There’s a new exhibit opening at Giertz Gallery on September 30th. “Enterprising Machines,” a solo exhibition of works on paper by Chicago-based artist Jessica Gondek, draw inspiration from “machines machines from the early part of the 20th century, old trade catalogues, domestic utilitarian objects, Da Vinci’s inventions and war machines, Duchamp and contemporary art movements.”
Enterprising Machines, charcoal, pastel, and digital print, 46″x29″, 2016
From the artist: “I use a range of computer programs to create images; 3D modeling software has direct engineering applications and allows me to construct images in a manner that brings me to a sculptural understanding of the forms I create on the desktop. Photoshop subsequently allows me to investigate appropriation, transparency and layering, and the manipulation of imagery. These works are comprised of charcoal and pastel drawings on paper developed on top of digital print substrates, as well as oil and digital print on canvas.”
This exhibit runs through November 2nd, and includes an artist reception Thursday, October 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The reception features a gallery talk by Gondek at 6:30 p.m. and music by the Derick Cordoba Trio. Gondek will provide an additional lecture earlier that day, at 1:15 p.m. in lecture hall L111.
Fall gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 2 p.m.
The exhibit, reception and lecture are free and open to the public.
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