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Expo Chicago 2012

Chicago has a new art fair, Expo Chicago, which I reviewed for the online art magazine Hyperallergic. It was a smaller affair than the big art fairs like the Armory show in New York, or Art Miami (sorry, I forget where that one is held). But it's still tiring to walk around and see so much art in only one afternoon. Here are some pictures that I didn't include in the Hyperallergic article:

Tony Tassett, fibreglass and acrylic, at Kavi Gupta
A visit to the art doctors from Berlin
Stephan Balkenhol at Galerie Forsblom/Helsinki

Specially designed something hanging from the ceiling - architectural/design
feature, not art, but still impressive

Georgia Russell, cut paper, at Galerie Karsten Greve AG


Zilvinas Kempinas, Lemniscate, magnetic tape and fans, at Yvon Lambert/Paris.
The fans kept the tape whirling around in the air at precisely the same location
each time - very clever.



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