SCOTT SPEH GALLERY
Gallery Address:
845 W Washington
Chicago, IL 60607 USA
(312) 480-8390
Gallery hours:
Wednesday- Saturday
noon to 6pm
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Experiences & Activities
July 29 to August 26, 2006
Installation views
Lennard, Suss, Romaniszak
Romaniszak, McFadden, Hall & Leggio
Hall & Leggio, Suss
Julia Hall & Chrissy Leggio
Julia Hall & Chrissy Leggio's "Slaves of Christo" recounts their experiences as $6.25-an-hour wage slaves toiling on the installation crew for Christo and Jean-Claude's Central Park installation, "The Gates."
Slaves of Christo cover
Slaves of Christo pages
"The Gates" poncho, signed by Christo and Jean-Claude
Angee Lenard contributes "The Lennards: An Upper Middle Class Social History" a heavily researched (with detailed bibliography!) coloring book narrating her family history amidst the backdrop of the cultural shifts of the late 20th and early 21st century.
Patricia McFadden's pop-up book on Jack the Ripper combines whimsical drawings, interactive three-dimensional elements, and original text written in iambic pentameter with the gruesome exploits of the legendary murderer.
Jack the Ripper Pop-Up Bookof Death
Kristen Romaniszak's autobiographical comic books also marry whimsy with disgust, as she details her experience with a tapeworm; her dream about losing her lower lip; various body odors; and a log of drawings depicting 30 days of bowel movements.
Lost and Found
Log:
Thirty Days of My Poops
Taenia Pisiforms
or
Our Tapeworm
or
The Most Grossest Three Months of My Life
Crinch, Crunch, Wronk and Troont!
In Becky Suss' coloring book, "Swell", pages zoom in and out on a tight cluster of cartoonishly drawn houses. Flipping the book fast causes the images to pulsate, like a wave or, well, a swell.
Swell
Houses
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