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Last summer, Galen Odell-Smedley (@galen.os) opened a solo show, “Peach Peach,” at Humboldt’s Ignition Project Space. The exhibition hinted at a meticulously arranged artist’s wood shop: What we normally consider raw material, waste material, and tools came to the foreground in intricate attire and partied with other elaborate kinetic sculptures.

It was hard to define what purpose each object served in a sprawling installation where there was no distinguishing art from artifact. Many items were functional, like the state-of-the-art table that majestically sat in the middle of the space, with its irregular, multicolored top composed of chunks of white ash still reminiscent of their tree form; its surface showed burrows scarred by the emerald ash borer, the notorious beetles threatening the existence of white ash in North America—and the future of baseball bats. Other objects exchanged inside jokes with the artist. Untitled (Bending Forms) were, quite literally, bending forms that would be woodworking jigs in another context. But, in that time and space, they chilled by the wall as artwork.

When I reached out to Odell-Smedley for this column, I said I was interested in his blurring the line between art and craft. “This boundary-emphasizing idea always strikes me as odd,” he said when we met, “because it’s not a conversation that I was aware of when I started to pursue a practice that would seem to align with art and craft. I didn’t realize that these approaches might be viewed as distinct in the first place, and I don’t find it particularly useful to separate them now.”

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Thank you to everyone who showed with us in Humboldt park and at Mana Contemporary, attended openings and supported us through art sales, marketing and word of mouth in 2023!

We will be on hiatus until spring 2024 when we will return with our 7th season! #contemporaryart #chicagogallery #chicagoart #artistrunspace #conceptualart

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Last day of open hours tomorrow for Galen Odell-Smedley, PEACH PEACH and Cain Baum, Warbling - Saturday 12-5pm

Stop in to see our last shows before summer break!

#contemporaryart #chicagogallery #installationart #chicagoart #sculpture

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Gallery hours 12-5pm tomorrow for Cain Baum, Warbling and Galen Odell-Smedley, PEACH PEACH

Stop in to see these excellent shows!
#contemporaryart #installationart #sculpture #chicagogallery

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Gallery hours tomorrow (Saturday) 12-5pm for solo exhibitions PEACH PEACH by Galen Odell-Smedley and Warbling by Cain Baum.

#contemporaryart #installationart #sculpture #mixedmediaart #chicagogallery #chicagoart

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Opening Friday, June 2, 6-9pm!

PEACH PEACH, New work by Galen Odell-Smedley

Warbling, solo exhibition by Cain Baum

Join us for the last opening before summer break!

#contemporaryart #installationart #sculpture #chicagogallery #chicagoart

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More preview images of our upcoming season, starting in Aprl!

Artists include Galen Odell-Smedley, Mark Diaz and Galina Shevchenko.
#contemporaryart #chicagogallery #installationart #chicagoart #soundart

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Why does bluegrass seem so appropriate for coring? I’ve never had a piece of walnut large enough to core until now. I was a little apprehensive because there were some BIG checks in this piece. The final product may have to be on the thick side to avoid breaking on the lathe. Coring went perfectly though, so glad I didn’t have to waste the whole center of the bowl.

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SiP Spotlight: Galen Odell-Smedley @galen.os . 2 more days to see the "Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations (SiP)" Exhibition at @hydeparkartcenter Closes tomorrow, Sunday, July 24th.

#sip2022hpac

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You have one more week to see Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations (SIP) curated by @jasper.goodrich at the @hydeparkartcenter and featuring works by 49 artists! Jasper poured so much (time, care, energy, everything) into developing the SIP program, building the community and producing this dynamic, expansive, engulfing experience of a show. If you are in Chicago definitely stop by and spend some time with it. Open through Sunday 7/24 💖💖

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2 more weeks to view the SiP Exhibition. These bars with a grit create a rhythm throughout the show and distinguish when one sequence ends and another begins. "Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations" closes July 24th @hydeparkartcenter .

Hours:
Monday: 10am-7pm
Tuesday: 10am-7pm
Wednesday: 10am-7pm
Thursday: 10am-7pm
Friday: 10am-4:30pm
Saturday: 10am-4pm
Sunday: 10am-1:30pm

Exhibiting Artists in Sequences, Iterations, and Permutations (SiP):

Alina N Negomireanu, Allison Svoboda, Amy Flor, Ariadna Ginez, Camille Silverman, Carol Lett, Catherine Eng, Cicada, Cindy L. Lys, Cydney M Lewis, Dave Rollins, Deborah Loeb Bohren, Erica Friesen, Ethan Barrett, Galen Odell-Smedley, Jack Spector-Bishop, Jackie Ropski, Jan Brugger, Janet Friesen, Joe Standart, Joseph Josué Mora, Julia Paloma, Justin Nalley, Karen Hirsch, Kathleen Maher, Kathryn Trumbull Fimreite, Kristin Abhalter Smith, Kristin Anahit Cass, Larry Wolf, Liz Chilsen, Mara Baker, Neala Berkowski, Noelle Africh, Olivia Rosato, Ranjana Patnaik, Rita Koehler, Ry Douglas, Sarah E. Lauzen, Yitian (Tina) Tang

Exhibiting artists for S(SiP)iP: show within a show:

Chris Koziol, Elizabeth Wojcik, Hannah Bassewitz, Janet Wilson, Jordan Stewart-Curet , Kimberly Bailey, Laurie LeBreton, Robert Zant, Victoria Sockwell, Vida Sacic

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