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Gregory
Orloff: Prints from the Great Depression
September 3 – October 16, 2009
Gregory Orloff (1890-1981) was born in Kiev, Russia,
where he started his art education. After moving to the U.S. he studied at the National Academy of
Design in New York
and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During the Great Depression, Orloff
lived in Chicago
and worked as an artist for the Works Progress Administration. “I doubt whether
I express in my work the spirit of any definite group – religious, political or
economic, “ Orloff says in the book, Art
of Today: Chicago, 1933, “but I feel more interested in the manifestations
of life as it is lived by the great mass of mankind than by the select few.” This
exhibition features more than 60 prints including lithographs, woodcuts, and
etchings. While some works, created in the 1920s, are clearly inspired by early
modernism, most reflect Orloff’s later fascination with social realism and
regional art.
Public
Reception: Thursday, September 3, 5 - 8 p.m.
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ID
Show
November 12 - December 4, 2009
Members of the Oakton Art Department faculty showcase their unique
artistic identities in a show that features paintings, photography, ceramics,
and digital art.
Public Reception: Thursday, November 12, 5
- 8 p.m.
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Curt
Frankenstein: Dream World and Real World
December 10, 2009 - January 29, 2010
Born to a Jewish father and a Lutheran
mother in Hanover, Germany,
Curt Frankenstein (1922-2009) was just 17 when he joined his father in Shanghai in 1939, just months before Hitler invaded Poland. When
World War II ended, Frankenstein relocated to Chicago
to study on a Hillel-sponsored scholarship at the American Academy
of Art, and later at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Frankenstein
admired abstract expressionism as a young artist, especially the work of Jackson
Pollock, but preferred to tell stories through recognizable pictures in a
surrealistic manner. He also produced whimsical images relating to the art
world and collecting art. This exhibition pays homage to the artist one year
after his death, and was produced with the support of the American Jewish
Artists Club, where Frankenstein was a member for 40 years.
Public
Reception: Thursday, December 10, 5 - 8 p.m.
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Corey
Postiglione: Retrospective of Paintings 1972-2010
February 4 - March 26, 2010
Corey Postiglione’s mature work begins with
a series of minimalist works that examine the nature of painting as an object,
and are inspired by artists including Frank Stella, Brice Marden, and Robert
Mangold. In another series, Postiglione focuses on the urban landscape in
abstract paintings that are clearly referential. In the 1990s the artist’s paintings
embraced labyrinthine imagery as a metaphor for several concepts – from global decentralization
to personal journey. These works were strongly influenced by the work of
postmodern authors including Frederic Jameson and Jean Baudrillard.
Postiglione’s most recent paintings continue along this aesthetic trajectory,
propelled by new subjects such as exponential population growth and its ramifications.
Public
Reception: Thursday, February 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
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Skyway
Conference Art Competition
April 1 - April 30, 2010
This juried competition features the work
of art students from Oakton Community College as well as the College of Lake
County, Elgin Community
College, McHenry County College,
Moraine Valley
Community College, Morton College,
Prairie State College and Waubonsee
Community College. The
exhibition showcases a wide variety of media, including paintings, prints,
photographs, ceramics, and digital art.
Public
Reception: Saturday, April 10, 1 - 3 p.m.
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Sculpture
Invasion 2010
May 13 - August 26, 2010
Members of Chicago Sculpture International return
for one of the area’s largest juried exhibitions. Last presented in 2007, this
impressive display features an “invasion” of large outdoor sculptures at the Oakton Sculpture
Park on the Des Plaines campus. Smaller sculptures and
maquettes will be on display inside the Koehnline Museum of Art. The members of
Chicago Sculpture International work at all scales and in media ranging from
stone and steel to video and nylon. Instead of offering a comprehensive survey
on the state of contemporary sculpture, Sculpture
Invasion hopes to reflect the stylistic diversity that sculptural artists
have embraced since the twilight of modernism.
Public
Reception: Thursday, May 13, 5 - 8 p.m.
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