Anish Kapoor, Shooting into the corner, 2008-2009

This work was brought to my attention by e-flux, read about it here, it is not on display as part of a a retrospective of Kapoor’s work at Pinchuk Art Center.

Last Sunday marked the day of my graduation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yes, now you can call me Master. The graduating students of SAIC have the privilege of walking across the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millenium Park to receive their diplomas.  A smidgen to the west rests the infamous Chicago “Bean.” The “Bean’s” title is Cloud Gate and it was created by Anish Kapoor. This morning as I was wading through the emails I’ve neglected the past few weeks I came across another work by Kapoor and I thought the many visitors we had last weekend would find it interesting to see another work created by the “Bean” artist.

All of my classmates have been creating Wordles for their theses. Now you can have a quick taste of what I’m writing about!

Body Project installation with Annan Shehadi’s installation in the background.

Some audience favorites.

Some of my favorites.

Body Project installation (view as one walks into the gallery. The photos to the left are Elizabeth Nelson’s installation and to the right Jessica Bardsley’s work.

Chang Jia, Standing up Peeing 3, archival inkjet print, 2006, image via Walsh Gallery

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryan Education Center, Studio A, 159 E. Monroe Street                                             Thursday, April 19, 3:00-7:00 PM

Space & Place 3:00-4:15, Memory & History 4:30-5:45, Identity & Body 6:00-7:00.

The graduating student in the MA in Visual and Critical Studies program share their thesis work in a symposium. Please join us for lively presentation of interdisciplinary work and a dynamic conversation.

I will be presenting an excerpt of my chapter on Chang Jia’s photography series Standing Up Peeing which will be in the Identity & Body group from 6:00-7:00.

There will be cookies and coffee!

Sandra Dukic, The Anatomy of Female Feelings, 2012

First we met with Sandra Dukic and Boris Glamocanin at Splatterpool Art Space. Boris and Sandra had just opened the exhibition All in a day’s work curated by Boshko Boskovic. The collaborators just finished a six-week residency in Brooklyn at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ICSP). If you live in New York go see it!

Boris Glamocanin, Ode To the Revolutionaries & Myself (detail), 2012

When one enters Splatterpool you immediately experience Dukic’s The Anatomy of Female Feelings. The work is comprised of dishcloths with short statements embroidered into them ranging from “You should be pretty all the time” to slightly more obscure assertions. Dukic arranges the work so that the audience uses their body to maneuver through the piece reading each cloth. When the viewer comes to the end she is in the back half of the gallery space and encounters Glamocanin’s Ode To the Revolutionaries & Myself. Glamocanin’s piece began as a collection of dots on the wall. At the opening he encouraged the guests to pick up a marker and connect the dots–his work became a communal project. Again, the work requests the audience to use their body. The work almost completely covers the two largest walls in Splatterpool. Dukic and Glamocanin’s two works seem to exist independently but upon closer examination one realized the intricacies that bring the work and the two collaborators together.

Organizing.

Hanging Prep

Sneak Peak

P.S. Can you believe its April? I should go trick Chad. . .

Can anyone translate this for me? I think it’s Hindi. I also have cards in Spanish and French that I can the gist of but I would love full translations. Contact me at kate [at] katekorroch [dot] com if you’re interested! Thank you!

Source.

Well,  it is crunch time. Below is a quick list of the things I’ve been meaning to read since last week.

The man in the tutu via Huffington Post

Women’s rise reshaping Korean society via Korea Herald via the director and curator of this site.

Chicago Ideas Week Fellowship

Do Ho Suh at the Leeum

My husband highly recommends this TED Talk by Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

What’s your take on Biennale?  via Huffington Post