WESTERN EXHIBITIONS

May 16 & 17, 2008

Join Western Exhibitions in Milwaukee for the "hottest art event of the spring" (according to Artnet):
the Milwaukee International Art Fair

Western Exhibitions will show work by Miller & Shellabarger, Paul Nudd and Amanda Ross-Ho
The fair opens on Friday, May 16 from 5 to 9pm and is open on Saturday, May 17 from 12 to 9pm.

Milwaukee International Art Fair
Polish Falcons Beer Hall
801 E. Center St.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Friday, May 16: 5-9 p.m.
Saturday, May 17: Noon-9 p.m.
Dance Party at the Mad Planet: Saturday: 9 p.m.-close

In the Gallery:

April 5 -- May 17, 2008

In Gallery 1:
Mark Wagner
Creative Accounting
Press release | Images

Reviews:

fNews. Delicate Cash by Ellen Hartwell. May 1, 2008

New City. Mark Wagner, Creative Accounting (review) by Rachel Furnari, April 17, 2008

Time Out Chicago. Mark Wagner, Creative Accounting (review) by Alicia Eler, April 24-30, 2008

Flavorpill Mark Wagner, Creative Accounting. by Courntey Nash, April 5, 2008

In Gallery 2:
Dead Center / Marginal Notes:
Peter Downsbrough / Jeanne Silverthorne
curated by John Neff
Images and info
Dead Center / Marginal Notes is a five-show exhibition program
for 2008 in Western Exhibitions' Plus Gallery

Dead Center / Margnal Notes series info

In the Drawing Room:
Emily Blair
Press release | images

Our most recent shows:

February 23 to March 29, 2008

ERIC LEBOFSKY: Sculpture
info | images | Lebofsky profile in New City

January 12 - March 29, 2008

DEAD CENTER / MARGINAL NOTES:
Dan Devine / Eugenio Dittborn
curated by John Neff
info | review in Artforum.com

January 12 - February 16, 2008| info

AARON VAN DYKE
images

NEWS: download the WX Winter 2008 newsletter (pdf)

Western Exhibitions to present to present Amanda Ross-Ho, Miller & Shellabarger and Paul Nudd at the Milwaukee International Art Fair, May 16 and 17
Western Exhibitions to present Miller & Shellabarger at the VOLTA art fair in Basel, June 2-7, 2008
Paul Nudd in two person show at Hyde Park Art Center, May 4 – July 20, 2008
Dan Attoe solo show " Simple Thoughts and Complicated Animals" at Peres Projects Berlin
Dan Attoe solo show "American Dreams" at MUSAC: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, May 17 -- July 6
Carl Baratta solo show at Vox Populi in Philadelphia opens April 4
Pedro Velez with Gamaliel Rodriguez: Misremember at Event Horizon, curated by Jennifer Schmidt, Davis and Union Squares, Somerville, MA (Sat, Apr 12 and Wed, Apr 16) The Project Space Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
What Future? curated by Gean Moreno and Pedro Velez and the generosity of Carlos Ascurra (Miami), and Jorge Castro (Puerto Rico) for the Circa Art Fair (Art Labs Section), Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, PR Apr 11 - 14
Miller & Shellabarger are recipients of a 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
Amanda Ross-Ho in 2008 Whitney Biennial
Eric Lebofsky profiled in New City
Dead Center / Marginal Notes review in Artforum.com
Miller & Shellabarger in Soft Life at Hyde Park Art Center reviewed in Time Out Chicago
Miller & Shellabarger in Soft Life at Hyde Park Art Center reviewed in New City
Ben Stone show reviewed in January's ARTFORUM
Geoffrey Todd Smith interviewed in Fecal Face
Melissa Oresky show at VONZWECK opens February 7
Adriane Herman and Miller & Shellabarger to exhibit and perform, respectively, as part of Michelle Grabner's "Remain in Light" survey at the Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, Kansas.
Miller & Shellabarger in Soft Life at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, January 20 - March 30, 2008. Reviewed in New City
Geoffrey Todd Smith's site-specific installation "Here's Looking At You Looking At Me Kid" at Hyde Park Art Center
Jimmy Baker (w Nathan Tersteeg): Hairrier: The Hovering Drone opened Jan. 25
John Parot in group show at Road Agent in Dallas
John Parot's solo show at WX and Carl Baratta's two-person show at Green Lantern named in The Top 5 Gallery Shows in Chicago by New City
Adriane Herman in Urban Culture Project presents Locate | Navigate – exercises in mapping (part 2) at La Esquina in Kansas City
Press for John Parot's Biological Exuberance
- Time Out Chicago
- New City
- UR Chicago
- Centerstage Chicago
- Think Pink
- Flavorpil
Melissa Oresky in Salon Selective II at ADA Gallery in Richmond, Virginia, opening December 18
Dan Attoe one of five winners of the Portland Art Museum's 2008 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
John Neff in Sex, Gum, Corruption and a Dead Pony, curated by FGA/Pedro Velez, Photo Miami, Miami, Fl
Images from John Neff's 2006 WX solo show online
Aaron Van Dyke solo show at Kiehle Gallery at St. Cloud University
Melissa Oresky and John Parot in "Thinking in Color", curated by Judy Ledgerwood, at the Lemberg Gallery in Detroit
Carl Baratta in "When Worlds Collide" at Carl Berg Gallery in Los Angeles
Adriane Herman solo show at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, thru Dec. 15
Eric Lebofsky on the cover of issue 71 of New American Paintings. Paul Nudd also featured in this issue
Jimmy & Jil Baker "True Diplomacy"
- Critic's Pick in Artforum.com
- Critic's Choice in the Chicago Reader
- Review by Jason Foumberg in New City
More news here