My opening will be Friday, May 11 from 6pm to 12am. The address is 1432 w 18th st. in Pilsen, and thereafter, my stuff will be on display and for sale in the store, Pilsen Vintage.

What I want for Christmans/ my birthday.

Will Rogan. Google him. He's good.

Just wanted to let those of you here in Chicago know:

My open studio event is this week- Thursday, April 19 at around 7pm @ 1006 S. Michigan. My studio as well as a few others' in the building will be open to the public. Should be interesting if not a total flop...

And also, Next month, I'm having my first solo show which will last for the entire month of May, I believe. I don't have the details yet, and actually, I haven't even seen the space, but it'll be on 18th Street in Pilsen, and I assume the opening will be that 2nd Friday, the 11th. I'll post more info when I get it.

-E

Progress

Projects project

I've recently started a new series of work which expands on the cityscape paintings I've been doing this year. My plans at this point are to create 7± separate installation pieces that will use archival research aesthetics in conjunction with the anti-brush painting technique I've been developing. Each piece will portray one of the most horrific, infamous public housing project disasters in United States' history, which are:

Pruitt-Igoe/ St. Louis, MO
Cabrini Green/ Chicago, IL
Robert Taylor Homes/ Chicago, IL
Queensbridge Houses/ Queens, NY
Jordan Downs/ Watts, CA
Magnolia Projects/ New Orleans, LA
Marcy Projects/ Brooklyn, NY

I've started with St. Louis' Pruitt-Igoe, and am planning to move on to Chicago's Cabrini Green this week.

I want to focus on both statistics and subjective stories and interviews; also, the focus is on the logistics such as architectural design as much as social themes that inevitably pair with poverty. I'm using As many found materials as possible, such as scrap wood and used carpet tacks and nails. I'm enjoying the research of these real-life horror stories and I'm excited to have discovered a topic which is well complimented by the visual qualities of my urban-ruin aesthetic.