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WESTERN EXHIBITIONS: HEADS ON POLES - organized by Paul Nudd + Scott Wolniak Gallery 2: TERENCE HANNUM - 15 Jan 2011 to 19 Feb 2011 Current Exhibition |
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HEADS ON POLES
Group sculpture show organized by Paul Nudd and Scott Wolniak |
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January 15 to February 19, 2011 In Gallery 1 HEADS ON POLES Group sculpture show organized by Paul Nudd and Scott Wolniak In Gallery 2 TERENCE HANNUM Negative Litanies Western Exhibitions is pleased to present a group show "Heads on Poles" featuring over 60 local, national and international artists organized by the Chicago-based artists Paul Nudd and Scott Wolniak in Gallery 1 and a solo exhibition by Terence Hannum in Gallery 2. Both shows run from January 15 to February 19, 2011 and have an opening reception on Saturday, January 15 from 5 to 8pm, which is free and open to the public. In Gallery 1 HEADS ON POLES Group sculpture show organized by Paul Nudd and Scott Wolniak The iconic display of a head, severed and mounted on a stick, is ubiquitous as a representation of ominous primordial savagery. Clich� in its references to cannibalistic ritual, human sacrifice or cautionary symbolism, its general structure also contains rich connotations to formal art- a 3-dimensional image-object, laden with material and conceptual possibility. For the purposes of this project, curators Paul Nudd and Scott Wolniak have adopted the concept of Heads on Poles as an open guideline to direct broad responses from a large group of artists. Over four dozen artists, ranging widely in discipline and style, were invited to produce sculptures loosely based on the formula of Head On Pole, in any material. These totem-objects will be simply placed, as casually clustered bodies, throughout the main gallery space of Western Exhibitions. Additional artists have been asked to respond to the same theme with graphic works for a concurrent print project. Through collective effort and the idea that creative freedom can occur within structural uniformity, Nudd and Wolniak hope to achieve a complex and immersive spectacle. Diverse interpretations are anticipated, with possible outcomes such as conceptual objects, portraiture, obscenity, abstraction, political gestures, humor and horror. With no attempt on the part of the curators to control submissions after the initial call for participation, the final group of works will be a surprise for all. ARTISTS: Mike Andrews Ali Bailey Jason Robert Bell & Marni Kotak Nick Black Daniel Bruttig Andrew Burkholder Lilli Carr� Joseph Cassan Mariano Chavez Ryan Travis Christian Vincent Como Bruce Conkle Jean-Louis Costes Vincent Dermody Edie Fake Scott Fife R.E.H. Gordon John Hankiewicz Keith Herzik Carol Jackson Bob Jones Chris Kerr David Leggett Mike Lopez Teena McClelland Dutes Miller Miller & Shellabarger Joe Miller Andy Moore Max Morris Rachel Niffenegger William J. O'Brien Onsmith David Paleo John Parot Michael Rea Tyson Reeder Dan Rhodehamel Bruno Richard John Riepenhoff Kristen Romaniszak Steve Ruiz David Sandlin Mike Schuh Mindy Rose Schwartz David Shrigley Edith Sloat & Sophie Greenstalk Edra Soto Ryan Standfest William Staples Ben Stone Bill Thelen Jeremy Tinder Sean Townley Jim Trainor Anne Van der Linden Jason Villegas Sarah Beth Woods Aaron Wrinkle In Gallery 2 TERENCE HANNUM Negative Litanies Terence Hannum's drawings, paintings and video installations cull the periphery of heavy metal and hardcore music subcultures to analyze the nexus of music, myth, audience and ritual. In addition to the above work, Hannum is a prolific zine maker and for his show in Western Exhibitions' Gallery 2, Hannum will present a box set of 12 zines, all made in 2010, as well as drawings, paintings and other work that inspired the publications. Exemplifying the DIY spirit inherent in the scenes he's documenting, his use of the zine relates to the format's origin, that of the self-produced fanzine. Hannum recontextualizes elements of his drawings, paintings, installations and even sound work in his zines, at times documenting the above works, but also casting new narratives intrinsic to the multi-page format. Every month in 2010 Hannum produced a new zine, each one taking a different format, maximizing the possibilities of the cheaply printed page. He achieves remarkable textures, surfaces and images through seemingly simple combinations of toner on white, black and gray papers. Every subsequent zine ups the ambition from the prior one, as Hannum experiments with color xeroxes, collaborations (with New York artist Scott Treleaven and Chicagoan Elijah Burgher), vellum, sealed wax covers, obi bands and mini-CDs. Hannum pushes the zine to its extremes, much like the extreme sonic scenes he's documenting and influenced by. This is Terence Hannum's first solo show at Western Exhibitions. In the fall of 2010, he presented solo shows at the Richard Peeler Center on the campus of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana and at Peregrine Projects in Chicago. Other solo shows include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Light & Sie in Dallas, 40000 in Chicago and The Suburban in Oak Park, Illinois. His collaborations with New York-based artist Scott Treleaven have been shown at Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago the The Breeder in Athens. Hannum's work has been written about by Dennis Cooper on his blog and discussed in Artnet, Beautiful/Decay, Bad at Sports, New City, the Dallas Morning News, the Chicago Tribune, ArtUS and Punk Planet. His zines and publications are in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University. Hannum received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Chicago is where he lives and works. |
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