ANDREW RAFACZ GALLERY

Kirsten StoltmannStill from the film “The First to...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:27:14 -0400

Kirsten Stoltmann
Still from the film “The First to Arrive”

Please join us for the opening of Psychosexual curated by Scott J. Hunter this Saturday (April 6) from 4-7pm!

ANDREW RAFACZ continues the spring 2013 season with Psychosexual, curated by Scott J. Hunter. The exhibition includes work by Lutz Bacher, Tom Burr, Edmund Chia, Matthias Dornfeld, Jayson Keeling, Jutta Koether, Nazafarin Lotfi, Jeffry Mitchell, John Neff, Rachel Niffenegger, Peter Otto, Kirsten Stoltmann, and Brenna Youngblood. It continues through Saturday, May 25, 2013.

Psychosexual explores the constructed, yet unconscious meaning of the physical gesture in contemporary art making, and its intimacy and eroticism. The gesture, across mediums, is first and foremost taken as a representation of the artist’s underlying self, as it is envisioned, fabricated, and then executed. As such, it holds in its execution a projection of the artist’s desires and assertions. Its consequent evocation, in the mind of the viewer of the work, is a representation of the artist’s self; a projective identification by the viewer that is considered, taken in and incubated as memory, and which is then explored, challenged, or discharged. It is the intersubjectivity between artist and viewer that becomes a principal interest in this exhibition; to assess and frame how the artist’s and viewer’s unconscious eroticism becomes both psychologically and aesthetically tangible.

A catalog, with essays by Jason Foumberg, Elijah Burgher, and Scott J. Hunter, is forthcoming during the run of the exhibition.

Thanks to everyone who came out for Jeremy Bolen in dialogue...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:16:36 -0400

Thanks to everyone who came out for Jeremy Bolen in dialogue with Caroline Picard and Karsten Lund! (at Andrew Rafacz Gallery)

John Opera Forms I cyanotype on stretched...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:25:00 -0500

John Opera

Forms I

cyanotype on stretched linen

21”x27”

ed. 3

New work by John Opera! See more here.

Center Field | The Stage of Scientific Reproduction: An Interview with Jeremy Bolen

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:56:00 -0500

Jeremy Bolen was recently interviewed by Caroline Picard of Art:21. Click the link below to read the fantastic interview and learn more about Bolen’s process.

http://blog.art21.org/2013/02/26/center-field-the-stage-of-scientific-reproduction-an-interview-with-jeremy-bolen/#more-76544

Archetype Drift, Curated by Jason Lazarus, Johalla, March 6th.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:54:01 -0500

Archetype Drift, Curated by Jason Lazarus, Johalla, March 6th.:

latitudechicago:

Jeremy Bolen 350 feet above the Large Hadron Collider #1...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:15:00 -0500

Jeremy Bolen

350 feet above the Large Hadron Collider #1 (matter/anti-matter)

2012

archival pigment print, neodymium magnets

44.5 in x 36 in

colepierce: Cody Hudson @ devening projects + editions by Paul...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:11:36 -0500

colepierce:

Cody Hudson @ devening projects + editions by Paul Germanos on Flickr.

spacedbar: Cody Hudson It’s Lonely out in Space, 2009ink and...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:11:21 -0500

spacedbar:

Cody Hudson

It’s Lonely out in Space, 2009
ink and acrylic on wood panel
30” x 30”

Modern Drugs, 2011
wood
37” x 13.5” x 8”

via Andrew Rafacz Gallery

The opening reception for Jeremy Bolen and Robert Burnier is...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:40:17 -0500

The opening reception for Jeremy Bolen and Robert Burnier is right now- stop by! (at Andrew Rafacz Gallery)

Be sure to check out Jeremy Bolen’s “Cern”...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:13:00 -0500

Be sure to check out Jeremy Bolen’s “Cern” catalogue with text by Monica Westin tomorrow night!

Opening Reception is Saturday, February 9, from 4-7pm!

sixpackfrance: Sixpack France - Interview John Opera - Great...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:29:57 -0500

sixpackfrance:

Sixpack France - Interview John Opera -

Great interview with our artist, John Opera.

Robert BurnierGraft2012Primer on aluminum19 3/4 x 17 in.

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:27:00 -0500

Robert Burnier
Graft
2012
Primer on aluminum
19 3/4 x 17 in.

Opening Reception for Jeremy Bolen: Cern and Robert Burnier: The Horseless Carriage

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:23:50 -0500

Click here to see our event page for our next show! The opening reception takes place February 9 from 4-7pm. Don’t miss out!

Mark your calendars for our next exhibition “Cern,”...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:09:47 -0500

Mark your calendars for our next exhibition “Cern,” a solo exhibition by Jeremy Bolen! The opening reception will take place on Saturday, February 9, 4-7pm.

The exhibition will be on view from February 9 - March 30. For more information, click here.

Jeremy Bolen, above/below ground and in the fox river at...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:05:47 -0500

Jeremy Bolen, above/below ground and in the fox river at npl-1 (remnants of radium dial company), Ottawa, IL, 2012

Cody Hudson, Flee This Fucking City, 2011, neon, 22” x...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:11:01 -0500

Cody Hudson, Flee This Fucking City, 2011, neon, 22” x 20”

Greg Stimac

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:36:00 -0500

Greg Stimac

postcardsfromchicago: Zachary Buchner, Untitled (JSY...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:25:26 -0500

postcardsfromchicago:

Zachary Buchner, Untitled (JSY 04), 2012.

Plaster, acrylic, tempera, canvas. 24” x 20”

Image courtesy of Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, Ill.

John Opera / CULT

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:27:00 -0500

John Opera was recently featured in CULT, an online publication about contemporary photography and film based in Germany.

Take a look at the website here!

Follow them on tumblr here!

Zachary Buchner Untitled (Yellow Gold), 2010, plaster, enamel,...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:32:00 -0500

Zachary Buchner

Untitled (Yellow Gold), 2010, plaster, enamel, burlap, masonite, 24”x21”