Solitude

Juror: Danny Floyd

Exhibiting Artists:
Ahmari Benton, Jeffrey Brooks, Paula Bulwinkle, Elena Clark, Eli Craven, Andrea Ferrigno, Bob Fields, Cait Hardie, Stephanie Huang, Doina Iacob, Carol Irving, John Lane, Sangheon Kim, Douglas Malone, Therese Mulgrew, Dan Oliver, Robert Pockmire, Gwen Pryor, Kathryn Rodrigues, Sheri Rush, Mardy Sears, Sage Whitney, Gary Wolfe

Solitude can elicit either a sense of euphoria or peace, or a sense of confinement or punishment, while others are isolated in a community unit. As we move forward into the fall and winter months, and COVID continues to impede our movements and interactions, how do we, as individuals, or as members of a larger, even worldwide community, process these survival confinements? Artists use their mediums to express the inner joy, conflict, frustration, sadness or peace we find ourselves confronting. This show represents the creative endeavors of this process under the current circumstances —  keeping artists alone but pulling together into a community.

Gallery hours are: Fridays, 3-7pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 12-4pm. Masks for all visitors are required and no more than 6 people will be allowed in the gallery at one time. (Hours subject to change.)

ABOUT THE JUROR:

Danny Floyd is an artist, researcher, curator, and educator based out of Chicago. At the risk of confusion, his work seeks the narrow threshold between meaning and nonsense in text and images. Often at odds with neuro-normative conventions, he embraces divergent thinking through improvisation and the delightfully weird. He is the Exhibitions Director for ACRE and a Lecturer of Visual & Critical Studies and Sculpture at SAIC. Since 2013, he has been an active part of Chicago’s artist-run space community through two programs, Ballroom Projects and Adler & Floyd. He has held curatorial residencies with ACRE and Chicago Artists Coalition. He was also awarded the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Curatorial Fellowship in 2017.

Virtual Opening Reception, Saturday, Jan 9, 4:00-5:00pm

• Exhibition dates: Jan 8 – Feb 27, 2021
• Gallery hours: Fri – 3-7 pm,  Sat & Sun – 12-4 pm