Art Letter (original) (raw)

I went to Expo Chicago while all the galleries were setting up. It's one of the best art fairs I've ever seen--and it wasn't even fully installed. The art is kick ass. Galleries have brought exemplary pieces. The layout is spacious and flowing. And there are a lot of extra efforts commissioned or enabled by the fair of exciting large scale works of art or installations. In a time of fairs galore Expo Chicago stands out.

Alice Aycock and Jonathan Lasker

L1090408.jpg Claire Morgan

L1090409.jpg Deborah Butterfield

L1090418.jpg Jason Middlebrook

L1090406.jpg Mel Kendrick

L1090407.jpg Pierre Soulages

L1090410.jpg Dewain Valentine and Richard Tuttle

L1090411.jpg Ken Price

L1090412.jpg Peter Halley

L1090413.jpg Ai Weiwei

L1090414.jpg Manual Neri and Hans Hoffman (behind Neri)

L1090420.jpg William Wiley, Ed Paschke and 'friends'

L1090421.jpg Alfred Leslie, Mark di Suvero and Tadaaki Kuwayama

L1090424.jpg Douglas Dawson

L1090423.jpg an installation just begun of Jessica Stockholder's

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I'm eager to go back. See you there.

Warmly,

Paul Klein