Collaboration is typical in film, music, design and other mass cultural forms, but less common (or less recognized) in the fine arts. High regard for the singular author’s hand is so ingrained that vi…
Born in Kapaa, Hawaii, to Japanese parents, Ray Yoshida (1930-2009) was an influential teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was a faculty member from 1959 until 2003. Believ…
A cross-shaped wooden box on a pedestal faced the entrance to this exhibition of H.C. Westermann's sculptures, prints and drawings at Venus (formerly Venus Over Manhattan). Just beyond, a semicircular…
This exhibition of works by Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was titled “Horizon of Expectations,” after a 1967 screenprint by the artist. Paolozzi borrowed titles for his works from figures ranging from…
Though Marjorie Strider (1934-2014) exhibited her bold Pop paintings of pin-up girls and produce alongside Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein in the 1960s, she is only now gaining critical recognition c…
Weather-beaten swinging doors open onto Gang of Seven (2013), an installation comprising dozens of assemblage sculptures created by British artist Mike Nelson.
The automobile has a central place in the history of modern art, serving to symbolize both the efficiency of industrial production and the spectacle of mass consumption.
A connoisseur of both popular and underground culture, Jim Shaw appropriates styles and iconography from his vast personal collection of comic books, religious pamphlets, medical textbooks, vinyl albu…