - April 25, 2007
artrescued is the first exhibit of its kind to be presented in a fine art gallery setting. This exhibition will address the art of cultural preservation and expose the viewer to the importance and complexities of fine art salvage and its conservation.
This exhibit is designed to educate the viewer on the processes of fine art conservation, the role of the insurance industry, and the secondary market.
Rhonda Gates Paintings David Roth Sculpture: New Work
October 21 - December 31, 2006
Ms. Gates draws on her rural and urban exposure to create her paintings. She paints in layers both thin washes and heavy brushwork with grids that suggest the changing aspects of the day and subtle emotional charge to the experience.
David Roth is a Chicago area sculptor, songwriter, furniture builder, writer and graphic designer. Mr. Roth's sculpture utilizes mixed media with primary use of different woods.
Joshua Mann Pailet: Eye of the Storm, I Witness
September 1 - October 15, 2006
CURATOR'S STATEMENT
One year ago Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the City of New Orleans. When the eye of the storm moved through the Gulf Coast we all breathed a sigh of relief knowing that another major natural disaster had been avoided. Man had rejoiced in defying the gods.
What would happen in the next few hours would forever change the landscape of New Orleans and the people who call New Orleans home.
June 23 - August 31, 2006
In this, the inaugural show at The Architrouve, 5 artists are featured: Urszula Lukaszuk, Michael Pajon, Jason Peot, Dave Roth and Peter Stanfield. The exhibit spans the distance between the narrative and the abstract, creating a rich dialog which speaks to the tremendous diversity of the Chicago art scene.
