MartinJon

Interview with Kathryn Born of Art Talk Chicago

Kathryn writes and edits Art Talk Chicago, which is our new Visual Arts Blog. Hosted by ChicagoNow Kathryn has visions of expanding the role of art media in Chicago.

http://www.chicagonow.com/
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/art-talk-chicago/

Be sure to check out Kathryn and I on June 29th at 7:30pm for a follow-up interview where you will be able to make comments and ask questions of Kathryn about the direction and goals of Art Talk Chicago. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chicagoarts

ChicagoArts Interview with Joyce Polance

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the studio of one of Joyce Polance; who, in my opinion, is one of the best painters of flesh in Chicago. Being in the presence of these massive paintings of massive nudes is, one massive experience I will not soon forget. I believe she is currently in search of a gallery. So, anyone out there looking to enrich their galley's offerings with work that promises to impress might want to look into getting in touch with Joyce through her website http://www.joycepolance.com/

Leaving for Sicily

I am going out of town for a bit - This blog will be updated as soon as I return

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See you when I return
MartinJon

ChicagoArts Interview with Jorge Rojas

Jorge will be both, showing and performing in the Chicago-land area this month. His paintings will be at ATREahore, the only Latin American arts fair in Chicago. He is also going to be the Artist in Residence at the West Chicago Museum, from the 8th through the 16th of May, performing his MySpace Project.

John Himmelfarb Unveils "Conversion"

John Himmelfarb will be celebrated this Friday, May 1st for his completion of a new sculpture "Conversion". Vector Custom Fabricating and Ruschman Gallery invite you to what may be your only chance to see this amazing work, because it will soon be shipped off and installed in the sculpture garden of Marc and Kathy LeBaron of Lincoln, Nebraska.

John was making truck sculptures for a long time before this piece started to form, but “Conversion” breaks away from those original models, not least by using an actual truck as its armature. Working within the limitations of found-object sculpture, John "finds" this piece one object at a time. Buckets, mufflers, pipes, odds and ends, big and small; like the world around us, everything has its place.

I interviewed John for ChicagoArts about this piece last year, as he was still working on how he thought it needed to be completed. The unveiling of "Conversion" will be at Vector's service yard; just east of their 2128 West Fulton Street offices from 5-7pm.

Reception with Artist:
Friday, May 1, 2009,
5pm - 7pm
Vector's service yard
just east of their 2128 West Fulton Street map

ChicagoArts Interviews at Version Fest

I had the pleasure of hosting a ChicagoArts Live Stream this past weekend at Version '09. Check out the videos below to see the interviews that were conducted.

Golden Age

Shelter Corps

Mark Arcuri

Dave "The Light Bulb Man"

Chad of Post Family

Alan Moore

Simeon Nikolov