Issue No. 244: Six Sigils for St. Lucifer & Other Works by Erik R. Peterson

Issue No. 184: POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT at The Peanut Gallery (Chicago)

Positive Reinforcement is a multimedia group exhibition featuring:

Devin Mawdsley

Anders Johnson

Rachael Lombardy

Kristin Abhalter

Jun-Jun Sta. Ana

Steve Armstrong

Corinne Halbert

Jonah Ortiz

Matthew Schlagbaum

Edra Soto










Peanut Gallery

1000 N. California Ave, Chicago

May 6 – May 29, 2012

Opening reception: Sunday May 6, 5 – 9pm

otherwise open by appointment (but someone's usually here)

Positive Reinforcement is a collection of artwork describing and exploring several different local artists’ personal “happy places”. The exhibition is an opportunity for us to inhabit the fantasies of others and compare the similarities and differences between them. What they have in common is that none of them are literal visions of utopia. In fact, very few of the works are superficially pleasant, and many are aggressively ecstatic, even a bit violent. Motifs within this exhibition span across the board from nostalgia to sex and death, to more abstract, visceral interactions with shapes and materials. Mediums employed are equally diverse – from kinetic sculpture to pen and ink drawings. Peanut Gallery’s trademark sense of irreverent play is present more than ever in this exhibition, and we invite you to visit anytime and let Positive Reinforcement be your happy place for the month of May.

Issue No. 157: WIPE OUT! (Photos by Daniel Teafoe)

Erik Peterson

Curator & Hostess Kelly Reaves

Gallery Staff (I think...)

Installation by Andrea Jablonsky

Shawna Lynn Marie Price & Erik Peterson

One of these spectators has a sexy back. (Artwork: Chris Hodges)

Allen Vandever & Heather Marie Vernon

Heather Marie Vernon is no longer a martyr.

Thanks for coming everyone, good night!

Issue No. 156: THIS IS TONIGHT!

WIPE OUT features six artists’ imaginings and perceptions of annihilation. As we begin 2012, the year that some believe will be our last on earth, The End is in the air.
       
        The artists in WIPE OUT were selected because of their ability to imagine, digest and embrace the possibility of humanity’s demise. If we are doomed, at least we should enjoy it. Consider the opening reception Peanut Gallery’s answer to Sunday School – the work in WIPEOUT conveys the essence of a Baptist preacher’s apocalyptic vision filtered through the hyperactive, slightly deranged and certainly dangerous mind of a visionary anarchist.

Issue No. 154: Press Release 4 WIPE OUT

Peanut Gallery is pleased to present:

WIPE OUT
a multimedia group exhibition featuring:

Andrea Jablonski
Chris Hodge
Erik Peterson
Mary Porterfield
Otto Splotch
Merje Veski

Peanut Gallery
1000 N. California Ave, Chicago
January 8 – January 24, 2012
Opening reception: Sunday January 8, 5 – 9pm
(otherwise open by appointment)

Peanut Gallery is pleased to present WIPE OUT -- a multimedia group exhibition opening Sunday, January 8 featuring six artists’ imaginings and perceptions of annihilation. As we begin 2012, the year that some believe will be our last on earth, The End is in the air.

The artists in WIPE OUT were selected because of their ability to imagine, digest and embrace the possibility of humanity’s demise. If we are doomed, at least we should enjoy it. Consider the opening reception Peanut Gallery’s answer to Sunday School – the work in WIPEOUT conveys the essence of a Baptist preacher’s apocalyptic vision filtered through the hyperactive, slightly deranged and certainly dangerous mind of a visionary anarchist.

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Peanut Gallery is a space for creative collaboration, experimentation, exhibition and good, old-fashioned mingling. Their goal is to connect creative people with one another and nurture a vibrant, inclusive community of artists and intellectuals.

Issue No. 153: I'm Showing at the Peanut Gallery on January 8th.