Upcoming Show for August 15th!

Atlantic O
by Irene Pérez

For Atlantic O artist Irene Pérez presents a conceptual and material exploration that investigates the body of water that both separates and connects the American and European continent. In Atlantic O this massive expansion of salty fluid and fluid emotional states are at odds due to Perez’s return “home” to Spain after a 10-year absence.

Irene Pérez is an emerging visual artist making work that explores place, perception, cultural identity, and language. Irene works on projects in a variety of media, including works on paper, fiber pieces, and installations. Born in 1975 in Terrassa, Spain, near Barcelona, she currently lives in North Aurora, near Chicago, Illinois. Her studies include work in art history at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and photography and fine arts at the College of Dupage in Illinois. Irene received a BFA in studio arts with a focus in sculpture and painting at the University of Illinois at Chicago in May of 2009.

OPENING:SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th, 7-11pm

That You Can Carry

That You Can Carry by Allison Yasukawa is up till August 7th by appointment.

UP NEXT-ALLISON YASUKAWA

That You Can Carry
New work by Allison Yasukawa

OPENING:FRIDAY,JULY 17, 7-11pm
For Second Bedroom Project Space, artist Allison Yasukawa proposes new forms of engagement with ethnography. Experimenting with art based research techniques; Senegalese expatriates were asked to create drawings from memory of their Senegalese neighborhoods allowing for an experiential relationship with the past. The drawings as well as interviews with the expatriates were used to inform the construction of a series of hats embedded with the recorded audio from the interviews. Come and experience if the ethnographic hat will make the man.
Allison Yasukawa is a Chicago-based artist. Her work is multi-disciplinary and addresses questions about embodiment and communication through low-tech interactive works. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago.