Visit CHICAGO 🇺🇲 Street Art, Galleries, Events

[Daniel Silk]

Gallery website here - www.maxwellcolette.com/

Good selection of Artists -

3D (Robert del Naja)
ALEX PARDEE
BANKSY
BARRY MCGEE
BAST
BEEJOIR
BUFF MONSTER
CRASH (John Matos)
D*FACE
DAMIEN HIRST
DAVE KINSEY
DAVID CHOE
DONDI WHITE
FAILE
JAMES CAUTY
JAMIE REID
JEFF KOONS
JUDITH SUPINE
KEITH HARING
MISS BUGS / JOE BLACK
PAM GLEW
PAUL INSECT
SHEPARD FAIREY
SLINKACHU
SPACE INVADER
TAKASHI MURAKAMI

[Daniel Silk]

I think we have a few members from Chicago, any of you been to this show? Really looks like they have a lot of pieces by Artists that get talked about here a lot.

[bsimkin]

Oct 22, 2010 22:24:53 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

I think we have a few members from Chicago, any of you been to this show? Really looks like they have a lot of pieces by Artists that get talked about here a lot.

I live in the Chicago area. Thanks for the heads up. The gallery name sounds familiar but I've never been. Nice selection on their website. Might have to stop in and check this out!

[meatbag]

nice find silk but dam that's annoying watching mobile phone vid's like that. Felt like I was getting a tour by cheech and chong.

[dime683]

i turned my computer on its side to watch it.

while in chicago over the summer i visited the maxwell colette gallery. very nice collection of work he has. this is a pop up gallery in the video that has been set up in the loop. (the loop is downtown chicago)

[bsimkin]

Hey peeps! I spent over 3 hours at Art Chicago last weekend. Saw the Obey Revoultions exhibition. Some of the smaller album covers were still available for 2,000 a pop (editions of 8).

Saw some pretty cool stuff overall. Street art wise, a gallery had a Mr Brainwash 'Madonna.' Kinda surprised and Disappointed not to see anything Banksy. I would say, overall, the street art scene was severely underrepresented considering the amount of galleries (over 200 i think). On top of that, there were quite a few artists stealing street art ideas and the not (one guy even made Rubik cube portraits a la space invader. go figure)

Well, here are the pictures I took. Enjoy!!

crackade.blogspot.com/2011/05/crackade-visits-art-chicago.html

Cheers.

B

[fingerz]

nice pics thanks for sharing

[bsimkin]

May 6, 2011 19:08:00 GMT 1 fingerz said:

nice pics thanks for sharing

Thanks Fingerz! Checking out Gabriel Specter's "Repeat Offender" show next weekend at Pawn Works in Chicago.
www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/?p=20644

Finally getting some decent stuff around here. Wish I was across the pond to see what you guys are throwing down on the reg.

B

[jnschicago]

Check out the online catalogue to an art auction in Chicago (http://catalogues.lesliehindman.com/asp/search.asp?st=U&view1=View&sale_value=198++++).

Lots of cool artists including Nick Walker, 3D, Micallef, Insect, Gagnon, Eskay 101, Bast and others.

[plush]

Apr 13, 2012 1:58:42 GMT 1 @rogermilla said:

One unsigned Bast Revolucion, Micallef's edition of 1000, and a couple of Paul Insect and Nick Walker prints? Nothing that isn't on eBay 365 days a year.

Yeah, and some Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Dali. You know the ones you don't see on ebay 365.

[Deleted]

Hi forumites!

Spending the weekend in chicago to see the lichtenstein expo (tomorrow morning). For the rest of the weekend I have some time left to see some street art, but noniea where to search!

If you have any tips ( also non-art related) they are more than welcome!

Thanks in advance,

Jopkop (and miss Jopkop)

[jB]

You should pop into the art institute, head down to see the Anish Kapoor Bean in Millenium Park, and perhaps take a stroll down to Navy Pier. As for street art, it's been a while since living there. Couldn't help on that front. Enjoy, looks like some decent weather this week too.

[Deleted]

May 12, 2012 1:59:00 GMT 1 jB said:

You should pop into the art institute, head down to see the Anish Kapoor Bean in Millenium Park, and perhaps take a stroll down to Navy Pier. As for street art, it's been a while since living there. Couldn't help on that front. Enjoy, looks like some decent weather this week too.

Thanks for the reply! You describe more or less what I did today, except for the art institute. Have to admit i was deeply impressed by the kapoor piece, what a great attraction for the city!

Bad news is that i just found out the lichtenstein expo might not be on yet! Will see tomorrow about that..

[David Soukup]

There Chicago Cultural center usually has some cool shows (across the street almost from the institute).

If you're staying downtown mostly for the show, you'll find almost nothing. It's illegal to buy spray paint in Chicago, and our former mayor started a program that buffs any kind of graffiti or street art in hours sometimes. Everytime I'm in another large city, I'm always amazed by how 'clean' downtown Chicago is. If you find a tag of some kind, it usually won't be there tomorrow.

There are a few cool installations on State and Wabash (Loop Pop-Up shows). They get artists to do installs in vacant store windows. Saw a few cool ones on Wabash/Madison area when I was shooting photos the other day.

