Had a very arty Friday... started off the day with dropping off one of my framed photographs at a gallery in Pilsen (I'm in a show opening next Friday). The pinatas were part of an upcoming exhibit in one of the new Pop Up Art spaces that have been all over the city lately-- the idea is that artists take over unused business spaces (with permission of the owners of the buildings) and can stay in the space until the owner rents/leases it to a tenant. So a pretty good idea in this economy when there are a lot of closed businesses/vacant buildings!
Went to the open studio night at the Flat Iron building in Wicker Park for the first time. I walk by this building on a near weekly basis but never went inside it. It's pretty bohemian inside-- the second two floors are all tiny galleries or private studio spaces that mainly house painters and photographers. Today they had a special event where resident artists painted one or more wall murals that would only be up for a 4-hour time span, they called the event "Now You See It, Now You Don't" as it was all going to be painted over at the end of the night! Above are some sections of the mural that interested me, I especially liked the paper airplane installation.
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