Artists

Continuing stereotypes of art and artists in mainstream media reveal to us the real impact (or lack thereof) that artists have on the world around them. The minimal presence of living, working, visual artists in these media spheres contributes to the kinds of generalizations and misunderstandings that many people seem to have about the power and function of the visual arts. It is our contention that by continually watching, cataloging,and analyzing these portrayals, artists can also gain a better understanding of their own responsibilities to their viewers and how the stereotypes hurt their ability to effectively communicate their ideas. *

Exhibition catalog for a 2006 show of photographer Ben Gest's work at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Includes reproductions of Gest's portraits.

Includes reproductions of works by artist Tony Tasset, MFA '85, The Art Institute of Chicago, and an essay by Kathryn Hixon.

This publication accompanies the exhibition " Barbara Crane: Chicago Loop," organized by The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago , and on view there March 21-June 15, 2002. Includes reproductions of photographs in Barbara Crane's "Chicago Loop" series, 1976-1978, now part of the LaSalle Bank Photography Collection.

Catalog of an exhibition of paintings by Chicago-based figure painter Chuck Walker at the Hyde Park Art Center

Catalog from a 2004 exhibition on the works of Richard Pousette-Dart at the Valerie Carberry Gallery. Includes exhibition checklist and list of one-person exhibitions.

Plates of paintings by Franz Kline from an exhibition at Richard Gray Gallery in 2003. Includes an essay by Susan Davidson, curator at the Guggenheim Museum, and a biographical chronology of Kline.

A portfolio of the works of artist Melville Price, with a biographical essay by his wife, Barbara G. Price.

<p>&quot;Sometimes a disquieting idea, for at its core, an alternative signals difference: a state some may dustrust, others tolerate, still others, embrace. Fortunately, divergent views remain energetically alive, experience brings hope, exhilerating no matter what the outcome. In this anthology on less traditional and predictable lifepaths, the intensity, humor and spirit of these writing actually transcends differences, evidence of the strength found in exploring less travelled roads.&quot;</p><p>Contributors, cont'd: Mary Damon Peltier, Shirley Powers, Rita Reinert, Ellen Rosen, P. Kelly Rugg, Amy Sanderson, Patti See, Claudia Rosa Silva, Carol Smith, Grazina Smith, Sandra Tatara </p>

In two sections; segments taken from recorded interviews with Andrew Wagner and Jen Walton intersperse witht he author&rsquo;s own memories and comments.