One more day to buy kites, mobiles, prints from "MORE LIKE AN OCEAN" gallery show

You only have until tomorrow afternoon to enjoy "MORE LIKE AN OCEAN: Windshowers by Mary Rothlisberger & Paul Richardson." We are so bummed to see this this work leave our space. It will make us feel a little better if it was going to a good home! We've got kites, mobiles ("windflowers"), prints, coloring books, or mini-kites still for sale. Each would make a great gift (Mother's Day, anyone?), art piece, or snail mail (coloring books are $6!). Come enjoy this gorgeous show for one more day.

Last Minute Plans: I Am Logan Square Gallery Presents New Exhibit, Memento

Chicagoist alerted us to this cool opening tonight (6-9pm) put on by our friends at I Am Logan Square. Memento is multidisciplinary collaboration between visual artist Ashley Sullivan, dance film artist Nadia Oussenko, and drop shift dance.

“Explores themes of memory distortion, perception, and recall, translated through the mediums of movement, short film vignettes, and graphic screen print design as well as painting on paper and canvas” as artistic director Andrea Cerniglia describes. Hence, this collaboration gave birth to the name of the exhibit, Memento.

The opening night of the exhibit is on Thursday, December 6th from 6pm to 9pm. Performances will take place and consist of solo and couples dances. Our gallery sponsors D’Noche and Beck’s will provide food and beer. If you haven’t tried D’Noche’s scrumptious croquetas and empanandas, this is your opportunity all while experiencing a dance performance and great ambience with fellow art lovers alike.

Pop-up performances will take place throughout the month.

Looks very cool!

Dysgraphia: Opening Oct 6

Dysgraphia

An exhibition by Jordan Martins

Opening: Saturday, October 6 | 6-9pm

DJ set from: Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer, Home Tapes)

Beverages from Cellar Rat | Food provided by saki

saki is thrilled to present Dysgraphia, an exhibition by Jordan Martins at saki.

Dysgraphia is a project based on Jordan Martins’s interest in the Chicago-specific tradition of hand-painted, block-letter grocery signs which have come to be associated with Hispanic markets. By exaggerating the expressive colors and gestural rhythms of the original signs, Martins aims to build patters that simultaneously attract (fluorescent colors, bold shapes) and conceal (by undermining legibility). In this sense they are related both to natural camouflage and bright plumage used by animals to attract mates, or broader notions of visual stimuli to affect or sculpt behavior. This project began as a series of storefront installations.

Jordan Martins is a visual artist currently focused on exploring a variety of collage techniques: appropriation as a discursive act, an interweaving of disparate elements into new hybrid structures. Martins is interested in combining precise details from different visual languages into a single surface or environment in order to foment new connections between them. Jordan Martins also plays music in a number of Chicago projects: Plastic Council, Angela James, and improvisational duos & groups, as well as curating the Relax Attack Jazz Series at The Whistler and co-curating the Comfort Music Series.

Please join us Saturday, October 6th from 6-9pm for the opening of Dysgraphia: An exhibition by Jordan Martins. Enjoy a great night of fine art, a DJ set by Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer), drink cool beverages from Cellar Rat, and enjoy food provided by saki. This event is FREE.

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"My Other Guitar Is a Paintbrush": Exhibition of art by musicians in NY

NY folks: Quite the exhibition coming up! Visual art by artists known for their work as professional musicians. These musicians rank among our favorites, from bands including Antietam (Carrot Top Records!), Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, The Decemberists, Rodan, Retsin (Carrot Top Records!), and more.

Northbound (2012)

Opening: October 13th 7-9pm

One Mile Gallery
475 Abeel Street
Kingston, NY

My Other Guitar Is a Paintbrush is an exhibition featuring the work of musician/artists Tara Key (Antietam), Tara Jane O'Neil (Rodan, Retsin), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo), Rachel Blumberg (The Decemberists), Brian Dewan (inner artwork from Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea), Grasshopper (Mercury Rev), and Sue Garner. The exhibit runs from October 13 to November 17 with opening reception for the artists on October 13 from 7-9pm.

Pink Peaks (2011)

Antietam's Tara Key will be showing paintings and photographs in this stellar company. Plus, the Hudson Valley in the fall is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Antietam fans: there is also a live show coming up!
Saturday, Oct 27 @ 10pm
Hank's Saloon
46 Third Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

saki Gallery June Opening: Shawn Stucky

The Sun Will Rise With Me: An Exhibition by Shawn Stucky, a set on Flickr.

