Mark Booth

Special issue of WhiteWalls which serves as an exhibit catalog for Con/textual: Art & Text in Chicago, an exhibit presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs at the Chicago Cultural Center from April 14-June 17, 2001.

Exhibition catalog for the exhibit, "Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westermann," curated by Michael Rooks and on display at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Montclair Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University. "'Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westerman' attempts to shed light on the artist's early enthusiasm for painting and the implications this had for his development as a mature student who had already reached his 30s at the close of his years at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago." (p. 14).