FEATURE image: EXPO CHICAGO 2018, Festival Hall, Navy Pier.
EXPO CHICAGO 2018 is the 7th annual exhibition of international contemporary and modern art held in Chicago at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. It took place September 27-30, 2018. Expo Chicago/2018 presented 135 galleries and exhibitors representing 27 countries and 63 cities from around the world. This post’s 60 photographs are of that event.
EXPO CHICAGO 2018 includes exhibitors four sections categorized to a specific aim: Exposure are galleries founded since 2010 featuring one or two artists; Profile are international galleries featuring solo or collective artists with focused installations, exhibitions and projects; Editions + Books highlight artist books, editions, prints, collectibles, photography, collage, drawing, etc.; Special Exhibitions” feature site specific work.
More EXPO CHICAGO 2018 sections include: IN/SITU highlighting curated large-scale installations (a second, outside version features large-scale sculptures in various Chicago locations); EXPO VIDEO highlighting curated film, video and new media work; EXPO SOUND highlighting curated sound installations and projects.
EXPO CHICAGO 2018 was held in Festival Hall on Navy Pier in Chicago. The annual event, held since 2012, is in its seventh year.EXPO CHICAGO 2018 attracts thousands of attendees to visit with hundreds of gallery owners and artists from all over the world.Expo Chicago is a major modern and contemporary art event held each year to open the Fall art season. It is held nearby to downtown Chicago and the Magnificent Mile on historic Navy Pier which is one of Chicago’s most popular tourist magnets.One of the information desks at EXPO CHICAGO 2018. EXPO CHICAGO 2018 welcomed 135 international art galleries from 27 countries and 63 cities.Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto. Within the framework of the show’s sections, each booth showcases the artwork of their choosing .Artwork of Marcus Jansen was featured at Casterline/ Goodman Gallery, Aspen, CO, Chicago, and Nantucket, MA.Artist Gina Pellón (center) at Cerunda Arte, Coral Gables, FL.Surrealist painter Fred Stonehouse, Night King, 2018, acrylic on canvas, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.Richard Hughes, Hot Step, 2017, cast polyester resin and enamel paint, Anton Kern Gallery, New York.Ridley Howard, Blue Dress, Blue Sky, 2016, acrylic on linen, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL.admissions. Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI. Artist Francesco Clemente, 2018, oil on canvas at Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.Artwork of Larry Poons, Yares Art, New York, Palm Springs, Santa Fe.Artwork of Austin White, 2018, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco and New York.In/Situ: Postcommodity, Repellent Fence, 2015, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.Artwork by Asmund Havsteen Mikkelsen at the booth shared by Fold Gallery, London, and Galleri Kant, Copenhagen.Prune Nourry, River Man (detail), 2018, patinated copper tubes, Galerie Templon, Paris.Gérard Garouste, The Eagle Owl and the One-Eared Woman, 2016, Galerie Templon, Paris.Jaume Plensa’s Laura Asia in White, 2017, polyester resin and marble dust, at Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.Jaume Plensa’s Laura Asia in White, 2017, polyester resin and marble dust, at Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.William Kentridge, Blue Rubrics, 2018, lapis lazuli pigment on thesaurus pages, NFP Field Tate Editions, Royal Academy of Arts, London.Frances Stark, According to This…, 2018, Silk screen on linen on panel, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York and Rome.David Driskell (b. 1931), Jazz Singer (Lady of Leisure, Fox), 1974, oil and collage on canvas, 52 x 44 in., DC MooreGallery, New York City.Jansson Stegner, Swordswoman, 2018, oil on linen, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles.Brian Calvin, Eternal Return, 2009, acrylic on canvas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York.Margot Bergman, Gloria, 2014, acrylic on linen, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago.Ceysson & Bénétière, New York Luxembourg Paris Saint-Étienne.Julie Heffernan, Self-Portrait with Nuala, 2018, oil on canvas, Zolla/Lieberman Chicago.Chloe Wise, You would have been a castle for a moment, 2016, Galerie Division, Montreal and Toronto.EXPO CHICAGO 2018. EXPO CHICAGO 2018. Artwork of Devan Shimoyama, De Buck Gallery New York City.EXPO CHICAGO 2018. Chie Fueki, Kyle, 2017, DC Moore Gallery, New York City.Naudline Pierre, Deal Kindly and Truly With Me, 2018, oil on canvas, 56 x 52 inches, Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles.Clare Sherman, Sea Cave, 2017, oil on canvas, 84 x 66 in., DC Moore Gallery, New York City.Roberto Fabelo, Gothic Habanero, n.d., oil on canvas, Cerunda Arte, Coral Gables, FL.EXPO CHICAGO 2018 brings the world of modern and contemporary art to Chicago for the collector.EXPO CHICAGO 2018 offers the art lover opportunities to encounter the latest in modern and contemporary art from around the world.EXPO CHICAGO 2018 covers tens of thousands of square feet with modern and contemporary art of many kinds from 27 countries and 63 global cities.EXPO CHICAGO 2018Sculpture, painting, and other visual art forms were in evidence at Expo Chicago/2018. There is a popular on-site cafe that serves snacks and beverages.EXPO CHICAGO 2018EXPO CHICAGO 2018EXPO CHICAGO 2018Juan Roberto Diago, Grito, 1997. The artist talks about his artistic debt to Jean-Michel Basquiat.Fort Gansevoort, New York City.Artwork of Nick Dawes, 2018, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin.Tsailing Tseng, Black Moor, Spring/ Sun/ Winter/ Dread/ Everything Everything, 2018, oil on linen, SAIC Booth (Tuttle Fellowship).Roberto Lugo, porcelain china, paint, luster, 2018, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia. PA.Lavar Munroe, Spy Boy, 2018, acrylic and earring stud on canvas, Jenkins Johnson Gallery San Francisco New York.In/Situ: Ivan Argote, Among Us — Across History…, 2017.Richard Hudson, Tear, 2016, polished mirrored steel, Michael Goedhuis London Beijing New York. Aniela Sobieksi, Girl with a Garden, 2018, oil on panel, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee. The painting next to it sold just before I took this photograph.The Hole NYC.Barnaby Barford (b. 1977), Celebrity, 2018, Giclée Print, David Gill Gallery, London.
