July 12 - August 18
IF YOU LIVED HERE YOU'D BE HOME BY NOW
A three-part series at rowlandcontemporary.
2006
June 9
NEW WORK
JEREMY BOYLE, solo exhibition.
May 5
ENDO GAINER
J. PATRICK WALSH III, solo exhibition.
April / May
GROUP GROUP SHOW and NFO XPO at Version Fest ‘06 Parallel Cities.
April 7
COVERS
OLI WATT, solo exhibition.
April 2
WILD TALENTS
A talent show organized by ALINE CAUTIS.
March 3
ALL EYEZ ON ME
JUSTIN SCHAEFER, solo exhibition..
February 18
SILENT AUCTION. To benefit Booster and Seven.
January 14
AROUND IT. A screening of the work of 11 contemporary film and video artists.
2005
November 18
GROUP EXHIBITION.
WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN, CHRIS UPHUES,
DAVID ROTHENBERG, &c.
October 14
CrystalMythFantasyMeth.
KELLY BRESLIN, solo exhibition.
September 9
KALEIDOSCOPIC
AMY MAYFIELD + ANDREA MEYERS, group exhibition.
June 10
ADVENTURES IN DECADENCE
RYAN SWANSON, solo exhibition.
May 27
READING
With Chicago writers Adam Novy + Daniel Borzutzky.
May 13
GEOTROPISM
COREY ANTIS, solo exhibition.
April 22
MY OTHER CAR IS A BROOM
JOSH FAUGHT, solo exhibition..
April 11
MICRO-CINEMA VIDEO SCREENING.
Curated by MIKE MILES + DAVID LEWIS.
March 18
WE'RE ALL FOR FORGETTING
TIM RIDLEN, solo exhibition.
March 3
SEXUAL POLITICS TODAY
Lecture + Discussion with GREGG BORDOWITZ.
February 20
A performance by GRIZZLY BEAR.
Tim Ridlen
A solo show by photographer, video, and installation artist TIM RIDLEN, We’re All For Forgetting includes the results of two large-scale projects. Ridlen’s work focuses on three key concepts: failure, manipulation, and futility. One of the installations in the exhibit, “Reconstructing the Father” ponders the historical and contemporary desire for true meaning from an object and the subsequent failure of the delivery. The installation, conceived on the notion and desire to replicate his father’s makeshift bookshelf, combines numerous books arranged in stacks. The cinderblocks as seen from the photograph of the original, function in a new way, providing the screen that receives a video documentation of the artist building this structure. There is a significant anxiety and immediacy to the actions displayed; an inquisitive and voyeuristic environment is created for the viewer. Tim Ridlen says of his work “By predicating an intensely subjective and individual interpretation of objects, the challenge is to make work that means something in the larger context of time and place.” The installation is accompanied by black and white and color photographs.
