BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic) presents Primal Gumbo: Ryan Qugley
Dates:
Sat Nov 05, 2005 00:00 - Wed Nov 02, 2005
You are invited to the opening reception for
Primal Gumbo: paintings by Ryan Quigley
Saturday November 5th from 6 to 10 PM
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
Mr. Quigley's work is a cavalcade of influences pronounced with a
strong expressionist tone. Believing that, "everything comes from the
same sourceā¦a primordial chemical gumbo," he revels in the mutability
of that stock in the spac of the canvas. His fractious and sometimes
noxious juxtapositions afford this work fleeting resemblances to
Ab-Exer's early attempts at pressing paint towards an archetypal
state beyond that of verbal composure. His application of daubs,
splats and scrumbles physically attest to this, as does the works
framing of pathos and fantasy.
Works like Pumpkin, reveal gaunt psychological interiors that are
played to near comic absurdity, against their often thick and fleshy
surfaces. The interplay of object and interior is vital here, as it
provides the cohesion necessary to bind the spiritual and sublime
with the mundane and worldly. In his own words, "I am obsessed with
the idea of there being a spirit world. Something that exists outside
of the human experience yet is apart of it at the same time," Mr.
Quigley then states, "It is the mystery of what lays beyond the
senses that drives me."
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
Chicago Art Gallery
Primal Gumbo: paintings by Ryan Quigley
Saturday November 5th from 6 to 10 PM
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
Mr. Quigley's work is a cavalcade of influences pronounced with a
strong expressionist tone. Believing that, "everything comes from the
same sourceā¦a primordial chemical gumbo," he revels in the mutability
of that stock in the spac of the canvas. His fractious and sometimes
noxious juxtapositions afford this work fleeting resemblances to
Ab-Exer's early attempts at pressing paint towards an archetypal
state beyond that of verbal composure. His application of daubs,
splats and scrumbles physically attest to this, as does the works
framing of pathos and fantasy.
Works like Pumpkin, reveal gaunt psychological interiors that are
played to near comic absurdity, against their often thick and fleshy
surfaces. The interplay of object and interior is vital here, as it
provides the cohesion necessary to bind the spiritual and sublime
with the mundane and worldly. In his own words, "I am obsessed with
the idea of there being a spirit world. Something that exists outside
of the human experience yet is apart of it at the same time," Mr.
Quigley then states, "It is the mystery of what lays beyond the
senses that drives me."
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
Chicago Art Gallery
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic) Chicago
Dates:
Sat Oct 08, 2005 00:00 - Tue Oct 04, 2005
CLOSING RECEPTION THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH 6PM - 10PM
BSD Butcher Shop/Dogmatic
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
Full infotainment: http://tinyurl.com/atrhr
If our experience is disconnected and fragmentary as John Dewey
reflected, if it is full of beginnings that are never concluded or
experiences that are manipulated towards uncertain ends. Then the
exceptional experiences that succeed in gracefully consummating an end
from a beginning, these are the experiences we hold as aesthetic. They
are enjoyed for their own sake as complete and self contained. Because
they are subjective and unconstrained by the mediocrity of history.
Contemporary culture readily embraces its construction of meaning from
multiple channels. Its art reflects this fragmentation, becoming
increasingly more ephemeral. Engaging as it will, internal logics
informed by a post moder crisis of identity. In this atmosphere
Curators readily act as editors of context. They create the illusion
of impartial truth from fragments of dystopic reason. In a pragmatic
sense they complete the articulation of the aesthetic narrative.
Chicago Artist Philip von Zweck and Baton Rouge Artist Alex V. Cook
will independently prepare and ship works to BSD weekly. These will
primarily be works on paper ranging from simple drawings to collage.
The Curator will then hang or rearrange this work without the
artists input, but based solely on new developments in the aesthetic
narrative as it's presented to him. This collaboration will last the
five weeks of the program. Documentation of the shows various
configurations will be made available at the closing reception.
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic) Chicago Art Gallery
BSD Butcher Shop/Dogmatic
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
Full infotainment: http://tinyurl.com/atrhr
If our experience is disconnected and fragmentary as John Dewey
reflected, if it is full of beginnings that are never concluded or
experiences that are manipulated towards uncertain ends. Then the
exceptional experiences that succeed in gracefully consummating an end
from a beginning, these are the experiences we hold as aesthetic. They
are enjoyed for their own sake as complete and self contained. Because
they are subjective and unconstrained by the mediocrity of history.
