Art On the El

I lived in Chicago for a summer once, so naturally I was expecting an exhibit called New Art From Chicago to feature all the staples: hot dogs, pizza, Old Style, Wilco, George Wendt, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Tortoise, the Blue Line, Jon Langford, etc., etc. Unfortunately, "the show is based on...

By Noah W. Bailey

January 31, 2008

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I lived in Chicago for a summer once, so naturally I was expecting an exhibit called New Art From Chicago to feature all the staples: hot dogs, pizza, Old Style, Wilco, George Wendt, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Tortoise, the Blue Line, Jon Langford, etc., etc. Unfortunately, "the show is based on a social rather than a geographic locus; that is, that specific social networks and affinities draw certain artists together, pooling sympathetic aesthetics." I think that's art school speak for "if you live together in a Wicker Park apartment and listen to the same jams all day, then your shit might sort of look the same." See for yourself from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at Road Agent, 2909-A Canton St. Visit road-agent.com.
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12-5 p.m. Starts: Jan. 19. Continues through March 1, 2008

Noah W. Bailey

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