Karyn Ross, "The most intriguing thing for me about
making art is that the result is always unexpected. No matter how well
I plan, somehow in the do – the process of making the art –
the piece never matches what was in my imagination – it is always
a work in process, a work in progress." 
Michael Bolsinga, "...Things change throughout
the painting process, sometimes the whole idea behind the painting itself
even changes (as in AMERICANADIA);
good parts get painted over for better parts, colors are swapped over
and over again, and layers and layers of paint are put on. At some point,
which I've never been able to define, the final project jumps out and
says, 'We’re done.'" AMERICANADIA
video
Nicolas Rojas: project,
"...In an attempt to show others this place that is full of magic
and beauty, I recorded the river, walking by the riverside with my video
camera. But on the screen I could only see a fraction of the scene at
a time. So I took still frames of the video and displayed them next
to each other (Turning images spread in time, now spread in space).
But the digital montage didn’t resemble the color, texture or
quality of the place I saw. So I traced the image into a drawing that
would be the base and guide to make a painting..."
Allen
Vandever, "...between each layer I
pour a layer of epoxy resin so there is a layer of clear plastic between
every layer of paint. So you can actually see the layers that are suspended
above the old ones which gives you an insight into the process..."
Iris Iris
Pasic, " Each line filled sheet is a search for meaning
and a message. Each drawing is an open gate through which multitudes
of symbols gush forth and arrange themselves into forms, shapes and
conglomerations. The intended purpose of every image created is clarity
and further understanding. "
Julie Sulzen, "This work represents the beginning stages
of a sunrise painting on Washtenaw. The essential elements being blocked
in are the structures and colors."
Robert
Hogan, "I use Sharpie fine point markers to make pointillism
works on paper of landscapes and cityscapes, and am currently working
on "The Bean" in Millineum Park. I have been taking pictures
of its progress as I have been working on it over the last month. I
have over 160 photos, which I have made into a slideshow detailing the
progress of the piece as I complete it. In total, I have over 75 hours
invested in the current work."
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Unfinished—Show
Us What You're Made Of
A Group Exhibit Showcasing
the Artmaking Process
On
Display October 8 – November 6, 2010
New Wave, 2557
N. Milwaukee Avenue
Opening Reception
Event: Fri October 8, 6pm-9pm
Featuring Music By Wes Imel
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Oct
8th Exhibition Opening Reception Photos
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Oct
4th Anysquared Crew Installation Photos
Unfinished
showcases the unique process of creation: both through "finished"
and "unfinished" works. The exhibit intends to demystify the
process of artmaking by revealing how works-in-progress develop: How
do artists do what they do? Curated by Julia Rochholz and AnySquared
Projects.
Artists:
 
Francisco
Rosado, "...Inspired by Puerto Rican artist Ramón
López who uses crates to weave paintings, the idea to use supermarket
crates as stencils occurred to me when I first arrived to Chicago, began
interacting with my new environment and noticed that supermarket crates
were as ubiquitous here as they were in my native Puerto Rico; stacked
all over the city and used for every imaginable commercial and personal
purpose."
Steven Barrett, "This piece is unfinished because I feel
as though it is missing something powerful to make it more epic. It
is missing an essential item that I am now in pursuit of. I have been
digging from the past and the present and still have nothing yet. I
think that one day it will just either come to me or it will be something
that is right in front of me."
Nicholas Decker, "...The art is literally me hanging
on the wall. Every shirt has been worn by me, some show the wear some
not so much. But, I believe it documents the progression in my life
and with that, illustrates my evolution as an artist..."
Anna
Browning, "I've created these pieces in a rather tedious
process of first the classical, draw, paint, create. Then I take that
painting, cutting it into 192 pieces, all the while carefully measuring
and plotting where they will then be placed on the board that is marked
and measured to guide me where to hammer nails at varying heights. Then
the 192 pieces are glued the 192 nails, effectively recreating and putting
together the painting that was created and then cut apart. The process
itself speaks of creation, destruction and the regeneration of beauty,
or the beauty that can be found even in destruction."
Anne Hayden Stevens, "I have been reading about contemporary
artists using archives, and have been particularly motivated by a Hal
Foster piece called 'The Archival Impulse', which I include in my materials.
A quote: “...archival art is as much preproduction as it is
postproduction: concerned less with absolute origins than with obscure
traces (perhaps "anarchival impulse" is the more appropriate
phrase), these artists are often drawn to unfulfilled beginnings or
incomplete projects—in art and in history alike--that might offer
points of departure again.”"
 
Leon Sarantos, "I am painting scenes from the
University of Chicago campus. I’m also an architect, and my paintings
are inspired by the beauty of the campus’s traditional Gothic
architecture."
Additional
LIP Events in October
Oct 3 Video
Screening
Oct 17 AnyPlace
Exhibit
Oct 27 Open
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Becca Brown
C. Hungerman (detail)
Paul Kulon
Robert Harrison
Tracy Kostenbader
