And Now
Stories from the Edge
Aug 10 - 24, 2024
We are on the precipice of a world that could soon be unrecognizable.
How is the world changing? What could that mean? What agency do we have in that change? How can we take control of the change for the common good? AND NOW is an exhibition that explores those questions. It will be on display in Chicago during August 2024, when the Democratic National Convention is in town.
Opening Reception :: August 10, 6 – 10 pm
Closing Reception & Performances :: August 24, 6 – 10 pm
Promotional image: Detail from DECEPTION by Jason Greenberg >>
Exhibition photos by Jason Greenberg & Gretchen Hasse
Scroll through artwork documentation & installation views below.
EXHIBIT OPENING / Front entrance, Agitator Gallery
IN A TIME OF DESTRUCTION CREATE SOMETHING by Andrea Cardinal / painted wood forms and canvas panels, painted print scroll, polaroid photos, flags and cut paper accordion folded booklets
L to R: PICTURESQUE PLUMMET by SCUMDROP / mounted paper collage; SCREAMING-MEEMIES by Marie Magnetic / assembled 3-D wood block collage with hand-painted items; THE ANGRY RED PLANET by Sara E. Rieser / mixed media collage
Clockwise from top: UKRAINIAN MADONNA by Kateryna Tkachenko / oil on canvas; GEORGE by Victoria Park / acrylic on canvas; PALESTINE WILL RESIST (translated from Arabic) by Zion Blu / colored pencil & ink on paper
Above Banner: Detail views of installation of “FUTURE FOSSILS” by Ralph Skunkie Davis
Below Banner: “DEATH FOLLOW ME” oil painting on wood by J Maloof
AND NOW: Stories from the Edge was curated by Gretchen Hasse, Agitator co-founding member.
All participating artists were asked to reflect on the current state of our country and make art that speaks about this specific moment in time. This exhibition is a continuation / follow up / response to /inspired by the 2020 Agitator exhibition “And THEN” which asked artists to envision and comment on the state of this country post-the COVID pandemic (which was in full swing and had forced the closure of Agitator’s gallery space at the time). Copies of the 2020 published catalog for “And THEN?: A Digital Exhibition” were also displayed and sold in the “And NOW” exhibition.
AND NOW: Live Fiction Reading & Performances - AUG 24, 2024
Featured writers/speakers:
arianna maggio
INSIDIOUS STUDIOS
Israel Villa
Lily (Basil) MacLachlan
Tamar Brooks
Rosa Lee
Mark S. Rosati
Maria Lourdes Byers
Jennifer Hochgesang
Performance by:
Alonso Galué
Wendy Madrigal
Exhibition installation assistance and promotions for the exhibit were provided by Jason Greenberg, Agitator guest artist.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Andrea Cardinal
Andrew Francisco
Eugene I-Peng Tang
George "LARDO" Larson
Giovanna Aguirre-Peresson
Isabella Covert
J Maloof
Jason Brockman
Jason Greenberg
Jaxanna Fink
Juan-Carlos Perez
Kateryna Tkachenko
Katherine Nemanich
Leslie Hardie
Gretchen Hasse
Marie Magnetic
Mark Nelson
Nina Sun
Ralph Skunkie Davis
Rowan Campbell
San Chen
Sarah E. Rieser
Ramin Takloo-Bighash
Scottie Kersta-Wilson
Scumdrop
Victoria Park
Yi Sun
Zion Blu
WAVES OF CRUDE by Scottie Kersta-Wilson / photocollage on giclée somerset papers
RETURNING HOME by Nina Sun / graphite on paper
SELF-DEFACING by San Chen / color pencil, digital inkjet printed canvas
LANDSCAPE by Jason Brockman / acrylic painting
INCEPTION: AN INVERTED BIRTH SEQUENCE & DECEPTION: A MULTI-COLORED FIGHT SEQUENCE by Jason Greenberg / inkjet digital prints; VOTING MACHINE by Mark Nelson / mixed media interactive mobile construction
DETAIL of VOTING MACHINE by Mark Nelson / interactive painted assemblage sculpture
Closeup DETAIL of VOTING MACHINE by Mark Nelson / Lower tier of mobile sculpture
INCEPTION & DECEPTION by Jason Greenberg / inkjet digital poster prints; VOTING MACHINE by Mark Nelson / painted assemblage sculpture
UNTITLED #4 (MSG PROJECT) by Eugene I-Peng Tang / archival inkjet print
DETAIL of UNTITLED #4 (MSG PROJECT) by Eugene I-Peng Tang / digital photograph
OPENING NIGHT, August 2024 / main room, Agitator Gallery
THEIR CORPSE by Isabella Covert / photographic documentation of a performance at the Florida Border on May 1, 2024- the day the state's abortion ban went into effect; DEATH FOLLOW ME by J Maloof / oil painting on wood
AUDIENCE view the art / East wall, Agitator Gallery
AMERICAN BULLETS: Untitled I & II by Juan-Carols Perez / bullets, painted clay and wood sculpture & acrylic stamp printed papers
I SEE YOU, TOO by Ramin Takloo-Bighash / oil painting and mirror tiles on canvas
Clockwise from top: LARDO by George John "LARDO" Larson / acrylic painting; ESCAPE FANTASY by Gretchen Hasse / ink drawings on paper; video loops: NATIVE PLACE by Andrew Francisco; NODULE by Jaxanna Fink; WORLDS END by Rowan Campbell; & HOW DID DEHLI'S MIGRANTS SURVIVE LOCKDOWN by Mrinalini Sarkar and Andrew Francisco
DÉRIVE 1M2 by Yi Sun / Steel, TPR caster wheels
ESCAPE FANTASY by Gretchen Hasse / ink on poster papers, found wood window frame, printed narration pages
ATTENDEES view videos and art / West wall, Agitator Gallery
DETAIL of ESCAPE FANTASY by Gretchen Hasse / ink on poster papers, printed narration pages
DETAIL of INTERSTITIALS: ALICE & THE STRANGER by Jason Greenberg / hand impacted bas relief text
INTERSTITIALS: ALICE & THE STRANGER by Jason Greenberg / blind embossed, text impacted mattboard
AUDIENCE at the opening read texts in INTERSTITIALS: ALICE & THE STRANGER
DETAIL from IN A TIME OF DESTRUCTION CREATE SOMETHING by Andrea Cardinal / painted canvas panels and wood forms.
INSTALLATION VIEW of the SE corner walls - Agitator Gallery
LAYERS IN TIME by Katherine Nemanich / Ink, acrylic, acetate & Stonehenge paper on canvas; FUTURE FOSSILS by Ralph Skunkie Davis / frosted glass epoxy resin embedded in plaster encasements
ENCHANTED WOOD by Katherine Nemanich / Ink, acetate & sculpting wire on wood sculpture
ATTENDEES at the exhibition opening
DETAIL of ENCHANTED WOOD by Katherine Nemanich / wire, driftwood, acetate film
FUTURE FOSSILS by Ralph Skunkie Davis / plaster and epoxy
PICTURESQUE PLUMMET by Scumdrop / paper collage
DETAIL of THE ANGRY RED PLANET by Sarah E. Rieser / mixed media collage
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