Contemporary culture readily embraces its construction of meaning from
multiple channels. Its art reflects this fragmentation, becoming
increasingly more ephemeral. Engaging as it will, internal logics
informed by a post moder crisis of identity. In this atmosphere
Curators readily act as editors of context. They create the illusion
of impartial truth from fragments of dystopic reason. In a pragmatic
sense they complete the articulation of the aesthetic narrative.
Chicago Artist Philip von Zweck and Baton Rouge Artist Alex V. Cook
will independently prepare and ship works to BSD weekly. These will
primarily be works on paper ranging from simple drawings to collage.
The Curator will then hang or rearrange this work without the
artists input, but based solely on new developments in the aesthetic
narrative as it's presented to him. This collaboration will last the
five weeks of the program. Documentation of the shows various
configurations will be made available at the closing reception.
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic) Chicago Art Gallery
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
Dates:
Sat Sep 17, 2005 00:00 - Fri Sep 09, 2005
BSD Butcher Shop/Dogmatic
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
September 10th thru October 8th
Saturdays 12-6pm or by appointment
Closing reception on October 8th
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
If our experience is disconnected and fragmentary as John Dewey
reflected, if it is full of beginnings that are never concluded or
experiences that are manipulated towards uncertain ends. Then the
exceptional experiences that succeed in gracefully consummating an end
from a beginning, these are the experiences we hold as aesthetic. They
are enjoyed for their own sake as complete and self contained. Because
they are subjective and unconstrained by the mediocrity of history.
Contemporary culture readily embraces its construction of meaning from
multiple channels. Its art reflects this fragmentation, becoming
increasingly more ephemeral. Engaging as it will, internal logics
informed by a post modern crisis of identity. In this atmosphere
Curators readily act as editors of context. They create the illusion
of impartial truth from fragments of dystopic reason. In a pragmatic
sense they complete the articulation of the aesthetic narrative.
Chicago Artist Philip von Zweck and Baton Rouge Artist Alex V. Cook
will independently prepare and ship works to BSD weekly. These will
primarily be works on paper ranging from simple drawings to collage.
The Curator will then hang or rearrange this work without the
artists input, but based solely on new developments in the aesthetic
narrative as it's presented to him. This collaboration will last the
five weeks of the program. Documentation of the shows various
configurations will be made available at the closing reception.
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD
September 10th thru October 8th
Saturdays 12-6pm or by appointment
Closing reception on October 8th
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
If our experience is disconnected and fragmentary as John Dewey
reflected, if it is full of beginnings that are never concluded or
experiences that are manipulated towards uncertain ends. Then the
exceptional experiences that succeed in gracefully consummating an end
from a beginning, these are the experiences we hold as aesthetic. They
are enjoyed for their own sake as complete and self contained. Because
they are subjective and unconstrained by the mediocrity of history.
Contemporary culture readily embraces its construction of meaning from
multiple channels. Its art reflects this fragmentation, becoming
increasingly more ephemeral. Engaging as it will, internal logics
informed by a post modern crisis of identity. In this atmosphere
Curators readily act as editors of context. They create the illusion
of impartial truth from fragments of dystopic reason. In a pragmatic
sense they complete the articulation of the aesthetic narrative.
Chicago Artist Philip von Zweck and Baton Rouge Artist Alex V. Cook
will independently prepare and ship works to BSD weekly. These will
primarily be works on paper ranging from simple drawings to collage.
The Curator will then hang or rearrange this work without the
artists input, but based solely on new developments in the aesthetic
narrative as it's presented to him. This collaboration will last the
five weeks of the program. Documentation of the shows various
configurations will be made available at the closing reception.
