Disparate Minds

Congrats to our friend Marvin Young! Young's portraits and urban landscapes, both imagined and remembered, capture Chicago's South Side in his singular voice.

Twenty-Eight Artists Receive Chicago Artists Coalition Grants The Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) will award $61,000 in unrestricted grants to twenty-eight artists during its 2020–21 cycle. The sum is more than five times the amount that the organization distributed only two years ago. Twenty-five of the awardees were selected for $2,000 grants from the coal...

Our review of Dance, Dance, Dance guest curated by Tyson Reeder is up now! Featured artists: Marcel Alcalá — Peter Barrickman — Brian Belott — Lizzi Bougatsos — Aria Carter — Jacob Ciocci — Russell Copenharve — Nikole Heusman — Matthew Higgs — Jess Holzworth — Hector Jones — Aaron Kleeblatt — Becky Kubica — Sadie Laska — Bill Lilly — Lawrence M. — Morgan Mandalay — Mike Marino — Christianne Msall — Sanou Oumar — Tim Presley — Ed Rawski — Scott Reeder — Kira Scerbin — Nicholas Schutzenhofer — Tim Stone — Spencer Sweeney — Jean Wilson — Quinn Zenner— Christina Zion

Dance, Dance, Dance at Circle Contemporary — Disparate Minds Pulling from Arts of Life artists, the broader contemporary art community, as well as his personal collection, Tyson Reeder has assembled an exhibition representing a diverse range of concepts and approaches. The resulting installation is bright and lively - an exuberant arrangement of individualist

Check out our essay on Marlon Mullen's historic inclusion in the Whitney Biennial, in addition to being selected as a recipient of a SECA award and exhibition at SFMOMA!

Marlon Mullen's Monumental Year — Disparate Minds Marlon Mullen's Monumental Year January 22, 2020 Marlon Mullen, Untitled, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”, all images courtesy NIAD Marlon Mullen, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 48” x 48” Mullen at the opening of the Biennial. At the beginning of last year we recognized Marlon Mullen....

Check out our interview with Sophia Cosmadopoulos and Anna Schechter, co-founders of the brand new space SUMMERTIME in Brooklyn.

SUMMERTIME — Disparate Minds SUMMERTIME , the latest forward-thinking initiative spearheaded by arts professionals coming from progressive art studios, opened on December 13th in Brooklyn. In addition to inclusive gallery programming, this non-profit collective aims to cultivate a communal space for contemporary artists with de

Drawing inspiration from diverse interests - including animals and the environment, identity, family history, and civil rights activism, Dorrie Reid’s disarming works reflect a joyful approach to art-making. Endlessly imaginative, her artistic practice becomes a natural extension of memory and personal experience.

Dorrie Reid — Disparate Minds Drawing inspiration from diverse interests - including animals and the environment, identity, family history, and civil rights activism, Dorrie Reid’s disarming works reflect a joyful approach to art-making. Endlessly imaginative, her artistic practice becomes a natural extension of memory and per...

Our essay on the fantastically inventive work of William Tyler is up now; Tyler has maintained a creative practice at Creative Growth's Oakland studio for over forty years.

William Tyler — Disparate Minds Generated through interweaving narratives from the news, historical events, his imagination, and personal memories, William Tyler’s fantastically inventive drawings are abundant with distinctive imagery ranging from the everyday to the magical. Having maintained a creative practice in Creative Gro...

Our essay on Chicago-based artist Dave Krueger is up now; Krueger has maintained at creative practice at the Arts of Life's Chicago studio since 2007.

"I made that with my own two hands and my fingers are twinkling and my fingers say yes and my fingers know how to talk. I’m still working on it. This painting I made is Return of the Jedi and the Jedi Master. The master is the head boss of Darth Vader. He was Luke Skywalker’s father. I’m not evil like Darth Vader. I want to see what Darth Vader really looks like under his mask. I think he looks hideous, he’s all flesh and bones. I want to make sure he turns into bionics."

Dave Krueger — Disparate Minds Heavily driven by an ongoing fascination with pop culture, Dave Krueger’s maximalist aesthetic is defined by dense systems of geometric shapes and asymmetrical grids. Between fantastical narrative passages, the surface is populated with symbols, numbers, occasional text fragments, and numerous dec...

Our recent conversation with LA-based artist Cara Levine is up now. Levine talks about working with numerous progressive art studios on the West Coast, how this has impacted her own practice, Don Quixote, and much more.

A Conversation with Cara Levine Our recent discussion with Cara Levine, an LA-based conceptual artist who has been involved with several West Coast progressive art studios in various capacities since 2011.

Our essay on Hugo Rocha and his drawings of telenovela stills is up now.

Hugo Rocha Based in suburban LA, Hugo Rocha creates uncanny works demonstrating his particular sense of drama and ongoing interest in telenovelas, re-imagining still images from favorite episodes in dynamic and engaging ways. Rocha’s fascinations are translated into portraits of cartoonish characters within ...

Our review of two solo exhibitions is up now - new drawings by Helen Rae at The Good Luck Gallery and recent paintings by Marlon Mullen at JTT in New York. Helen Rae continues through Sunday in LA.

Marlon Mullen and Helen Rae This year begins with stunning solo exhibitions featuring two of this movement’s greatest contemporary artists - Helen Rae at The Good Luck Gallery in Los Angeles and Marlon Mullen at JTT in New York.

Over the past 35 years, Oakland-based artist Kerry Damianakes has amassed an extensive body of unconventional and playful works directly informed by her desire to reproduce the everyday.

Kerry Damianakes Kerry Damianakes January 30, 2019 Chocolate Cake Vanilla Frosting for Dessert, oil pastel on paper, 25” x 15”, 2015 Tomato Noodle Soup For Lunch, oil pastel on paper, 19” x 24”, 2011 Eggplants, oil pastel on paper, 22” x 30”, 2014 Hamburger Sandwich, oil pastel on paper, 22” x 30”, 1...