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8/1/2004

Two exhibitions

Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago

Hank Feeley- More Information, Less Understanding

Inspired by contemporary issues facing us daily, the culturally conscious oil paintings of Hank Feeley address the omni-present concept of a pervasive form of conveying information. The way people receive information today, via television, the Internet, radio, etc., allows worldwide access to a sort of shrinking and accessible global village. It is the products of this 'global village,' and its contrasts and paradoxes, which Feeley paints. In a recent work about the way we have destroyed our own environment, Feeley depicts a barren wasteland of a city inhabited by a man in a gas mask using a laptop computer, which displays the image of a surfer girl in a pristine setting. In his post 9/11 works, Feeley focuses more on the solutions to the dilemmas of his earlier works. Driven even more by the physical act of painting, than the subject matter, Feeley's pieces are expressionistic and colorful. The paintings have a tactile nature that allows the viewer to feel the painting, interact with it, and begin to ponder its intentions.

In the image: 'Scream III (with apologies to Messrs. Munch and Bacon)', 1999.

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Colleen O'Rourke- Motherhood (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)

In a medium that is quiet and intimate, Colleen O'Rourke creates humorous scenes out of tiny colorful seed beads. O'Rourke's small wall pieces and sculptures are often depictions of a specifically female experience, and are reverential of O'Rourke's own experiences. The work in this exhibition, including a small sculpture of a pregnant woman, and another of a yellow skinned nude, are amusing looks at the often funny, and more often exasperating trials and tribulations of motherhood. What was originally inspired by African tribal beadwork and had become the artist's medium due to lack of workspace, is now a proof that Colleen O'Rourke is a witty, serious artist, who still has the ability to laugh at herself and at life in general.

Who/What:
Hank Feeley - More Information, Less Understanding
Painting and Sculpture Gallery 1

Colleen O'Rourke - Motherhood (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
Seed Bead Embroidery Gallery 2

Artists' Reception Friday, January 9th, 6-9 PM

Gallery Hours: Tuesday ­ Saturday 11:00 AM­ 5:30 PM

Where: Aron Packer Gallery 118 N Peoria Chicago Il 60607

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