2013: Dana DeGiulio @ The Suburban

Above: Dana DeGiulio exits the Buick LeSabre sedan which she drove, backwards, into Michelle Grabner's gallery: The Suburban.

Dana DeGiulio
New work: "Untitled," with book release.
November 17, 2013
The Suburban
125 N. Harvey Avenue
Oak Park, IL

http://danadegiulio.com/

http://www.thesuburban.org/

1996 Buick LeSabre: 3.8 L V6-cylinder, 205 hp @ 5200 rpm, 17/27 mpg, front wheel drive, 4-speed automatic transmission, sedan, white in color.

The Suburban (gallery 1): 8 feet wide, 8 feet deep, ~9 feet high, concrete block walls, concrete floor, one steel door and one window; operated by Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam.

Dana DeGiulio: b. 1978, Chicago Heights, IL; BFA, 2001 and MFA, 2007, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Instructor of Painting and Drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008).

Above: Dana DeGiulio exits her Buick LeSabre sedan, closing her opening reception on Sunday, November 17, 2013.

Above: The white, 1996, Buick LeSabre sedan which Dana DeGiulio crushed against The Suburban gallery.

Above: Evidence of the damage done, by Dana DeGiulio and her Buick, to the concrete block walls of The Suburban.

Above: Dana DeGiulio, right, with her Buick LeSabre sedan, after her opening reception on Sunday, November 17, 2013.

Above: Dana DeGiulio, right, with Buick, indicating the scale of The Suburban, gallery 1; note gallery 2, in background.

Read more:

Nick Bastis, Chicago Artist Writers, December 11, 2013:
http://chicagoartistwriters.blogspot.com/2013/12/dana-degiulio-at-suburban.html

Lise Haller Baggesen, Bad at Sports, December 20, 2013:
http://badatsports.com/2013/year-of-the-scavenger/

Matt Morris, Artforum, January 3, 2014:
http://artforum.com/archive/id=44566 (must register to view Artforum archive on-line)

Matt Morris:
http://mattmorriswerks.tumblr.com/post/67473012664/dana-degiulio-untitled-2013-suburban-oak-park

Above:
Images (1-6) November 17, 2013;
Copyright Paul E. Germanos.

2014: Carrie Schneider @ Monique Meloche

Above: Carrie Schneider with her single-channel video projection “Reading Women,” on January 11, 2014.

Carrie Schneider
"Reading Women"
January 11 – February 1, 2014
moniquemeloche gallery
2154 W. Division Street
Chicago, IL

http://carrieschneider.net/

http://moniquemeloche.com/

"To create “Reading Women,” I asked 70 female friends – mostly artists, writers and musicians – to each sit while reading a book of her choice, written by a female author, in her own home or studio for the duration of two hours using side-by-side photographic and video cameras. There is something rare about the depth of concentration experienced while reading, and it’s this moment I’m after: when the sitter loses awareness of the camera – and any semblance of a pose – forgetting her cultural performance.

Whether she chose to read the hardcover first edition autographed copy of Angela Davis’ 'An Autobiography,' (1974) borrowed from her late grandmother, or chose to read (for the eighth time) the dog-eared, used paperback version of Virginia Woolf’s 'To the Lighthouse,' (1927) – the sitter, her choice of book and its author, become linked. To underscore the importance of this connection, each photograph is titled after the sitter, the author, and the title and publication year of the book itself. Cumulatively, the archive reveals a constellation of influences and knowledge among my creative peers." - Carrie Schneider

Quotation above from: http://moniquemeloche.com/carrie-schneider-reading-women/

Above: "Dana reading Virginia Woolf (To the Lighthouse, 1927) from the series Reading Women (2012-2013)" (C) Carrie Schneider.

Above:
Image (1) January 11, 2014;
Copyright Paul E. Germanos.
Image (2) Press image, moniquemeloche gallery, illustrating still photography in exhibition;
Copyright Carrie Schneider.