Paradigms (Prints, Drawing, Sculpture)
December through April, 2025
Jackie Ferrara, Diane Simpson, Martin Puryear, Lee Bontecou, and Terry Winters, though part of distinct generations, share a common thread in their exploration of form and architecture within their artistic practices. Ferrara's minimalist sculptures, often composed of stacked geometric forms, engage with architectural principles of mass and volume. Simpson's meticulously crafted garments and sculptures reference historical dress and architecture, transforming everyday objects into formal investigations. Puryear’s sculptures, rooted in carpentry and woodworking, often evoke architectural elements like columns and beams, while Bontecou’s abstract, biomorphic paintings and sculptures reference both organic and industrial forms. Winters's paintings, drawing upon abstract forms inspired by nature, create a sense of depth and space. Together, these artists demonstrate the diverse ways in which architecture and form can be interpreted and reimagined within contemporary art.
Cody Heichel, Ordinary Moments, February through April, 2025
Cody Heichel’s paintings are characterized by a blend of expressionism and realism. Incorporating elements of folk art and American imagery, his paintings often feature motifs such as windows, cropped landscapes, still lifes, and figures, reflecting his observations at large.
Lachlan Hinwood, Spirit Ditch, December 6 - February 6, 2025
Lachlan Hinwood’s paintings depict romantic, often spiritual interpretations of nature, imbuing ordinary scenes with a sense of wonder and mystery. His ideas become symbolic representations of reality using natural forms that create their own unique rhythm. Hinwood is an Iowa based artist.
Jingqi Steinhiser, Hollow Castle | November 1 - December 6
Jingqi Steinheiser’s paintings synthesize iconography from a fragmented childhood. Growing up in China as an only child to parents who were diplomats, she would live in Russia, Mongolia, and Korea before coming to the US where she would earn a BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA at Rhode Island School of Design.
Albert Nagele, Recent Discoveries | November 1 - December 6
Albert Nagele (1935-2018) was an American abstract painter who created large-scale, hypnotic, dot pattern paintings with a style he self-coined as “Abstract Pointillism.” Winning multiple awards while exhibiting at the Art Institute of Chicago, he had a healthy art career with multiple institutional exhibitions in the 1970s while having representation by Deson-Zaks Gallery.
Chicago and Vicinity (and Redux) | September 6 - October 18
This exhibition is in two sections. One is a historical show featuring a variety of artists that exhibited in the original Chicago and Vicinity shows at the Art Institute of Chicago. Additionally, a contemporary group of regional artists (and Redux) are in the front gallery. “Chicago and Vicinity (and Redux)” is the inaugural show.
Artists in the exhibition include Roger Brown, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris, Leon Golub, Phil Hanson, Richard Hull, Richard Hunt, Miyoko Ito, Linda Kramer, Robert Middaugh, Jackie Moses, Jim Nutt, John Pittman, Karl Wirsum (and Redux), Darius Airo, Ryan Travis Christian, Sean Gannon, Ellen Hanson, Madeline Leplae, Kendrick McFarlane, Marcelo Eli Sarmiento, Jingqi Steinhiser