November 14 - December 28
Eglantine: Drawing and Photography - Spencer Hutchinson
Opening Reception: November 14, 2-6p / Closing Reception: December 28, 2-6p
Past work by multidisciplinary artist Spencer Hutchinson that draws on the theme of linearity, silence, and the visual interpretation of sound.
October 10 - November 7
DETRITUS - ANON ANYM
Opening Reception: October 10, 2-6p / Closing Reception: November 7, 2-5p
“Every moment instructs, and every object: for wisdom is infused into every form.”
--Emerson, Nature (1844)
Detritus is a series of twenty-seven porcelain sculptures, presented as a collection of recently discovered calcified specimens that share a process of becoming. The premise: these forms emerged through spontaneous or near spontaneous calcification of phenomenological or experiential catalysts. As a pseudo-scientific exhibit, each object is annotated with an analysis of its materiality and notes as to its provenance, the whole of which is a meditation on humanity's evolving existential crises, loss, and transformation.
October 10 - November 28
Nathan Mason - Improvisations
Opening Reception: October 10, 2-6p
From the artist:
“My working method is improvisational.
In the suite of ceramic objects the source objects are kitsch figurines used as found with clay and glaze layered on. If the figurine has damage it is incorporated as an element to grow from. I am an art history nerd and frequently take inspiration from the tradition of Western European art and its iconographic sources. Thus, in the gallery is an Annunciation pairing with additional archangels. Pinkie, is a statuette of the famous Thomas Lawrence portrait of a young woman. Paired with her is Gabriel in the form of an orange and bluish clown bust. The red matador struck me as having a flaming sword and became Uriel, the angel guarding the gate of the Garden of Eden. The black matador is titled Raphael. The viewer is free to construct their own exegesis.
Part of my process is working within parameters. The colors of the two exterior works are industry standard safety colors. The chair construct is a spatial exercise in using objects as they are but transforming them by juxtaposition and color. The window tapestry is made from flagging tape for construction sites.”
To see more of Nathan’s work visit his website below:
OCTOBER 3 - OCTOBER 31
ERIK NEWMAN: AQUAHUT MK3
Chicago native Erik Newman has set up an experimental laboratory residence at Compound Yellow for the months of June and July. Involving a variety of physical projects, the experiments and demonstrations are designed to attempt to continue to maintain a reasonable standard of living in a world of negative infrastructure. Periodic Non-Contact Fabrication Performance: Usually Friday afternoons/evenings. All workshops and demonstrations TBD as circumstances allow.
Come by! Cold drinks and good conversation await you!
September 19
Julia Blake In collaboration with Marianne Bernstein - NOMADICUBE: INTERWOVEN
Reception: September 19, 4-6p
Interwoven is a material and psychological exploration of opposing forces, tension, and parallels, the dialogue those concepts elicit, and how strength borne from adversity can be nurtured and, given time, cherished and celebrated. It is an exploration of our human need for connectedness in a time of forced separation.
The warp strands remain isolated, allowing for free motion and appear to beckon the addition of weft intersection as expected in a woven composition. As work progresses, public human discourse within the cube has inadvertently begun to mimic the installation theme, with participants offering up their stories, histories, and experiences - bringing to light the intersectionality of the human condition.
Interwoven is an invitation for fluidity, openness, and a celebration of that which makes our experiences uniquely different, and yet collectively human. It is a call to let go of self-imposed expectations and instead embrace the kind of simplicity that brings tranquility and healing.” -Julia Blake
Julia Blake (juliamblake.com) is a fiber arts instructor, artist, and weaver. She spent her formative years moving back and forth between the midwestern United States and West Bengal, India and has been fascinated by textiles since early childhood. Julia has a degree in Education and Human Sciences, with a focus on Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also studied backstrap loom weaving at the Gagyel Lhundrup Weaving Center in Thimphu, Bhutan. Julia teaches the art of handwaving to the blind and visually impaired residents of Friedman Place in Chicago.
Nomadicube (nomadicube.com) is a participatory and collaborative project inside an open-framed 10’x10’ pink cube structure created and facilitated by Marianne Bernstein. The geometry of the cube frames space into a creative free zone; the practice inside is unpredictable, allowing for spontaneous and personal interactions. Marianne Bernstein is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator known for pushing boundaries of how art can be created and experienced in the social realm.
February 28 - March 28
Mikkel Nieman - Decaying
Opening Reception: February 28, 6-9p
Danish artist Mikkel Neimann will be in residence at Compound Yellow from February 28-March 28, 2020. He will be show casing four different videos that examine how political decisions impact urban design and our perception of the space we inhabit. Specifically, each of the videos portray abandoned villages in Greenland, abandoned factories in Detroit and the separation wall in Israel. Niemann, through his site visits, collects materials through digital video, photography, sound recording that emphasize a relationship between remnants of the architecture, human life, and the collective memories of these remnants. Niemann uses his collection process to capture everyday details which we see but do not gave much notice, like wallpaper, a painted wall, brick patterns, labels etc. The images are combined with sound, recorded onsite or from archives, helping the viewer contextualize how these remnants or spaces are used. The short musical non-narrative works that Niemann creates also addresses how these spaces often become an enactment of civil disobedience as they are transformed through generational population shifts.
Mikkel Niemann is a Danish multi-media artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mikkel works in video, photography, performance and installation exploring the connections between memory, history, architecture and decay.