South Side Exhibition Highlights
Nykeya Woods
Looking to take advantage of the city’s culture? Look no future than art galleries in the South Loop, Hyde Park, Pilsen, Kenwood and Bronzeville. Several of the exhibits highlight emerging artists, neighborhoods and the cultural influences.
DuSable Museum of African American History, from "African Presence in Mexico"
Afro-Mexican history is highlighted at a DuSable Museum of African-American History, 740 East 56th Pl., through Nov. 14, 2010. Through paintings, photographs, lithographs and historical texts, “The African Presence in Mexico: From Yanga to the Present” highlights Africans had on Mexican culture.
Yanga, an African leader and founder of the first free African township in the Americas, is heavily featured in the exhibit. Yanga was eventually made a national hero of Mexico.
Featured in the exhibition are artists such as Rufino Tamayo, Elizabeth Catlett, Francisco Toledo, Maria Yampolski, Francisco Mora, and Afro-Mexicano artists; Ignacio Canela, Mario Guzman, Guillermo Vargas and Hermengildo Gonzalez.
Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens, $1 for children ages 6 through 12, and children under the age of 6 are free. Sundays are free to all.
For more information, call 773-947-0600 0r dusablemuseum.org.
Jessie Mott, Koala Deer Hybrid, 2010. Ink and watercolor on paper.
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave opened its latest multimedia exhibition “Ground Floor” Aug. 29, 2010. The biannual show highlights innovative and emerging artists from Columbia College, the University of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois.
This year, the survey exhibition includes work from 20 artists: Daniel Bruttig, Katy Collier, Chris Cuellar, Bonnie Fortune, Maria Gaspar, Joe Grimm, Adam Grossi, Emily Hermant, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Samantha Jaffe, Daniel Lavitt, Lisa Lindvay, Brian Matthew, Jesse McLean, Matthew Metzger, Jessie Mott, Eliza Myrie, Jennifer Ray, Mia Rollow, Michael Sirianni, and Olivia Valentine.
Kim Piotrowski, In the Evening. 2010. Mxed media on synthetic paper.
Several events are also planned for this exhibition, including an Artists Talk on Sept. 22 and Oct. 6. Both events begin at 6 pm. The roundtable discussion, “What’s an MFA worth?” is set for Oct. 24 at 2 p.m.
“Ground Floor,” runs through Oct. 31, 2010.
Admission is free.
For more information call, 773-324-5520 or visit hydeparkart.org .
Three Peas Art Lounge, "Art Wine Project: Hebru Brantly and Krista Franklin.
More than 60 artists are set to participate in Pilsen Open Studios Oct. 16 to 17. Various galleries, cultural centers and cafés participating in the weekend-long festivities are located between Halsted Street to Western Avenue and from 16th to 23rd streets. Check out venues between noon and 8 pm.
For more information, visit pilsenopenstudios.org.
Traveling exhibit “Millas y Kilómetros” highlights southern Mexican and mid-Western art communities at the National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St.
The exhibit runs through Nov. 28. It previously opened Centro Cultural Jaime Sabines in Mexico.
For more information, call 312-738-9740 or visit nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org.
Three Peas Art Lounge, Hebru Brantly, Crown of Metropolis.
Two more days, Sept. 17 and Oct. 15, are left for the Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tour. Four five months each year, the free trolley tour explores various galleries in the Douglas, Grand Boulevard and Kenwood neighbors.
Galleries participating: Blanc Gallery, 4455 S. King Dr.; DuSable Museum of African American History, 740 E. 56th Pl.; Faie African Art Gallery, 4317 S. Cottage Grove Ave.; Gallery Guicard, 3521 S. King Dr.; Little Black Pearl, 1060 E. 47th St.; and South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave.
Tours begin at 6 pm.
For more information, visit galleryguichard.com or call 773-373-8000.
Currently at Three Peas Art Lounge, 75 E. 16th St., is the “Art Wine Project: Hebru Brantly and Krista Franklin.” The show highlights original art labels coupled with Cabernet Sauvignon and Riesling wine bottles. The exhibit runs through Sept. 30.
The following month, Brantley’s “Crown of the Metropolis” opens and heavily features “Asian-inspired art, comic book characters, race relations, television pop culture icons, and street art.”
The exhibit runs through Nov. 30.
For more information, visit threepeasartlounge.com or call 312-624-9414.
