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“Down by Line,” an exhibition of four Chicago-based artists at West Town’s One After 909 gallery, drops its viewers into a twenty-first century reflection on an American cultural moment through figurative drawing. Mixed media works on paper by Tom Torluemke, … Read more

America is a real hellhole––or, at least, that’s the message delivered in this exhibition of works on paper by four Chicago artists. Mental and social dysfunction take center stage. A similar theme was addressed in the works of three Chicago … Read more

Beneath a labyrinth of beads made of light, a corridor—or is it a river of gray scales move toward an invisible horizon? In its depths, orbs—or maybe snowflakes—settle on the tips of solid matter, or are they melting? Ripples from … Read more

Nearly five years ago Julia Gelman moved to Chicago from Moscow, where she and her former husband Marat ran Gelman (Guelman) Gallery, one of Russia’s first galleries devoted to contemporary art. In 2000 Marat published “Cultural Machine, Optimistic Manifesto.” By … Read more

For all of our Russian-speaking followers, we hope you will take a look at our interview with “Voice of America,” which was taken during the Opening Reception of “Caution! Freedom.”

View on Voce of America website – HERE… Read more

We invite you to join us for a gallery talk in conjunction with Caution! Freedom: Contemporary Art from Russia on Saturday, October 5 at 2 pm. The talk will begin with cultural scholar Mikhail Gurevich presenting samples of Post-Soviet to … Read more

Art After Hours is a citywide open gallery night inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors and the Chicago community to experience the city’s vibrant art scene, including alternative exhibition venues and performance spaces. Extended hours are 6:00–9:00pm.

Participating Galleries:

ACRE Projects
American … Read more

Check out WTTW’s feature of Caution! Freedom to learn more about how the exhibition came to be! Stano Grezdo and Julia Gelman interviewed by Marc Vitali.

View on Chicago Tonight website – HERE… Read more

“Serious Vanity,” the title of this three-woman show, refers mostly to its outstanding painting, “Mirror Mirror,” by Cindy Bernhard (born 1989) which portrays Snow White’s stepmother as she studies her face in a late-Rococo-early-Walmart vanity mirror. The green pallor tells … Read more

Join us for an artist talk with Cindy Bernhard, Phyllis Bramson, and Hale Ekinci in conjunction with their current exhibition, Serious Vanity. The artists will provide insight into their art practices and answer audience questions. Refreshments will be provided.… Read more

Join us for an artist talk with Gunjan Kumar, Rhonda Wheatley, and Stacia Yeapanis on the final day of their exhibition “Manifestations.” The artists will provide insight into their work and answer audience questions.

Exhibition page – HERE… Read more

One After 909 is thrilled to present work by Gunjan Kumar, Rhonda Wheatley, and Stacia Yeapanis in “Manifestations.” All three of these artists work in different mediums ranging from paper pulp to perfume bottles, but their work is unified through … Read more

Join us for an artist talk with Chicago artist Tom Torluemke about his exhibition Born in the USA, his life, and his art practice. Torluemke will also answer audience questions.

Read about the exhibition – HERE

Photos from opening – … Read more

Tom Torluemke is one of Chicago’s most gifted contemporary artists. Prolific in output and prodigious in scope, his three-decades-long career is chameleonic, effortlessly embracing complex figuration, non-objective abstraction and two- and three-dimensional works like few others. “Born in the USA” … Read more

You are invited to Born in the USA, a solo exhibition by Chicago artist Tom Torluemke. As a painter, Torluemke fluidly moves between styles to convey his ideas in the technique best suited to express them. In this exhibition, … Read more

Join us for an artist talk with Chicago artist Cleveland Dean about his exhibition I Am? – The Insecurity of Divinity and his art practice. Dean will also answer audience questions.

The talk will be moderated by Jeff Stevenson, Director … Read more

One After 909 is proud to present I Am? – The Insecurity of Divinity, a solo exhibition by Cleveland Dean. As a multidisciplinary artist, Dean manipulates unconventional materials to create richly textured mixed media works that embody emotional dualities such … Read more

Join us for an gallery talk with Chicago artist Paul Lamantia on his exhibition Phantasmagoria, his life, and his art practice. The discussion will be moderated by Aron Packer.

March 2, 2019 at 2pm. Refreshments will be served.

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Join us for the opening reception of Phantasmagoria, a solo exhibition by Paul Lamantia. The title refers to a form of horror theatre popular in the Victorian era, which was designed to shock and scare audiences through supernatural optical … Read more

Join us for an talk with Chicago artist Salvador Dominguez about his solo exhibition “OPEN / ABIERTO” on the final day of the show, January 26 from 12-2 pm. Dominguez will discuss his process, the meanings behind his works, and … Read more

We invite you to join us in celebrating the release of our latest One After 909 Editions print collaboration with Salvador Dominguez in conjunction with his current exhibition, OPEN / ABIERTO.

The limited edition screen print is inspired by Dominguez’s … Read more

Join us to celebrate the Opening Reception of Salvador Dominguez: OPEN / ABIERTO on Friday, December 14 from 6-9 pm!

With his multimedia work, Dominguez engages the audience in a conversation about cultural assimilation through the shared language of retail. … Read more

Dramatically foreshortened as if it belongs in a Marvel comic book, a large, foreboding meat cleaver threatens to fly off the edge of a tabletop cornucopia of cooked goose, sausage, whole fish and carved ham. The server of the … Read more

We are thrilled to inaugurate our print series, One After 909 Editions, with this limited edition screen print by Chicago artist Tom Torluemke who will be featured in a solo exhibition in 2019.

This image was originally featured in his … Read more

One After 909 features artist Art Paul in a solo exhibition entitled, “RaceFace.” The show displays drawings on paper of fictional portraits based on Paul’s observations. Paul created these drawings throughout the 1990’s after his 1982 retirement from Playboymagazine, … Read more

Join us Saturday, October 13 at 1 pm for an Artist Talk and Book Signing with photographer Patty Carroll in conjunction with our current exhibition “Patty Carroll: Anonymous Women.” Meet the woman behind the curtain as she answers audience questions … Read more

If you are interested in learning more about the artist of our upcoming exhibition, Art Paul: RaceFace, we encourage you to go see this film about his time at Playboy magazine and art practice.

Art Paul of Playboy: The … Read more

ART AFTER HOURS a citywide open gallery night inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors and the Chicago community to experience the city’s vibrant art scene during extended hours.

Extended Hours 

ACRE
Aspect/Ratio 
Block Museum of Art 
C.C.’s Art Garage 
Chicago Manual Style … Read more

One After 909 invites you to the opening reception of Patty Carroll: Anonymous Women. The show features work from the decade-long series of the same title by Patty Carroll, featuring photographs of scenes made entirely in the artist’s studio and … Read more

The inaugural exhibition, “Elephant with an Attitude,” features four Chicago-based artists engaging with notions of absurdity, contemporary surrealism, and the uncanny.

 In the paintings of Omar Velazquez, signifiers sourced from his life as a musician and his Caribbean roots are … Read more