Regarding street art, without a car, you'll be pretty hard-pressed to get to some of these spots in a day:

Banksy's 'baby carriage rolling down the stairs' piece is at corner of Peoria/Roosevelt. Roa has an awesome piece in the area too, but you'd have to look it up (Hubbard/Peoria maybe?). There's some stuff in Logan Square as well, and Nick Walker did a mural on the front of a local bar called Violet Hour (probably 300 feet south of the Damen Blue Line stop). There are a few other guys that left their mark when they came through town, but we have a city that is ridiculously hard to keep anything up for any period of time. Wicker Park (Damen Blue Line stop) is a cooler neighborhood for that kind of thing (although it's gentrified as all hell now, but there are some cool shops and bars in that area). You'll find alot of sticker art and stuff that hasn't gotten the buff yet up there.

3 Galleries that come to mind when showing any kind of cool urban art are:

Maxwell Collette
Rotofugi
Pawn Works

There's others, but check their websites and see what's going on.

Hope that helps.

[Deleted]

Thanks for the tops and pm! Had a lovely weekend.. Found some art after all, there is a great shep paste- up wall under the viaduct near the navy pier on grand. Will post pictures when the gf uploaded them Somewhere ..

Also, i think there might be two nice ROA rats near san francisco stopon the blue line. Saw it on my way back, only half a secondnbut did not have the time to check it out. Anyone able to confirm this?

Not urban art, but the architecture in this city is amazing. If you love 1910-1960 buildings and the legacy of Mies van der Roha, you will love chicago. I was impressed!

[bmerel]

The Merel Gallery:
An Experience in Art, Food and the Human Brain.

Loudly Presents,

"Evolution"

Chicago
December 13-15, 2013

Four hand picked artists.
One giant vision. 


***All new original works, sketches/concept drawings and prints.***

Official Concept and Artist announcement coming soon...

[bmerel]

Official announcement coming in an hour!!!

The gallery name has changed as well. It's The Merel Gallery. Fire up!!!

[bmerel]

The Merel Gallery Presents..

"Evolution"

December 12-14, 2013. Chicago.



Four unique artists.
One chef.
One living organism. 
The art defined by the group.
The food paired with the art.
The space itself defined and created by both. 

***More details, previews and progress to come as they unfold.***

David Welker

www.davidwelker.com

James Flames

jamesflames.com

Tim Doyle

www.mrdoyle.com

store.nakatomiinc.com/artprints.aspx

Brin Levinson

brinlevinson.com

[Coach]

Good luck with this venture Brian.
I like the idea of mixing food with art - makes a change from the usual beer and art, at openings/previews.
I like Brin Levinson's work. Not familiar with the other artists. Look forward to you sharing their work.

[bmerel]

David Welker
www.davidwelker.com

James Flames
jamesflames.com

Tim Doyle
www.mrdoyle.com
store.nakatomiinc.com/artprints.aspx

Brin Levinson
brinlevinson.com

[bmerel]

There will be a small quantity of VIP Preview tickets to be sold as well. This will get you into the show one hour prior to the public opening.
Admittance to the show will also carry a minimal ticket price at the door upon entry as well.
This is NOT just an art show. There will be fine food, fine art, music and booze...LOTS of major expenses.

VIP tickets will probably be $50.
General Admission tickets probably $10.

Website coming soon.

[bmerel]

oh, and theres this as well....



***All new original works, sketches/concept drawings and prints.***

[ilmambo]

8 months of hype? sounds fun.

[bmerel]

Apr 11, 2013 10:37:40 GMT 1 ilmambo said:

8 months of hype? sounds fun.

i wont do that!! every now and again i'll post with website updates, ticket sales and previews. just wanted you all to know that getting your ass to chicago in december would be a good idea!!!

cheers!

[bmerel]

Lets go!!! 29 days to bring this baby to life!!

[bmerel]

insidetherockposterframe.blogspot.com/2013/04/evolution-art-show-in-chicago-kickstarter-project.html

[kultur]

Isnt this the equivalent of bumping? 9 posts on this thread... 7 by you.

I wish you luck and appreciate your excitement, but I am already tired of hearing about this and it is not for 8 months! Posting "every now and then" as you said is not posting every day; once a month at this point would be overkill. I don't think it is your intention to make people not want to go. Without you bumping it or comments like this... we all know this thread will die a slow death.

[bmerel]

Apr 16, 2013 17:38:37 GMT 1 kultur said:

Isnt this the equivalent of bumping? 9 posts on this thread... 7 by you.

I wish you luck and appreciate your excitement, but I am already tired of hearing about this and it is not for 8 months! Posting "every now and then" as you said is not posting every day; once a month at this point would be overkill. I don't think it is your intention to make people not want to go. Without you bumping it or comments like this... we all know this thread will die a slow death.

Well, the kickstarter just became approved and went live yesterday and the blog was today. I thought both were significant. Not posting to piss anyone off. Truly. Just getting the important info out as it plays. I apologize if this show/thread has offended anyone. I assure you, that's not the intent. This is in fact exciting and only post when something important comes up. Cheers and hopefully this thread won't die....this is a fine art forum so I think this show has its place amongst everything else. Cheers and thanks to all. I promise only to post show related things!

[bmerel]

Just added MANY new "rewards". Enjoy!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/6552....mber-13-15-2013

[bmerel]

Several clients of mine have just reached out and given some ASTOUNDING news...

THE $15K will be donated to the kickstarter next week!!!!!

The show is green as fuckin green!!!

some of the rewards will be taken away but ticket packages for general admission and VIP will be there, along with a few other "rewards".

See you all in December!!!