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Through February 22 - Group Exhibition Sight Lines: Paintings that Investigate our Visual Perception of Space. Featuring new works by Mark Perlman, Howard Hersh, Molly McCracken, Michael Hoffman, and Joan Holleb. Also on view: Sandra Dawson and Michael Hoffman Dawson's work will be familiar to those who have watched the Chicago scene over the last decade and a half. In her newest work, Dawson unites objects from the natural environment and autobiographical elements with surreal, dream-like imagery to create work of both physical and emotional depth and complexity. Layers of paint are etched, scratched and subtracted to create a history and to conjure memories. Says Dawson, "My work evolves from an observation of our natural world, our social circles and our internal psyche. In my work I weave images from past cultures, myths and folklore along with symbolic elements of modern life. I paint intuitively and playfully employing various mediums along the way. I consider my work an observation, meditation and celebration of life." Michael Hoffman is strongly influenced by his travels throughout Spain and France and rich colors and textures marked by time. His paintings are meditative studies done with bold color and graphic compositions. A common theme in the work is the relationship between rigid linear form and the organic flow of nature. Inclusion of these two elements creates a certain universal harmony in the work. Says Hoffman: "My pieces are also about the act of painting itself. I explore the physical nature of my materials and push to use unique and original methods of applying them. Many times there is strong evidence of my physical relationship to the canvas as I paint, using my body motion as a natural pendulum and the random arcs of my markings. Other works are done on wood panels that I coat with a plaster mixture and carve into before it sets. The geometrical markings bring to mind old nautical maps and celestial charts. I then apply multiple rounds of color washes (oil paints thinned with a clear oil-based polyurethane medium) giving the work a richly colored, almost glass-like surface. By virtue of the tactile painting surfaces and transparent and linear handling much of the process is revealed that can be traced chronologically. This leaves the paintings with a sense of history and 'archeology'." The gallery recently featured Waxworks Chicago: A group exhibition of encaustic painters, featuring new work from Chicago artists Kathleen Waterloo, Jessica Dennis Bush, and Jane Michalski. View selected images from the Waxworks Chicago exhibition. View selected images from our recent Marti Somers exhibition.

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