This year's
EXPO Chicago art show was not quite as dynamic as it had been the past few years, though one new addition that I appreciated was having more events taking place concurrently around the city, extending its scope beyond a few days at Navy Pier to a full week around the city. EXPO Art Week programming even included one of my favorite places, The
Smart Museum at The University of Chicago, with a dynamic celebration of a
new show that just opened there about South Side artists.
I suppose I have high expectations for EXPO now because—if you're familiar with my blog you may recall—this was the show where I
serendipitously met Olympic Medalist Tommie Smith right after I had just read about him in a book I was reading while studying for
Jeopardy!, found
a booth that coordinated perfectly with my outfit, and saw
a painting that foretold our current national nightmare. Also, I had to rush through the show because
I had an art show of my own to get to and didn't want to be late for the first day. So I didn't have time to visit the
Justice Hotel installation that two artists I know, Maya Camille Broussard and Rhonda Wheatley, were a part of.
Here are photos of the art that caught my eye. As always, I try my best to include the names of the artists in the captions, but sometimes I miss a few.
I also recorded a few short videos of live performances and video art that I liked.
I'm glad I had the chance, though it was brief, to see all the art that was on view at EXPO this year and still hope that someday I will get to display my work there. But I'm getting closer since I was in a satellite fair this year.
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