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Delivery

Jessica Pierotti — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:58:49 +0000

I returned home from a long day at work to find a lovely package in the mail from Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago. I had already forgotten about the order I had made, making it an excellent surprise. First off I must thank Quimby’s for always being so friendly and providing a venue for young and independent artists. Included in my package was this envelope complete with the most recent artist bookmark and sticker. (look, I was really hoping for a bookmark, I love these. Maybe one day Ian or Lale will design one.)

Now for the books/zines: Fae Says by Ben Bertin

Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carré (which is published by Little Otsu and says the book is “printed in Oakland, CA by a family-run printer, soy-based inks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper” Oh good!)

And finally, Titus and the Cyber Sun by Lale Westvind (with hand-colored cover. Oooh the hand of the artist. No really, it looks awesome.)

On my way and looking forward to it

Jessica Pierotti — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:36:05 +0000

Finals at RIT have finished and tomorrow night I am hopping on the train for eleven hours to go spend my week off in Chicago. I am excited to get away as well as run around the city and see some art and meet some people. I have been taking a class for the last eleven weeks called Museums and Collecting in which we discussed in-depth aspects of museums from public education, curation, funding, and the future of these institutions. We also made many field trips to the small museums of Rochester. It was exciting when Chicago museums came up in class and I felt familiar with the discussions because I went to many of them this summer. This class got me really excited about looking at these public structures in a different light and possibly be more appreciative of the underlying complexities.

Things of interest to me

Art Insititute of Chicago – Irving Penn: A Tribute, Konstantin Grcic: Decisive Design, On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss, and more of course including spending more time in the Modern Wing.

Museum of Contemporary Photography – Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture

Chicago MCA – Liam Gillick: Three perspectives and a short scenario as well as Artists in Depth: Liam Gillick, Jenny Holzer, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt that puts Liam Gillick’s work into a historical context of contemporaneous artists as well as preceding works. AND! Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution 1968–2008

I am particularly excited about stopping by Zolla/Lieberman to see Garrett Durant’s Weighting Days. I met Garrett when I was living in Chicago and I really enjoy his work and am excited to see him getting a show at a gallery like Zolla/Lieberman.

Check him out.

(P.S. This is one of my favorites)

I would be glad to hear any other suggestions of shows going on while I am in town Monday through Sunday.

Talking to Strangers

Jessica Pierotti — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:59:00 +0000

On my flight from Albuquerque, NM to Chicago I made friends with Ian in the middle seat (I had the window). He’s a fourth year student at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I gave him a business card and he gave me a zine.

It’s pretty freaking sweet. We are going to be pen pals. Go check out his work at Violet Mice.