Waxing & Waning curated by Tom Billings & Glenn Wexler

'Waxing & Waning' a group show curated by Thomas Billings & Glen Wexler.

Runs thru Jan 7th

Featuring the works of: Christine Huck, Glenn Wexler, Thomas Billings, Sam Rosby, Tim Anderson, Thomas Masters, Paul Weston, Paul Sierra, Paul Elledge, Jenny Hellman, Kumiko Murakami, Robert Billings, Martin Garcia, Eric Wulkowicz, Andres Garcia-Pena, Ken Ellis & Jared Metzner

Waxing & Waning
in the Ashland Office Building [2nd floor]
755 N Ashland Ave [Chicago Ave]
Chicago, ILL
347.458.7171

Waxing & Waning curated by Tom Billings & Glenn Wexler, a photo by billy craven on Flickr.

Blink 182 x Mike Giant

Wheat pasted advert for Blink 182's album 'Neighborhoods'. Artwork by Mike Giant.

Record Art: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Record Art: Ladytron

Album art that rocks...

Chaz Bojorquez

Chaz Bojorquez is truly the O.G. Father of West Coast Cholo art.


Chaz Bojorquez: les lettres de noblesse de Los... by Mediapart

Public Works 3 [Evan Hecox, Chris Strong, Michael Cina und Andy Jenkins]

Public Works 3 is the latest installment of the celebrated Chicago annual art series featuring graphic artists at the hinge of contemporary culture and fine art expression.

Public Works 3 runs Sept9-Oct15. Opening festivities Sept9 [7-11p]

Public Works Gallery
1539 N Damen Ave [2nd Floor]
Chicago, IL

Passion Pit 'Sleepyhead/ Better things'

Passion Pit 'Sleepyhead/ Better things', a photo by billy craven on Flickr.

Album Art from Passion Pitt's 'Sleepyhead/ Better Things'
http://neongoldrecords.com/neongoldna.html

James Trotter "Puddin' Head"

James Trotter "Puddin' Head", a photo by billy craven on Flickr.

I paid a visit to the Art Chicago/ Next Art Fair 2011exhibition. Waded through miles of mediocre & un-inspirational art. Many of the booths were manned by guys in navy blue suits & loafers who looked like they worked weekends at their local Hummer dealership [or at least, controlled shares in a Hummer dealership]. Eavesdropped on a number of conversations the circled around "I'm working with this client", second homes & over-indulgent steak dinners.
There were few saving graces, that is until I stumbled across the ADA Gallery space, which hosted the works of James Trotter. John Pollard [ADA co-director] was unhand. Unlike the 'blue-suits', he was extremely engaging and 'hand on my heart' bares an uncanny resemblance to Dayton Ohio rock legend Bob Pollard of Guided by Voices.

www.adagallery.com

David Shillinglaw: Colorful Condition

David's 'Colorful Condition' is fresh off of the presses and yours for the gettin'.

-100 full colour pages of selected artworks
-Perfect Bound
-13cm x 16cm
-signed copy will cost you about 20 bucks, shipped to the US

"Colourful Condition presents a collection of work by London based artist, David Shillinglaw. His work includes map-like diagrams, anatomical studies, and hieroglyphic landscapes..."

More info is yours, HERE

SCOTT ALBRECHT: WOOD & FONTS & WOODEN FONTS, OH, MY

Scott Albrecht is a Brooklyn-based artist & designer whose skills with wood & text and wooden text can't be beat (sorry for this bad pun)with a stick.

Hit his Blog: HERE and his Flickr: HERE

http://scottyfivealive.com/#138547/BLOG

MUCH LIKED ALBUM ART: DIRTY PROJECTORS 'BITTE ORCA'

I get all giddy when I see anaglyphic artwork (3D) and although the cover below isn't 3D in any way what so ever, the red-blue color-blocking still satiates that side of my brain that gets aroused by it.

Rob Carmichael of the Brooklyn based indie art & graphic design firm SEEN, is credited for the album artwork for experimental rockers Dirty Projectors' newest release, titled 'Bitte Orca'.

CECIL TOUCHON: A COLLAGING GENIUS

Cecil Touchon's collages make great sense of the abstract through the manipulation of typeface, old advertisements, geometric shapes & color...or lack there of.

Fusion Series #1872
Collage on Paper
12x9 inches

BANDS COME AND GO, BUT GREAT COLLAGES ARE ALWAYS GREAT

Parisian post-hardcore "Second Class Citizen" have a marvelous bunch of album covers.