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Any recommendations for B&W exhibits, etc. in Chicago would be most appreciated.  I'm there this week; noticed even the McDonald's downtown had B&W on the walls.

Thanks,

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

Paul,

No recommendations (I wouldn't be caught dead in Chicago), but please report
back what you find.


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From:  Paul <roark.paul@...>
Reply-To:  <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Date:  Monday, May 6, 2013 9:14 AM
To:  <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Subject:  [Digital BW] Chicago B&W

Any recommendations for B&W exhibits, etc. in Chicago would be most
appreciated. I'm there this week; noticed even the McDonald's downtown had
B&W on the walls.




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David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
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> ...(I wouldn't be caught dead in Chicago), but please report
> back what you find.
...

The Art Institute of Chicago may be second only to the NYC Met in terms of US art museums. The Robert Taub photo collection there is definitely a very interesting collection.  I particularly enjoyed a gum bichromate from 1899 by K. Kuhn.  It was a rather soft image on a paper that had a definite tooth to it, making a very painterly image -- very artistic.  

One of the great originals in the Art Institute is Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte."  (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte )  I might add that the original is terribly pixelated and over-sharpened -- obvious halos, etc.  ;-)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:35 AM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:

> No recommendations (I wouldn't be caught dead in Chicago), but please
> report
> back what you find.
>
from WikiP:
Besides its gangland problems, Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime
starting in the late
1960s.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago#cite_note-2004report-1>
Murders
in the city peaked first in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's
population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29
per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had *fewer* than
three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 per 100,000

-Lew Schwartz


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Paul,

Check out Columbia College. They used to be further north, but now I understand they're kitty corner from the Art Institute and associated with it. I took some photo classes there a while back and what impressed me is that all instructors are expected to have real jobs outside the academic field. They're pros, and for me that gave them some credibility. I'm not suggesting you take a course! But it'd be an interesting place to visit. There's probably a student gallery.

An alternative kind of place, it has a certain "edge".

Plus, here's a place I never got around to visiting, it looks fascinating:

http://www.chicagobauhausbeyond.org/cbb/mission/newBauhaus.htm

I think David Plowden teaches there... he had a large influence on my work.

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:

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> Any recommendations for B&W exhibits, etc. in Chicago would be most appreciated.  I'm there this week; noticed even the McDonald's downtown had B&W on the walls.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

The Art Institute holds the Irving Penn archives, who in my mind is perhaps the greatest photographer of all time. Not sure how much is on display at any time but I'm sure there's plenty.

Also, AIC has a sizable collection of Joseph Cornell's media boxes, which are extraordinary works of art.

Not far from there is Edelman Gallery. Always something to see there!

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:

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> Any recommendations for B&W exhibits, etc. in Chicago would be most appreciated.  I'm there this week; noticed even the McDonald's downtown had B&W on the walls.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

Paul,

You are fortunate to be coming to a city rich in fine-art photography.  
Besides the Art Institute, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the 
Museum of Contemporary Photography, there are many photography 
galleries, five of which (Edelman, Weinberg, Hauser, Schneider, and 
Daiter) are all within a block of each other in the River North 
neighborhood, near the Loop.  (There's even a Leica store with a gallery 
right next to Weinberg.)  Right now at the Art Institute are two shows: 
Irving Penn's street detritus work 
(http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/irving-penn-underfoot), and the group 
show, "When Collecting was New" 
(http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/when-collecting-was-new-photographs-robert-taub-collection). 
(I'm seeing both today.)  Daiter now has a group show of landscape 
photography 
(http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/exhibit_display.asp?Exhibit=Current&EventID=2). 


You might want to check out this site as well: 
http://photoartschicago.com/news

Have a great visit!

-- 
Larry Chait--mailto: ldchait@...
773.407.8482
photo-based art: www.larrychait.com
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Isn't the work of 1950s/1060s street photographer Vivian Maier still on display at the Chicago History Museum?  It's at North Avenue and Clark Street.

It is still up. Nice photographs, but some of the prints are really bad. Seems that the original scans were lacking.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Havanai" <kukra@...> wrote:

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> Isn't the work of 1950s/1060s street photographer Vivian Maier still on display at the Chicago History Museum?  It's at North Avenue and Clark Street.
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Havanai <kukra@...> wrote:

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> Isn't the work of 1950s/1060s street photographer Vivian Maier still on
> display at the Chicago History Museum? It's at North Avenue and Clark
> Street.
>
Yes, I went to the Chicago History Museum today, which is where the exhibit
is, and I thought it was quite nice.  It was good to be reminded also what
nice work a Rollei TLR can do.

I might add that the gallery row at about 300 W. Superior has some
interesting photography.  The Edelman Gallery has a Kenna exhibit up.  Not
being in a high end metropolitan market myself, I was amazed at the $2000 -
$2500 prices on the 7.5 x 8 inch prints (editions of 45).

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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Paul,

You're probably back in CA by now, but a colleague just sent this link. Easily worth ten minutes viewing. Someone else suggested Vivian Maier, and this link is only to supplement that suggestion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEDOnBfDUI

Cheers,

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:

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> Any recommendations for B&W exhibits, etc. in Chicago would be most appreciated.  I'm there this week; noticed even the McDonald's downtown had B&W on the walls.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

That Vivian Maier exhibit was one of the highlights of the Chicago trip.
 What an amazing find for the person who had the insight to buy the
negatives, and what a shame Vivian did not get the acknowledgment she
deserves during her life.

Thanks for sharing this link.

(See the link below from Paul W.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

 Paul <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:

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>  Paul,
>
>
> You're probably back in CA by now, but a colleague just sent this link.
> Easily worth ten minutes viewing. Someone else suggested Vivian Maier, and
> this link is only to supplement that suggestion.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWEDOnBfDUI
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>
>


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A final note I wanted to get into this thread was relates to the Polish history museum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Museum_of_America) and its Paderewski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski) exhibit.  The museum has a special room devoted to this, and they have covered the windows with large, historic B&W, translucent prints.  It's very nicely done -- worth a visit.

(And, as outrageous as it may seem, the most interesting food was a Polish dive near there.)

I've posted a few shots of the short trip on my web page.

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com