Gallery
Address:
119 N Peoria St, 2A
Chicago IL 60607
312.480.8390
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Gallery hours:
Wednesday thru Saturdays
11am to 6pm
February 8, 2004 through March 21, 2004
“A Few Snapshots from History”
plus Pedro Velez: New Drawings
“A Few Snapshots from History” will document the prior installation of an art show called “Waterfalls of America” by Nicholas Frank. The waterfalls, constructed from pharmacy-grade household waterflow relaxation devices, will be visible in a set of photographs featuring the artist, gallerist and assistants/friends installing the waterfalls throughout the domestic setting.Nicholas Frank’s work as a gallerist, artist and dialogue organizer is, generally speaking, folded into one effort, which can best be described as "platforming." Artist David Robbins coined the term “platforming” to describe the activities of Frank and other artists-slash-curators-slash-whatever whose work involves the oragnization of events and other artists’ work. “A Few Snapshots from History” is a part of a longstanding project, The Nicholas Frank Biography, individual pages of which have been exhibited in Chicago and Minneapolis. The biography focuses solely on the art production and platforming activities of Nicholas Frank, activities that have included running the Hermetic Gallery; organizing the Hermetic Lecture Series in Milwaukee; exhibiting at the Milwaukee Art Museum, inova in Milwaukee, the Chicago Project Room and the Soap Factory in Minneapolis; writing for Artpapers, New Art Examiner, Bridge, Xtra and interreview.org. His work is in the collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum and Pedro Velez.
Pedro Velez’new drawings continue to confound, titillate and suggest questions about the life span of curatorial decisions, morality in art and taste in contemporary society. His recent solo shows include "Ann Lee and the Devil in Lamb UC" at the Rectangle Space, Miami (December 2003), "Devil in Lamb UC" at Space 601in Puerto Rico (October 2003), TBA Space in Chicago (2002), "Pretending to Pretend" at The Soap Factory in Minneapolis (2002); "Pedro Velez and Juana Valdes" at the Bronx River Art Center in New York (2002) and "Paintings 1999-2003" at Western Exhibitions in Chicago (spring of 2003). Velez' work was seen in group shows at Locust Projects and Ingalls & Associates, both in Miami; Cueva Gallery in Milan; the Institute of Puertorrican Culture in San Juan; and the Stray Show with Western Exhibitions in Chicago. His poster was the inaugural project for POST-Chicago.