Corbett vs. Dempsey

Abstract Imagist

October 27 - November 25, 2006
Opening reception October 27, 2006

Exploring abstract works by Chicago artists affiliated with and on the margins of the Imagist tradition. This exhibition, the first of its kind, will challenge the prevailing notion that Chicago Imagist art is exclusively figurative and narrative, looking at less well-known Abstract Imagist artists (Jordan Davies, Ed Flood, Murray Simon, Sarah Canright, Ray Siemanowsky) as well as abstract tendencies in work by some of the movement's celebrities (Miyoko Ito, David Sharpe, Art Green, Ray Yoshida), and looking back at influential precursors (Ted Halkin, Thomas Kapsalis) and at the tradition as it manifests itself in the present (Philip Hanson, Bruce Thorn).

The exhibition is accompanied by a 24 pp., full color catalog.

Includes works by Phyllis Kresnoff, Murray Simon, David Sharpe, Jordan Davies, Ray Siemanowski, Joe Clower, Roland Ginzel, Ed Flood, Bruce Thorn, Thomas H. Kapsalis, Art Green, Miyoko Ito, Evelyn Statsinger, Sarah Canright, Philip Hanson, Barbara Rossi, Christina Ramberg, Rebecca Shore, Richard Hull, John Miller, Ted Halkin, Ray Yoshida, and Errol Ortiz.