The Sun Will Rise With Me: An Exhibition by Shawn Stucky

Opening Reception Saturday, June 2nd, 6-9pm at saki. Free.

Hors d'oeuvres provided by saki 

Whiskey & Spirits tasting from Koval Distillery 

Beverages from Cellar Rat

Shawn Stucky began his early work by taking the intangible passions and feelings that people share in music and translating them into physical form. This has progressed to reproducing what he calls his “silent film animations” that appear in his head on the verge of sleep. When looking for new sources of inspiration, Stucky later found it in the most personal of places. It was quietly lurking in that mysterious space between waking-life and dreams, hidden in plain sight. In these “silent film animations,” he sees films vividly playing in stop-motion. The imagery ranges from children on swing sets to odd-looking elderly men spinning chairs above their heads. Through these waking dreams, Stucky consciously collects the imagery to reproduce in his art.

Stucky was born red/green colorblind and moved from McPherson, Kansas to Chicago in 2002. He created his first screen print in 2006 and identifies that moment as the first time he was able to put his artistic visions onto paper. His process is based on simultaneously engaging his conscious and unconscious mind to express an intense emotion or complex thought based on personal experience. He utilizes the challenge of being red/green
colorblind in his work by relying on value more than color.

Shawn Stucky has shown his work nationally and internationally in New York, London, Pescara, Italy, the recording studio of Sigur Rós in Mosfellsbær Iceland, Keflavík, Iceland, and Chicago.

Please join us Saturday, June 2nd from 6 - 9pm for the opening of The Sun Will Rise With Me: An Exhibition by Shawn Stucky. Enjoy a tasting table of whiskey and spirits from Koval Distillery, cool beverages from Cellar Rat, and food provided by saki. This event is FREE.

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Sonnenzimmer Presents: Free Jazz Bit Maps Vol. 1

Sonnenzimmer Presents: Free Jazz Bit Maps Vol. 1, a set on Flickr.

Take a look at the collaborative images from Sonnenzimmer that will be adorning saki's walls starting tomorrow. Come celebrate Free Jazz Bitmaps exhibit and record release show this Friday, May 4th at saki. RSVP on Facebook. Details after the jump!

Sonnenzimmer In-Progress Prints

Here's a sneak peek at some in-progress prints from our pals at Sonnenzimmer. Their work will be up at saki for the month of May. Their show is an amazing combination of screen printing, music, collaboration and will be a really special opening. Read more about their collaboration and process after the jump. and RSVP on Facebook!

Everyone Loves Doughnuts!

It's lookin like all our favorite Chicago weeklies are getting excited about this Friday's art show at saki "Time to Make the Doughnuts: The Gigposters of Ryan Duggan." Check out the editor and critics' picks from Time Out Chicago, Chicago Reader, AV Club, and Flavorpill.  Thanks for your love and support! saki looks pretty kickass with all of Ryan's posters up.

Opening reception: Friday, April 6, 7-10pm
Tunes Spun By: Matt Hord of Heavy Times
Drinks: Cellar Rat
Food: Pepperoni King & Dill Pickle Co-Op

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Time To Make The Doughnuts: Gigposters of Ryan Duggan 4/6

One week from tomorrow at saki!

Time To Make The Doughnuts: The Gigposters of Ryan Duggan 

Opening Reception Friday, April 6th, 7-10pm at saki. Free.

Hors d'oeuvres provided Dill Pickle Co-Op and PEPPERONI KING 

Beverages from Cellar Rat

The influence of punk rock, skateboarding, the Wisconsin Dells, and beer intersect in Duggan’s humorous prints with a slacker edge. His prints feature hand-drawn typography, as well as mutated and molested pop culture fragments. Humor is the main ingredient in Ryan’s work, but rarely does the laugh lie on the surface; most of the prints require the viewer to finish the ‘story’ themselves.

Ryan Duggan works as an artist, designer, and screen printer and is based in Chicago. The work has gained notoriety locally and nationally in recent years--of the 130+ prints Duggan has made so far, he counts Henry Rollins, Maps & Atlases, and Joan of Arc among his recent clients. He has exhibited locally at Johalla Projects, The Chicago Tourism Center, and The Co-Prosperity Sphere, and has shown prints in Toronto, Berlin, France, and The Netherlands.

Please join us Friday, April 6th from 7-10pm to view Ryan Duggan’s gigposters and enjoy tunes spun by Matt Hord of Heavy Times. Enjoy food from our friends at Dill Pickle Food Co-Op & PEPPERONI KING and drink cool beverages from Cellar Rat. This event is FREE.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.


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