John Wanzel: Daylight @ BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
Dates:
Sat Aug 13, 2005 00:00 - Wed Aug 10, 2005
BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic) presents:
Daylight: new work by John Wanzel
ONGOING THRU AUGUST 27
SATURDAYS NOON - 6PM
or by appointment
BSD(Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
Michael S. Thomas, Director
"In his solo show, John Wanzel presents a diaristic account of walking the
Chicago streets while watching lampposts in the sky. In sculpture, sound, video,
and drawn works, Wanzel reveals a loving obsession with astronomy, Copernicus,
and trigonometric ratios. Droopy mounted models of lampposts and sidewalks line
the walls; drawings on paper narrate advanced lessons, with one explaining the
equation of time; reel-to-reel tracks play softly in the front room while a
lecture read by Wanzel ("Lecture on the Potential Energy of the Summer") plays
in the backroom, accompanied by a tuba. This attractive show succeeds in
combining different media to stimulate science crushes."
-flavorpill
BSD is proud to present Daylight, new work by John Wanzel. The exhibition
is in search of unmitigated truth and light within a world without. Daylight
expounds on the form of the streetlight and the surrounding real-estate.
In the ever changing landscape of the city (four unit apartment buildings
rehabbed into 2 unit condos, vacant lots replaced by 3 condos, a dry
cleaners and a bouquet of posh stores) all that remains are the sidewalks,
the street signs and the cobra head luminaries atop metal poles.
Scientists create models to prove theories of nature; artists examine nature
through prose, image and sound. In this exhibition, Mr. Wanzel creates
miniature aesthetic amalgamations of the walkways that connect the city to
itself and explores old theories of the geocentric and heliocentric universe
through sculpture and drawing, in hopes of finding the Good within this new
composition of the city.
This search is not done in the dead of night, but in the sweltering heat of
the summer, underneath our daytime star, the Sun; a place where the
luminance of sodium vapor lights have no use.
John Wanzel is a Chicago based artist, writer and radio producer. He
received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.
He is a Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Blind Spot, a weekly live
experimental radio show on WLUW 88.7 Chicago. In 1999 he founded
stopGOstop.com, a portal/collective website for several writers, artists,
and cultural workers living in Chicago. He has also served as the Assistant
Director of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gallery 2 since
2002.
BSD is open Saturdays Noon - 6pm or by appointment through August 27
Daylight: new work by John Wanzel
ONGOING THRU AUGUST 27
SATURDAYS NOON - 6PM
or by appointment
BSD(Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
312.421.1917
dogmaticgallery@hotmail.com
Michael S. Thomas, Director
"In his solo show, John Wanzel presents a diaristic account of walking the
Chicago streets while watching lampposts in the sky. In sculpture, sound, video,
and drawn works, Wanzel reveals a loving obsession with astronomy, Copernicus,
and trigonometric ratios. Droopy mounted models of lampposts and sidewalks line
the walls; drawings on paper narrate advanced lessons, with one explaining the
equation of time; reel-to-reel tracks play softly in the front room while a
lecture read by Wanzel ("Lecture on the Potential Energy of the Summer") plays
in the backroom, accompanied by a tuba. This attractive show succeeds in
combining different media to stimulate science crushes."
-flavorpill
BSD is proud to present Daylight, new work by John Wanzel. The exhibition
is in search of unmitigated truth and light within a world without. Daylight
expounds on the form of the streetlight and the surrounding real-estate.
In the ever changing landscape of the city (four unit apartment buildings
rehabbed into 2 unit condos, vacant lots replaced by 3 condos, a dry
cleaners and a bouquet of posh stores) all that remains are the sidewalks,
the street signs and the cobra head luminaries atop metal poles.
Scientists create models to prove theories of nature; artists examine nature
through prose, image and sound. In this exhibition, Mr. Wanzel creates
miniature aesthetic amalgamations of the walkways that connect the city to
itself and explores old theories of the geocentric and heliocentric universe
through sculpture and drawing, in hopes of finding the Good within this new
composition of the city.
This search is not done in the dead of night, but in the sweltering heat of
the summer, underneath our daytime star, the Sun; a place where the
luminance of sodium vapor lights have no use.
John Wanzel is a Chicago based artist, writer and radio producer. He
received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.
He is a Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Blind Spot, a weekly live
experimental radio show on WLUW 88.7 Chicago. In 1999 he founded
stopGOstop.com, a portal/collective website for several writers, artists,
and cultural workers living in Chicago. He has also served as the Assistant
Director of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gallery 2 since
2002.
BSD is open Saturdays Noon - 6pm or by appointment through August 27