Eric Lebofsky

One of my favorite teachers, Eric Lebofsky, is having a show this Friday at Western Exhibitions dedicated to his latest project, a series of drawings of "Superfreaks", superheroes "whose powers are derived from character flaws and/or transgressive behaviors, distinguishable from their civilian counterparts only by ornate costumery and/or literal embodiment of their issues" (in the words of the press release). If you're not in Chicago, check out his Superfreak daily drawing blog.
Also at Western Exhibitions on Friday: some good-lookin' paintings by Melissa Oresky.

BLESS is a visionary substitute to make the near future worth living for.
She is an outspoken female - more woman than girl. She’s not a cho-
sen beauty, but doesn’t go unnoticed. Without a definite age she could
be more between her mid twenties and forties. B. hangs around with
a special style of man. She has no nationality and thinks that sport is
quite nice. She’s always attracted by temptations and loves change.
She lives right now and her surroundings are charged by her presence.
She tends to be future orientated.

BLESS is a project that presents ideal and artistic values by
products to the public.

outdoor dining

real normal dog house

Paintings by Dan Ramirez

TL-P 2.151, 1977
TL-P 6.421, 1976
TL-P 2.12, 1979

I actually found out about Dan Ramirez by seeing his work at the McCormick Place Convention Center, which has a surprising amount of good Chicago artwork (there's also a kind of awesome Nick Cave piece there). I couldn't find any of his paintings from McCormick Place online, but these, from a show at the Renaissance Society (yet again...) are also really good.

my documents

Detail from My Documents, an online instantiation of a pair of drawings I made for Real Normal's show at Scott Projects earlier this year.