Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Gallery Hopping in Chicago


Gerrie and Anke my artist friends and I went gallery hopping in the Bucktown/Wicker Park District.

Many galleries from our list out of Chicago Gallery News were not easily accessible so we didn't see them. Either there was no parking or the area was not safe.

One gallery that we did like a lot was the Jackson Junge Gallery. The work was imaginative and executed very, very well. It was a delight to be there.

We then walked down Milwaukee Avenue to the Flat Iron Arts Building where there are lots of studio rooms. It was a trip just walking through there as it felt like you were in a maze. It was fun especially with some of the windows being dressed to entertain such as this whimsy looking fellow above!

Out of frustration in inaccessible galleries we decided to go back to the user friendly River North art district where you can park and walk from gallery to gallery. Our all time favorite is the Ann Nathan Gallery which always handles top notch work, and the new Eche gallery which was the Habitat Gallery. They had several large Chihuly pieces and some paintings of his.

Every time we go we feel that we are re-energized to paint...have a better perspective on what's out there- and maybe what's selling and the current trends and galleries.

It was a good day!




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