Karl Wirsum, Hairy Who Artist with Eccentric Style, Has Died at 81
The artist's offbeat creations drew equally on European modernism, comic books, and non-Western art.
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Suellen Rocca, Imaginative Artist Whose Influence Loomed Large on Chicago Scene, Is Dead at 76
She was one of the core members of the Hairy Who group during the 1960s.
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Books: Chicago Confidential
"Art in Chicago: A History from the Fire to Now" emphasizes how women artists and artists of color have contributed to the city's cultural life from its very beginnings and how activism has…
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Fall Preview: The Most Promising Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
Behold, 41 exhibitions to see—or at least read about—this season.
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The Error of Margins: Vernacular Artists and the Mainstream Art World
Earlier this year Jasmin Tsou, proprietor of the downtown Manhattan gallery JTT, bought an Artforum magazine subscription for Marlon Mullen, an artist who had recently joined her stable. The…
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1,000 Miles From Normal: The Hairy Who Artists on Their Comic Books and Their Countercultural Energy
Five of the six members talk art, history at Matthew Marks
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‘What Nerve!’: Matthew Marks Looks Beyond New York for Summer Show
Tonight, Matthew Marks Gallery opens the New York edition of “What Nerve! Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to Present” simultaneously at its three 22nd Street Gallery locations…
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Wacky, ‘Other’ Art at the RISD Museum
'What Nerve!' brings together four movements or collectives of alternative American art after 1960
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Hairy Who: Funky, Folky and Still Fresh
Who doesn't love the Hairy Who? That's the implicit message of Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists, a new documentary film directed by Leslie Buchbinder, the daughter of Chicago collectors Henry and…
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From the Archives: An Interview with Roger Brown
Roger Brown's paintings feature subjects drawn from the everyday environment, simplified and stylized form, silhouetted figures, indirect lighting, and a disturbing, even threatening narrative…
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