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21/2/2013

Three solo shows

Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago

Eleanor Spiess-Ferris /  Fecundity / painting
Peter Karklins / Mother Earth / work on paper
Don Di Sante / It Was Not His Own Tale He Was Telling / painting

Coming off the heels of his well received show at the DePaul Art Museum…. We are thrilled to present the intimate, organic, and monochromatic drawings of Peter Karklins opposite the vibrant and grand, surreal narratives of Eleanor Spiess-Ferris. Both artists deserve nuanced attention in viewing their works, with Spiess-Ferris navigating approachable yet quietly disturbing worlds… and Karklins literally losing himself in the maze of his own art.

To round out this show of true Chicago artists… the emerging portrait painter Don Di Sante has his first show with the gallery. An old school soul, Di Sante’s visages are caught in a pensive and decisive moment.

Eleanor Spiess-Ferris /  Fecundity / painting
Fecundity – a noun which describes creativity – a fruitful condition in nature as well as within her own being. Nature and the metaphors surrounding Her have been the fertile source of her ideas and works. She listens and acknowledges Her tenuous existence.

As a first for Spiess-Ferris, we will be showing a small group of experimental ceramics.

Peter Karklins / Mother eARTh / work on paper
The pieces presented in the exhibit, Peter Karklins’ Mother Earth, are filled with forms that emerge from and dissolve into one another. They drip, ooze, and swell, as breasts lengthen into sperm, which bleed into waterfalls, which cascade into lumps of slate. The tiny drawings are grotesque. They are manic, chaotic, even horrifying. However, beneath this ugliness pulses something so beautiful that it is almost sublime. There is no distinction between man and woman, between human and animal, between animal and nature. There is no sense of depth or background, but, instead, boundlessness that seems to extend past the worn edges of the pages. Karklins’ drawings, largely created during his night shifts as a security guard, captured the attention of both DePaul philosophy professors and the University of Chicago Press, which recently distributed a book bearing the same title as the exhibit.
(Excerpted from the recent review by Anna Hill / 2012)

Don Di Sante / It Was Not His Own Tale He Was Telling / painting
Di Sante has always felt misplaced in time, so it is not surprising he chooses to work within the age old tradition of portrait painting. For him it is a link to the past and a welcome disconnect from the present.

Image: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris

Event Date: Artists’ Reception: Friday, February 22, 5 - 8 PM

Packer Schopf Gallery
942 W. Lake St. Chicago, IL 60607
Gallery hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5:30pm

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