Upcoming Exhibitions
Opening reception: Sunday, December 2, 3-5pm
Bette Cerf Hill: string theory
Foyer Project Space
November 11, 2012 – February 13, 2013
The exhibition string theory presents painter Bette Cerf Hill’s first site-specific installation, which aims to represent concepts of energy and entropy.
Originally inspired by the notion of super string theory—or “the theory of everything,” as it has been called—Hill operates from a position based on the scientific notion that all particles are connected over space and time, and creates a multi-dimensional artwork addressing the
interconnectivity of all life.
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Bette Cerf Hill, Tree, 2010, string and mixed media, 5 x 8 feet
TWELVE GALLERIES PROJECT QUARTERLY SITE SERIES #12: EPIC SOMETHING
Gallery 2, 5 & the Cleve Carney Gallery
November 18, 2012 – March 3, 2013
Join EPIC SOMETHING’s twelve artists on a journey to the nexus of text and image,  across a multitude of media: drawing, animation, installation, and writing. Muddle through the plot twists, story lines hidden beneath the surface, and images that speak volumes. Marvel as each work climaxes in an
EPIC
SOMETHING that articulates the magical space between storytelling and image-making. EPIC SOMETHING is presented by Twelve Galleries Project,
a roving Chicago gallery run by Jamilee Polson Lacy, and is the final exhibition of the project’s Quarterly Site Series. for more.
Heather Mekkelson, Ends of Other Ages, 2012, telephone books, glue, pigment, plastic pennant banner, Dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist
CANDIDA ALVAREZ: mambomountain
Gallery 1
December 2, 2012 – March 24, 2013
Opulent abstract paintings by Candida Alvarez reveal the dance of boldly colored silhouettes and patterns, and the dizzying mix of influences that have developed in the artist’s work for nearly a decade. The exhibition introduces her most recent large-scale oil and acrylic paintings that collect, dissolve, shred, and layer visual culture without hierarchy. According to Alvarez, “the painted, drawn, or juxtaposed surface
emerges like a worn dance floor, long after the song ends.”
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Banner image: Candida Alvarez, DaDaDahlia (detail), 2005-08, acylic on canvas, 6ft x 7ft | 
