Upcoming Show in February!

Photography In Color

    Photograph by Patrick Manning                                                                           

Opening Friday, February 17th, 7-10pm

 Artists

Patrick Manning, Young Sun Han, Antonio Martinez, Lara Dorsett, Michael McGuire, Mark Pease, Mieke Zuiderweg, Paul Clark, Juan Fernandez, Sloan Tomlinson.

Show runs Feb 17th - March 2012

www.lasmanosgallery.com

Concrete and Ash

Michelle Peterson-Albanoz makes sure to use discarded materials where ever she's at when creating her work. While in Florida she tends to focus on left-over concrete and waste paint. For this series she concentrated on concrete mixed with ash. Florida sports the adobe look so her thin-panel pieces reflect the architecture. Florida was hit hardest in the subprime loan debacle. Michelle was given loan applications for desperate home owners, which she then blended into her works.

Michelle burns a financial section of the newspaper in honor of the recession that started in '08. The subtle politics is worked into the pieces as subtext. The pages burn down to thin delicate layers.

A mix of ash from the newspapers and varnish creates a texture that can be applied to the concrete. Pushing and pulling it over dry and semi-dry layers adds a unique finish to another wise utilitarian material.


Here are just a few of Michelle's finished pieces from her concrete series:

Seasons' Greetings!

Later-er Night this Friday!

Later-er Night Andersonville - December 16th, 5:00 - 10:00pm

Join us for our second night of Late Night Andersonville, just a little “late-er” than usual.  For four more hours, take advantage of the same discounts from Late Night Andersonville, plus once again enjoy free entertainment and refreshments.

 Late-er Night Andersonville Events

5:00-8:00pm	Pictures with Santa Andersonville Holiday Pop-up Gallery
6:00-10:00pm	Art + Design Exhibition Las Manos Gallery
6:00-10:00pm	Free Samples of Chef Martin's Alpine Brand Sausages, Spark of the Heart Soups and CounterCulture Coffee's Holiday blend. Urban Orchard
7:00-7:30pm	Holiday dance show & sweet treats Gus Giordano Dance School
7:00-9:00pm	Christmas carolers Room Service
7:00-9:00pm	Live music Marguerite Gardens
7:00-9:00pm	Sci-Fiber Friday featured movie: "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Sifu Design Studio
7:00-10:00pm	Toffee tasting Terry's Toffee (at the Andersonville Galleria)
7:00-10:00pm	Live artist demos in the windows Andersonville Galleria
8:00pm	Meet characters from The Nutcracker Ballet Chicago Dance Supply

“Chinese Mountains” By Derek Ottens

‘Chinese Mountains’ references Chinese painters, and writers, copying manuscripts, ideograms, and

landscapes over and over. If I do the same I may eventually get it right…

Like the educated but underemployed Chinese scholars during the Mongol Yuan dynasty I sometimes

share the cultural ideals of a reclusive world and often try to translate those ideals through a symbolic
shorthand. 

Many Chinese mountain paintings were painted in shades of black and white to limit distractions and concentrate on the inner essence of energy and spirit. These mountains remain unfinished and with time will acquire a patina through handling and exposure to the elements.

Like the men for centuries wandering in mountains to purify spirit and find renewal, the making of these mountains seems to be a hike for me, realizing something that has no real purpose or function other than to be or to have been.

The inscription of the maker is inscribed on a Chinese landscape painting and each owner thereafter

adds their names or inscriptions as an ongoing response so the painting was not really completed when the artist put down his brush. 

That evolution I would hope will happen with these mountains as they remain unfinished but will continue to acquire a patina through the hands of each consecutive owner.

Andrea Chiu - Together in a Red Room

Artist Andrea Chiu installed her piece "Together in a Red Room" at Las Manos Gallery for this month's exhibition titled ART+DESIGN. Watch the video for a bit of insight into this incredible piece!

Together in a Red Room from Mieke Zuiderweg on Vimeo.

Art+Design Show!

Urban Mischief, Scout, Brimfield, Haymaker and Room Service!

Click on the image to launch the slideshow!