Current Exhibitions
 

Andrew Young: Recurrence
August 2-September 28, 2008

Andrew Young: Recurrence August 2 - September 28, 2008 Chicago artist Andrew Young will present his most recent works. This exhibition will depict the wide breadth of the artist’s contemporary collage making. Young’s visual vocabulary includes colorful abstract geometric patterned collages to botanical or environmental elements that are woven among the layers of handmade materials. The artist is tactile in his approach from the beginning stages by physically grinding raw minerals from the earth to create the dynamic pigment he then paints on paper. Young’s hand is found in every step of the art making, so it is no surprise that an intimate connection is formed and translated throughout his work. Young’s extensive travels, fascination with natural environment, observations of varying cultural beauties and personal artistic process show the importance of an evolving history and its relationship to time imbedded within his artwork. This exhibition will focus on the recalling of one’s attention to humankind and our surroundings.

Members Reception for this exhibition is scheduled for Sunday, August 3, 2008, at 2:00pm

[Untitled, 2003, Andrew Young]

Part of the  series

Nubes: Landscape with Clouds
August 2-September 28, 2008

This exhibition will present Chicago artist Xavier Toubes, known primarily for his important ceramic work. Rather than traditional pottery, visitors will experience a unique contemporary vision in the way Toubes conceives structure and glaze. Toubes pushes the transformation of matter into spirit. His works commune with the past, present and future. This exhibition will include a variety of Toubes’ most recent works.

Xavier Toubes was born in A Coruna, Spain in 1947, attended Goldsmith’s College University of London and worked at Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire. After receiving a Masters of Fine Arts, from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, he taught in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1993.

In 1989 he became involved in the creation of the European Ceramic Work Centre in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, and was the Artistic Director from its opening in 1991 until the autumn of 1999 when he began teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

In addition to lecturing in numerous universities and international forums, he has exhibited frequently in both the US, Europe and Asia – recently returning from an important solo exhibition this past summer at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela.

Members Reception for this exhibition is scheduled for Sunday, August 3, 2008, at 2:00pm

[7 Cabezas, Xavier Toubes, 2008, ceramic, lustre]

Part of the  series

From Concept to Collection
August 18, 2007 – July 13, 2008

This fall Elmhurst Art Museum will celebrate its award-winning building’s 10-year anniversary. In celebration of the past decade we will proudly display artwork that was graciously donated to the Elmhurst Art Museum by former exhibiting artists. To exemplify the growth of the artists’ careers installation will include past and current artist statements as well as research on significant pieces of our collection. Artists will include Michiko Itatani, Mark Arctander, Rhonda Gates, Thomas McDonald, Keith Achepohl, and many more. Collection pieces will be rotated throughout the exhibition so be sure to visit this exhibition more than once.

Join us for this exhibition’s members’ reception on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 2:00pm and curator led gallery talk on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 6:30pm

[Pictured: Jill Sutton, Stem]

The McCormick House designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, ongoing Photographs of the house’s original plans, exterior views and private living quarters.

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