The new season in the galleries begins this weekend with a number of openings around town and the interdisciplinary festival in Wicker Park known as Around the Coyote. To observe this occasion, we have resumed a feature of decades past: a preview from now through the end of the calendar year in 50 representative galleries.
Once a list of 50 galleries would have been close to comprehensive; that can no longer be said. But the galleries selected do give an accurate overview of the scene, in terms of locale, media and artistic time periods.
I have also included a half dozen recommendations, ordered by date of opening. They are, of course, made with no knowledge of how the exhibitions will turn out beyond the inherent interest of the theme or the past performance of the artists. These are some of the shows, however, that I am looking forward to:
Alfonso Iannelli — a career-long survey for one of Chicago’s greatest artist-designers. Opens Sept. 14, Architech.
James Lee Byers drawings, sculpture — works by one of the great originals in late 20th Century American art. Sept. 21, Hoffman.
Joel Meyerowitz photographs — works from one of the American masters of color. Oct. 12, Edelman.
Scott Anderson paintings — the first solo show in Chicago by a heretofore perplexing young artist. Oct. 19, Miller.
“The Nature of Ornament: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie,” Oct. 20, Fitzsimmons Decorative Arts.
“Helen Gee and the Limelight” — a look back at one of the pioneering photography galleries in New York. Oct. 26, Daiter.
AARON: Peter Bodnar paintings and prints, Oct. 5-Nov. 6; Armin Landeck etchings and drawings, Dec. 7-31. 50 E. Oak St. 312-943-0660.
ADAMS FINE ART: Tony Smith paintings from the 1930s and 1940s; Sept. 7-Oct. 19. 715 N. Franklin St. 312-642-8700.
ALBANO: Luciana Abait paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Gladys Nilsson watercolors, Oct. 19-Nov. 30; 15th anniversary group show, Dec. 7-January. 215 W. Superior St. 312-440-0770.
ANCHOR GRAPHICS: Ray Martin lithographs, books, digital works, Sept. 7-Oct. 6; Phyllis McGibbon lithographs, Oct. 12-Nov. 10; Endi Poskovic large woodcuts, Nov. 16-Dec. 15. 119 W. Hubbard St. 312-595-9598.
ARC: Michele Stutts mixed media, Ann Arbor Women Artists group show, Pat Otto paintings, sculpture, Sapphire and Crystals Collective of African American Women Artists group show, quilt art group show, Oct. 3-27. 734 N. Milwaukee Ave. 312-733-2787.
ARCHITECH: Alfonso Iannelli retrospective, Sept. 14-November; French academic drawings from 1870-1910, Nov. 30-January. 730 N. Franklin St. 312-475-1290.
ARENA: “influence CHICAGO influence” group show, Sept. 8-Oct. 14; Tom Huck large woodcuts, Oct. 20-Nov. 18; Chicago Public High Schools group exhibition and fundraiser, Dec. 1-8. 311 N. Sangamon St. 312-421-0212.
ARTEMISIA: Christine LoFaso “body project,” Nora Herting installation, Elaine Scheer watercolors, Patti Abraham paintings, Louise McKissick and Victoria Scott interactive installation, Sept. 7-29. 700 N. Carpenter St. 312-226-7323.
BODYBUILDER & SPORTSMAN: Gallery artists group show, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Jeanne Dunning photography and video, Oct. 19-Dec. 1; D’Nell Larson photographs and installation, Dec. 7-Jan. 12. 119 N. Peoria St. 312-492-7261.
BOYD: Dan Gamble paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 16; Markus Linnenbrink paintings, sculpture, Oct. 19-Nov. 27; Vadim Katznelson paintings, John Fraser “woven” painted wood works, Nov. 30-Jan. 8. 739 N. Wells St. 312-642-1606.
CASTILLO: Luis Fernando Uribe sculpture, painting, Sept. 7-Oct. 6; Lorna Marsh paintings, Oct. 12-Nov. 9. 233 W. Huron St. 312-337-2536.
CICERO: Roger Shimomura paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Ted Halkin paintings, Karen Kunc woodcuts, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Emmi Whitehorse, Stephanie Serpick paintings, Nov. 30-Dec. 29. 835 W. Washington Blvd. 312-733-9551.
CONTEMPORARY ART WORKSHOP: Karen Hanmer installation, Jennifer Ratcliff paintings, Sept. 28-Oct. 26; Heidi Van Wieren paintings, sculpture, Cat Chow fashion design, Nov. 2-Dec. 4; Stephanie Powell photographs, Jason Dunda paintings, Dec. 7-Jan. 2. 542 W. Grant Pl. 773-472-4004.
DAITER: Andre Kertesz early photographs taken in New York, Sept. 7-Oct. 20; “Helen Gee and the Limelight: Birth of the Photography Gallery,” Oct. 26-Dec. 8; Leon Levinstein photographs, Dec. 14-Jan. 12. 311 W. Superior St. 312-787-3350.
