My next-to-last blog post of the year

Because I was studying for Jeopardy, I didn't get the chance to post about these shows when they were current. So now I belatedly bring you three great shows I went to in the fall: Maleness to Manhood at The South Side Community Art Center, Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, and The Renegade Craft Fair. And the Guerrilla Truck Show pictures I took got overlooked while I was uploading my photos from NeoCon, so I'm posting those, too.


Guerilla Truck Show

First I went to Packer Schopf Gallery since I passed it on the way to Fulton Market.

I also checked out the Mars Gallery.

Mars Gallery

Then I went to Fulton Market to see the trucks.

Maleness to Manhood

This powerful art show featured work by a large number of African-American male artists and addressed the many different issues they face in our current society.

Thomas Williams

Adam Guichard

Raymond Thomas

Clifton Henri

Renegade Craft Fair

As always, I went to the Renegade Craft Fair in Wicker Park and had a great time. I feel bad that I didn't write a post about it and all the great artists and crafters I saw there, but I don't even know what I did with all their business cards.

Expo Chicago

I really enjoyed the second annual Expo Chicago show at Navy Pier this year. It was such an inspiring experience. My apologies for not getting more of the names of the artists.

Markus Linnenbrink

Howardena Pindell

Erika Rothenberg

Josh Garber

Louise Nevelson

Roxy Paine

Glenn Kaino

James Welling

William Artis

Sargent Johnson

Charles Howard

Fountain Art Fair

The Fountain Art Fair was a satellite fair of the Expo Art Fair, held at the new Mana Contemporary Studios building on Throop.

This interactive kinetic sculpture piece was sort of like a musical Rube Goldeberg device. Swinging on the swingset plays the instruments.

They also have a nice little cafe in the building, which is good because there are so few restaurants nearby.

Who knows, maybe I will get a studio there one day.