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Articles by Italia Patti

Exhibit puts the “art” back in artifacts

10 Apr 2008

The most exciting thing about Idol Anxiety at the Smart Museum is that it is at the Smart Museum...

Ruscha reigns as king of the average tourist shot

11 Mar 2008

The curator’s statement that greets visitors to Ed Ruscha and Photography states, “Although Ed Ruscha has consistently resisted the label of ‘photographer,’ the medium has been a resource, a vehi...

Emotion trumps trendiness in Walker’s repertoire

31 Jan 2008

Large, mysterious, emotive paintings will be on display at the Hyde Park Art Center in the new exhibit Through a Glass Darkly, a mid-career retrospective of Chuck Walker’s work. ...

MCA keeps the rock 'n' roll alive

05 Oct 2007

Adam Pendleton’s paintings in Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967 occupy the entryway of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) without really enticing viewers to check them ou...

Chicago summer scenes cure the midwinter blues

20 Feb 2007

It felt a little odd and even a little masochistic to be dragging myself downtown in this weather to look at photographs of people lounging in the sun...