EDELMAN: William Gottlieb jazz photographs, Sept. 7-Oct. 6; Joel Meyerowitz color photographs, Oct. 12-Nov. 10; Jack Spencer painted and toned photographs, Nov. 16-Dec. 29. 300 W. Superior St. 312-266-2350.
FASSBENDER VAN STRAATEN: Vera Klement recent paintings, Chicago artists working with Riverhouse Editions, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Frank Badur new work, Jim Dine etchings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Brigitte Riesebrodt new paintings, group exhibition of small works on paper, Nov. 30-Jan. 5; 835 W. Washington Blvd. 312-666-4302.
FITZSIMMONS DECORATIVE ARTS: Rick Stevens paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 6; “The Nature of Ornament: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie,” Oct. 20-Dec. 4. 311 W. Superior St. 312-787-0496.
FLATFILE: “Concealed: the Enigmatic Image” group show, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; group show of 3-dimensional art with photographic elements, Oct. 19-Nov. 21; “Botanica” group show, Nov. 30-Dec. 22. 119 N. Peoria St. 312-491-1190.
FRIEDMAN: Joseph Nechvatal paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Amy Jenkins video installation, photography, Oct. 19-Dec. 1; Natalia Blanch mixed-media images on metal, Dec. 7-Jan. 5. 118 N. Peoria St. 312-455-0755.
GALLERY 400: “Off the Wall” group sculpture show, continuing through Sept. 22; Kristin Lucas and Joe MacKay video game and cafe installation, Oct. 2-Nov. 3; record collecting and its transformation into digital formats, Nov. 13-Dec. 15. 400 S. Peoria St. 312-996-6114.
GALLERY 312: “Three Acres on the Lake: DuSable Park Proposal Project,” artists’ proposals for a public art project initiated by artist Laurie Palmer, Sept. 14-Oct. 19. 312-942-2500.
GRAHAM FOUNDATION: Brian Mackay-Lyons architectural drawings, photographs, Oct. 9-Nov. 1; David Lowe “Lost Chicago” photographs, Nov. 14-Jan. 10. 4 W. Burton Pl. 312-787-4071.
GRAY: Contemporary paintings, drawings and sculpture group show, Sept. 18-Oct. 23; Jennifer Bartlett recent paintings, Oct. 26-Dec. 1. 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2503. 312-642-8877.
G.R. N’NAMDI: Carol Ann Carter, Lucy Slivinski fabric works and sculpture, Sept. 7-Oct. 15; Richard Mayhew paintings, Mel Edwards sculpture, Oct. 19-Nov. 28; Debra Muirhead paintings, Christine Hagedorn sculpture, Nov. 30-Jan. 1. 230 W. Huron St. 312-587-8262.
GWENDA JAY/ADDINGTON: “On the Wall, Off the Wall” sculpture group show, Sept. 7-Oct. 8; Lynda Lowe paintings, Oct. 12-Nov. 13; painting and sculpture by gallery artists, Nov. 16-Dec. 22. 704 N. Wells St. 312-664-3406.
HAMMER: “Of Dreams and Dreamers: Art as a Vehicle of Escape” group show; Sept. 7-Oct. 8; Aimee Beaubien photocollage, Oct. 12-Nov. 24; Chris Uphues paintings, Nov. 30-Jan. 5.740 N. Wells St. 312-266-8512.
HOFFMAN: James Lee Byars drawings, sculpture, works by gallery artists, Sept. 21-Oct. 31; Donald Lipski sculpture, works by gallery artists, Nov. 2-Dec. 31. 118 N. Peoria St. 312-455-1990.
HYDE PARK ART CENTER: Karen Reimer and Constance Bacon installation, through Oct. 6; activist artists convocation, noon-10 p.m. Oct 14; “Just Good Art” annual benefit exhibition and auction, Oct. 27-Nov.3; Doug Ischar, Achim Wollscheid sound pieces, Nov. 9-Nov. 20; James Gustin, Michele Moore Gustin video projection works, Dec. 2-19. 773-324-5520.
I SPACE: Tim Van Laar and Rosalyn Schwartz paintings, David Akins and Yeon-Mi Kang wearable art, Sept. 7-Oct. 6; Leo Grucza paintings, Anne Howard fabric drawings, Oct. 12-Nov. 10; “Architectural Scenes” from the collection of the Krannert Art Museum, Nov. 16-Dec. 22. 230 W. Superior St. 312-587-9976.
JOHNSON FINE ART: “Art in France,” modern paintings and works on paper group show, October-December. 645 N. Michigan Ave. 312-943-1661.
KLEIN ART WORKS: Dan Ramirez paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Jun Kaneko ceramics, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; survey of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, Nov. 30-Jan. 5. 400 N. Morgan St. 312-243-0400.
