Gallery: EXPO CHICAGO/2013

By JoshMogerman in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 22, 2013 7:00PM

$Robert Gober, \<i\>Untitled\<\/i\>.$ $Your intrepid reporter, inside Vaughn Bell\'s super-fun \<i\>Metropolis\<\/i\> installation at the Natural Resources Defense Council booth.$ $Frieke Janssens, \<i\>Unfiltered, No Lighter, Self Made\<\/i\> and \<i\>Pipe with Contempt\<\/i\>.$ $Michael Beck, \<i\>She\'s Going Places\<\/i\>.$ $Gleann Kaino\'s \<i\>Bridge\<\/i\> is one of the featured \"In Situ\" pieces prominently displayed near the EXPO entrance. The piece features golden casts of one of the most famous outstretched fists in history: Tommie Smith, known for his Black Power salute from the medal stand at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.$ $Gleann Kaino\'s \<i\>Bridge\<\/i\> is one of the featured \"In Situ\" pieces prominently displayed near the EXPO entrance. The piece features golden casts of one of the most famous outstretched fists in history: Tommie Smith, known for his Black Power salute from the medal stand at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.$ $Vaughn Bell\'s \<i\>Biospheres\<\/i\> installation at the Natural Resources Defense Council booth is shrinking fast as the small planted balls are being given away for free adoption throughout the fest.$ $One of the cones that are center stage in StudioGang\'s design of the festival floor.$

A selection from the Annely Juda Fine Art installation.

$Alexandre Arrechea, \<i\>Stream\<\/i\>.$ $Mary Ellen Mark, \<i\>John Belushi, \"Blues Brothers,\" Chicago, IL 1979\<\/i\>.$ $Prints from Suzanne Treister\'s \<i\>HEXEN 2.0\<\/i\> series.$

$Assorted pieces in Munich\'s Gallerie Terminus installation.$ $Alois Kronschlaeger, \<i\>Multicolored cube\<\/i\>.$

Checking out prints by E.V. Day and Cindy Sherman in the Carolina Nitsch gallery installation.

$Alexandre da Cunha, \<i\>Nude XVI (diptych)\<\/i\>.$ $Santiago, Villanueva, \<i\>Untitiled #49 - Series Soft Therapy\<\/i\>.$

Much has been made about this year as the make-or-break year for establishing EXPO Chicago as a fixture on the international art festival scene.

Having walked the Studio Gang-designed floor in Navy Pier's Festival Hall, all we know is that EXPO Chicago is, once again, a mind-blowing gathering of modern and contemporary art not to be missed.

EXPO visitors are treated to a visual onslaught that at times can be overwhelming. But boring? Never. Some of it is even crazy fun.

EXPO Chicago continues through tonight. Here is a gallery of pieces that caught our eyes.

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