WESTERN EXHIBITIONS: Painter's Paintings

February 13 to March 20, 2010
opening reception: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 7 to 10pm

In Gallery 2

Painter's Paintings
paintings by gallery artists

Dan Attoe, Jimmy Baker, Carl Baratta, Nicholas Frank, Paul Nudd, Melissa Oresky, Geoffrey Todd Smith

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Dan Attoe

Jimmy Baker

Carl Baratta

Nicholas Frank

Paul Nudd

Melissa Oresky

Geoffrey Todd Smith

WESTERN EXHIBITIONS
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Public Reception:
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 7 to 10pm

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm

In Gallery 2

Painter's Paintings
paintings by gallery artists

Dan Attoe, Jimmy Baker, Carl Baratta, Nicholas Frank, Paul Nudd, Melissa Oresky, Geoffrey Todd Smith

As a companion to the ON PTG show on view in Gallery 1, Western Exhibitions is pleased to present work by gallery artists who paint as their primary practice. The paintings range from figurative to abstract to text-based, atmospheric to geometric, grotesque to beautiful, and all permutations in between.

Dan Attoe is fresh off solo shows at Peres Projects and Western Exhibitions, a solo presentation by Peres Proejects at Art Basel Miami Beach and group shows at Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw and Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin. Attoe lives and works just outside of Portland, OR.

Jimmy Baker currently has a solo show “Event Horizon” at New Galerie de France in Paris and is in a group show “Shapeshifter” at Country Club Projects in Cincinnati, OH. He has upcoming solo shows at Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles, CA and the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH. Baker lives and works in Cincinnati, OH.

Carl Baratta was recently included in the group show “Big Youth” at Corbett vs. Dempsey
and curated a show at Side Car Gallery in Hammond, IN. His last solo show at Western Exhibitions was reviewed in New City, Chicago Reader and Fecal Face.

Nicholas Frank currently has a large painting (that was also the floor of his studio from 2007-2009) in “Picturing the Studio” at the Sullivan Galleries of the School of the Art Institute. Frank’s recent solo show at Western Exhibitions in Nov/Dec 2009 was reviewed in New City and the new art writing website ARTWRIT. Frank lives and works in Milwaukee, WI.

Paul Nudd is currently showing the multi-channel video installation “Black Milk” in “Picturing the Studio” at the Sullivan Galleries of the School of the Art Institute. His 2009 solo show VOMITOMITRON at Western Exhibitions was reviewed on Bad At Sports, Chicago Art Review and Fecal Face. Nudd lives and works in Berwyn, IL.

Melissa Oresky has been included in several group shows recently including “On Paper” at the Galhberg Gallery at the College of DuPage; "Contemporary Painting” at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI; and “Streaking" w. Carrie Gundersdorf at Proof Gallery in Boston, MA. Chicago Art Review enthusiastically reviewed her recent solo show at Western Exhibitions. Oresky works in Chicago.

Geoffrey Todd Smith’s work was featured in a solo booth by Western Exhibitions at the 2009 NADA Art Fair in Miami Beach, FL and will be included in the group show, “"LET THERE BE GEO"” at Columbia College Chicago’s Leviton A+D Gallery that opens on March 4. Smith lives and works in Chicago.