JNL Graphic Design

Catalog for an exhibition of works by predominantly Chicago artists that appeared in Playboy Magazine from its founding onward. Exhibition took place at Hyde Park Art Center from March 7 to April 24, 2004. Includes an essay by Playboy writer and History Channel contributor James R. Petersen, exploring not only the art and the artists but also Playboy's contributions to American pop culture.

A collection of self-portrait photos by Chicago photographer Suzette Bross, all taken in the last stages of her 2003 pregnancy with her daughter. "[T]his project considers the implications of the most radical physical changes her pregnancy produced" (from the introduction, by art historian James Yood of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago).

Commemorative booklet for an exhibition of paintings by German artist Jorg Immendorff at the Arts Club of Chicago, September 22-December 17, 2004. Includes images of the works exhibited. Some paintings include German-language text. Introduction by Arts Club director Kathy Cottong; commentary by University of Illinois art history professor Jonathan Fineberg.

Record of all works presented at "Takeover," an exhibit at the Hyde Park Art Center from April 24-June 11, 2006. The concept of the exhibit was that artists were "asked to assume control of the building as a medium for an artwork or series of artworks. Artists were invited to correspond, utilize, or deconstruct the art center" (from curator's introduction). Includes wide variety of contemporary art created in various media.

A comprehensive documentation of all works given to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Society for Contemporary Art, one of the Institute's subsidiary divisions, on the sixtieth anniversary of the same. List of artist contributors is partial.

Guide to an exhibition of work by Chicago-born artist Claire Prussian, held at the Illinois Art Gallery (James R. Thompson Center) in Chicago from January 20-March 17, 1995. Includes paintings, drawings, block prints, mixed-media, and lithograph. Commentary on the erotic aspect of Prussian's art is provided by art critic and professor Joanna Frueh. Exhibition items were photographed by Michael Tropea and the book layout was by JNL Graphic Design, Chicago.

Photos and description of artist Juan Angel Chavez's exploration of found and borrowed urban objects transformed into a large-scale fantasy "speaker" exhibition in collaboration with sound performers.