Exhibition

If you happen to be in Kalamazoo, Michigan between February 24 and March 19, 2010, be sure to check out the Lucid Directions exhibition at Western Michigan University. Juried by Columbia College professor Alison Carey, this show is a fresh look at surrealism in contemporary photography (oh, yeah, it also has new Disfigures work by yours truly). Details below.

Lucid Directions
Gwen Frostic School of Art
Western Michigan University, Richmond Center for Visual Arts
Kalamazoo, Michigan

February 24 - March 19, 2010
Lecture by juror Alison Carey: February 23, 2010 5:30pm
Opening Reception: 5:30- 7:30pm February 24, 2010

Updates

Well, I've been quite remiss in keeping up here. If my blog were toenails, they'd be all long and curly, sort of like these.

But I digress. I have some exciting projects coming up, and will be posting information here as I get it. I'm also working on a new series of 3D photo sculptures... more on that later.

Ongoing projects:

I'll be showing a brand-new piece at this year's VersionFest, which runs from April 23-May 2, so stop on by!

I'm moderating and organizing a panel discussion on intellectual freedom in the age of new media at the Columbia College Chicago Library as part of the NEA-sponsored Big Read on Monday, April 13, from 6-8 pm. Panelists will include Chicago Public Radio's Steve Edwards, Loyola University's Al Gini, new media artists Stacia Yeapanis and Jason Salavon, WBMX's DJ Sundance, and many others. This event is free and open to the public, so you have no excuse for not attending.

I'm curating an exhibition called Re:Figure at Columbia College's Glass Curtain Gallery, date TBD, which I'm quite excited about. It will showcase contemporary approaches to figurative representation across diverse media.

Whew, I'm exhausted just writing all that. More to come as I know it.

upcoming shows

Check me out, y'all.

2008 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial
June 1 - July 6, 2008
Evanston Art Center
2603 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Il 60201
847.475.5300

YES
April 18-October 18, 2008
Opening Reception, April 18, 2008, 6:00 - 9:30
Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N. Greenview Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
773.761.9200

shows, etc. coming up

Oy. I am just plum tuckered out applying for shows and stuff left, right, and center. Here are some future Cole sightings:

GROUP:
Face/on, FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium

Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

SOLO:
(9/08) Fetish, Standard Usage Project Gallery, Chicago, IL
(9/08) Cellmates, The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ

More to come...

Show

I'm showing some (relatively) new work at the Slideluck Potshow this Saturday, February 2, 2008. Details below.

Slideluck Potshow
Saturday, February 2, 2008
7:00 pm Potluck
9:00 pm Slideshow

Madron Gallery
1000 West North Avenue, Third Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
RSVP: chicago@slideluckpotshow.com

Wrestlers

Some images from my new series, WWErotic, which draws from pro wrestling. Three images from this series were shown at artXposium last weekend.

self promotion

Hey all--if you happen to be in Chicago on December 1, or Miami on December 6-9, check out my work. Details below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On Saturday, December 1, 2007, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., will host a visual arts installation, After, image: a memorial for those lost to HIV/AIDS, by Cole Robertson. This collection of photographs is meant to serve as a memorial, in the most traditional sense—an aesthetically beautiful gesture commemorating the past. The images, donated by the family members of those lost to HIV/AIDS, are re-workings of photographs of those lost to AIDS. They are then digitally manipulated and printed on fine vellum. They hang as a testament, as a loving tribute, and as a call to action.

Cole Robertson, an MFA-photography graduate of Columbia College, has exhibited work internationally and nationally and chose Center on Halsted specifically to host the installation. “As I work on this, I feel some empty places in my life—spots that should be occupied by people . . . people who are gone.”

The event begins with a reception at 4:00pm and is followed by a talk back with the artist and others who contributed images to the exhibit. A donation of $10 is requested.


This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

BRIDGE ART FAIR
Showing with Standard Usage Project
December 6-9, 2007
The Catalina Hotel and Beach Club
1732 Collins Avenue
Miami, FL., 33139

World AIDS Day Project

I'm doing an installation at the new Center on Halsted for World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. I'm looking for images (preferably snapshots) of people who have passed away from HIV/AIDS for inclusion in a large-scale memorial work. If you have a photo of a friend or loved one lost to HIV/AIDS, or if you know someone who does, please get in touch. Feel free to forward this message as well. Thanks.