LYONS WIER: Susan Hall mixed-media, group show of female imagery, Sept. 7-Oct. 6; Jared Joslin paintings, Linda Dolack mixed media, Oct. 12-Nov. 10; Chris Cosnowski paintings, Nov. 16-Dec. 11; “Snowglobes Invitational” of works on paper, Dec. 14-Jan. 7. 300 W. Superior St. 312-654-0600.
LYDON: Trevor Bell paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 16; John Boyd paintings on panel, Oct. 19-Dec. 4; gallery artists group show, Dec. 7-January. 309 W. Superior St. 312-943-1133.
MARX-SAUNDERS: Sidney Hutter glass sculpture, Sept. 7-Oct. 2; Paul Stankard glass paperweights, Oct. 5-31; Jon Kuhn glass-and-steel sculpture, Nov. 16-30; Dante Marioni blown glass, Dec. 7-31. 230 W. Superior St. 312-573-1400.
McCORMICK: Abstract painting from the 1940s and 1950s, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; John Sabraw paintings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Anna Kunz, Wonsook Kim works on paper, Nov. 30-Jan. 5. 835 W. Washington Blvd. 312-226-6800.
MELOCHE: Carla Arocha site-specific installation, paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Laura Mosquera paintings, drawings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Alison Ruttan video projections, digital prints, Nov. 30-Jan. 12. 951 W. Fulton Market. 312-455-0299.
MILLER: Julie Heffernan paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Scott Anderson paintings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Aaron Baker sculpture, paintings, Nov. 30-Dec. 31. 312-226-5291.
NATHAN: Ruprecht von Kaufmann paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Jim Rose steel furniture, “Group Fusion” paintings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24. 218 W. Superior St. 312-664-6622.
OTTINGER: Robert Striffolino paintings, Sept. 7-28; William Berra paintings, Oct. 26-Nov. 7; Nancie King Mertz paintings, pastels, watercolors, Nov. 8-30. 670 N. Wells St. 312-475-9347.
PERIMETER: Christie Brown ceramic sculpture, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Shoichi Ida paintings and prints, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Zhou Brothers paintings, Nov. 30-Dec. 29. 210 W. Superior St. 266-9473.
POLSKY: Ed Paschke works on paper, Sept. 7-Oct. 15; Pancho Quilici new paintings, works on paper, constructions, Oct. 19-Nov. 30. 215 W. Superior St. 312-440-0055.
PRINTWORKS: Nicholas Sistler gouaches, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Robert Schultz new drawings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; David Sharpe new prints, Nov. 30-Jan. 5. 311 W. Superior St. 312-664-9407.
ROCHE: Dean Fisher paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 12; Ann Wiens paintings, Nov. 16-Dec. 21. 750 N. Franklin St. 312-654-0144.
SASLOW: Albert Louden pastels, drawings, “Win Win” mentally and physically challenged artists group show, Sept. 7-Oct. 27; “Scene in Chicago” group show, Nov. 2-Dec. 22. 300 W. Superior St. 312-943-0530.
SECRIST: “Amused: The Funny Thing About Contemporary Art” group show, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Richard Hull paintings, works on paper, Oct. 19-Nov. 24. 300 W. Superior St. 312-280-4500.
VEDANTA: Robert Anderson film installations, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Pamela Fraser paintings, Danielle Gustafson-Sundell installations, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Monica Germann and Daniel Lorenzi paintings with video projections, Nov. 30-Jan. 4. 835 W. Washington St. 312-432-0708.
WOOD STREET: Lynn Davison paintings, Michael Ferris, Jr., sculpture, Micaela Amata sculpture, photographs, continuing through Sept. 29; Claire Prussian digital prints, Constance Ehrlich paintings, drawings, David J. Spyker paintings, Oct. 5-Nov. 10; “Small Packages IV” group show, Nov. 17-Dec. 22. 1239 N. Wood St. 773-227-3306.
YOUNG: Jeremy Boyle sound installations, Sept. 14-Nov. 16; Rodney Graham, video work, Oct. 26-Dec. 31. 933 W. Washington Blvd. 312-455-0100.
ZAKS: Paul Lamantia paintings, Sept. 7-Oct. 9; Philip Livingston wood sculptures, Oct. 12-Nov. 13; Darlene Nguyen-Ely mixed-media sculpture, Nov. 16-Dec. 25. 311 W. Superior St. 312-943-8440.
ZOLLA-LIEBERMAN: Susanne Doremus paintings, Jin Soo Kim installation, Sept. 7-Oct. 13; Erika Rothenberg paintings and sculpture, Andrew Masullo paintings, Oct. 19-Nov. 24; Victoria Adams paintings, Nov. 30-Jan. 5. 325 W. Huron St. 312-944-1990.
