Top Museums And Art Galleries in Chicago, IL
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Museum of Science & Industry
By Samantha S. at KidScore July 18, 2012
A few months ago, we had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Science and Industry with our boys. We both had not been there since we... ...read more
Internatl Museum of Surgical Science
By Porkchop107 at Citysearch June 13, 2009
This was different. I learned alot! Certainly not for kids. Neat little stuff in the gift shop. Real easy to get to on the bus. It you want to do something out of the ordinary, this it it! ...read more
The Leigh Gallery Inc
By Steve January 22, 2009
This is a Great gallery full of Chicago artists. Very friendly staff!! Affordable! I had a great time! ...read more
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Chicago Based Artist Lynn Basa
Chicago Based Artist Lynn Basa Friedman Fine Art and Chicago Artists are pleased to represent Lynn Basa. Chicago artists proudly represents several contemporary local artists whose work is shown in corporate, institutional and residential art programs across the Chicagoland area. Chicago based artist Lynn Basa is one of the talented artists represented. She is an abstract painter and while she is primarily a painter and printmaker, she also works in glass, stone, steel and mosaic. Her work is included in several public and private collections in the United States, Europe and China. She is also the author of a book called “The Artist’s Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions,” published in 2008. In addition to painting, she completed public art commissions. Some public art commissions include the design for a terrazzo floor, measuring 6300 square feet at the Indianapolis Airport, and a Byzantine mosaic mural for the City of Claremont. This Chicago based artist effortlessly composes her artwork into pieces that appear to be made without thought. In order to combat the paradox of thinking about the mark to be made on the canvas and keep the work as spontaneous as possible, she tries to set up situations where the materials can respond randomly to her inadvertent attempts at control. For example, by working with fire and beeswax, she has to act quickly and instantaneously with little thought. Each finished piece thus becomes a Rorschach test full of metaphors that reflects the little conscious thought that goes into them. The themes shown in the pieces reflect the struggle for survival, social relationships, the evolution of oneself during life’s journey, the passage of time, and the tension between opposing forces. As a seeing human, she says she finds meaning in everything that is then reflected in her work through her semi-conscious thoughts, even though she may not intend to include it. For more information on Lynn Basa and other Chicago artists, please visit www.chicago-artists.com. ...read more
By Friedman Fine Art-Chicago Artists July 18, 2016
Hyatt Regency Hotel Lobby Art Program
Hyatt Regency Hotel Lobby Art Program Friedman Fine Art and chicago-artists.com are pleased to announce the completion of the art program for the Hyatt Regency Hotel lobby in downtown Chicago. The hotel located on Wacker Drive just east of Michigan Avenue was interested in showcasing works by local Chicago artists. Friedman Fine Art was able to work with the Hyatt Regency in order to create a unique program for the hotel. Illustrated below are six of the works that were specifically commissioned for prominent locations on the first and second floor of the main lobby. Staking out a rich, yet stark colorist geometry, local Chicago artist Doug Frohman blends the ancient “objective art” of 17-18th C. Tantric India and Tibet with the vibrant architecture of contemporary minimalism. Where minimalism often dampens emotion, Mr. Frohman’s combinations of strong color bring the audience into the kind of personal visualization advanced meditation can provide. Carl Virgo is a Chicago native who was inspired at an early age by his artist mother and musician father to experiment with a variety of mediums. He has lived and worked in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil where he studied Brazilian art. His works strive to encourage, excite and expand the interests of his all his viewers. René Romano Schuler is a contemporary Midwest artist working out of Chicago. Her work tackles emotions that speak to the heart of the human conditions in order to inspire her viewers with hope and strength. Her works are featured in public and private collections all over the United States and she serves as a board member for the Loyola University Museum of Art as well as teaching at the Illinois Institute of Art and Chicago City Colleges as well as lecturing at Northwestern University. Her unique style that weds pop culture sensibility and a more edited and controlled abstract expressionism stands out in the Hyatt Regency lobby. ***** Friedman Fine Art has been developing corporate, institutional and residential art programs in the Chicago area for the past 39 years. Along with a marvelous collection of photographs and environmental branding graphics, Friedman Fine Art represents the most talented local Chicago artists working today. This group of marvelous contemporary Chicago artists work in a variety of mediums and styles such as oil on canvas, watercolor, mixed media, acrylic on panel and paintings on paper. Each of the artists on this site are professional artists with impressive resumes and significant bodies of work. For more information on art programs showcasing works of Chicago artists, visit www.chicago-artists.com. ...read more
By Friedman Fine Art-Chicago Artists June 27, 2016
Jay Zerbe - Chicago Artist
Friedman Fine Art andChicago-artists.comare pleased to represent Jay Zerbe, a Chicago artist. Zerbe’s intent is to create a new world by highlighting each place’s/space’s emotional tone. He creates dynamic rhythm and flow through his paintings by using different color palettes and mark-making vocabulary. Viewers of Zerbe’s work are taken on a journey unique to their own perception of the piece. Zerbe’s intent is to provoke new takes on the same painting each day. His work is sensitive to being under various lighting, so the painting changes at different times of day. The painting viewed at dawn is slightly different to the one viewed in the afternoon, which is slightly different to the one viewed at dusk. A viewer may see a painting in a different mood as well, furthering the perception of a changing painting. Zerbe’s pieces are intended to be for the wandering, contemplating, and imaginative viewer. Zerbe’s work is non-linear and changes based on his personal experiences throughout the day. In 2005, after he began painting on canvas again, his works resembled collages. His work became increasingly influenced on what he saw during his day. This resulted in painting virtual worlds. His work morphed into a reflection of the world he experiences looking out his window or walking to his studio in near-North Side ofChicagoin 2011 after he returned to painting full-time. Influenced by alleyways, sidewalk cracks, three-flats, and the ever-changing colors ofLake Michigan, Zerbe’s work takes the viewer on a journey. After moving east of Chicago in 2012 to an area rich in nature, Zerbe has painted with each day’s images with a visual language lodged in his brain. He invites each viewer to spend time with the painting and see where the visual journey takes him or her. Please visitwww.chicago-artists.comfor more information. ...read more
By Friedman Fine Art-Chicago Artists May 23, 2016
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