EXPO Chicago 2014: The Pieces That Popped

By JoshMogerman in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 22, 2014 3:00PM

$Onlooker Mesmerized by Alberto Biasi\'s \'Variable Square Image.\' Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $The biggest break up letter ever: Micahel Scoggins\'s \'Dear Sweet Love.\' Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $The entrance to the fair is dominated by B. Jessica Stockholder\'s \'Once Upon a Time,\' a towering cyclone of plastic containers reaching up to the roof. The piece is part of EXPO\'s large scale \'In Situ\' offerings. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $The pleasing color blobs composing Spencer Finch\'s \'Stone Wall, Summer Afternoon\' are actually visualizations of temperature data. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $Josh Garber\'s \'The Thought of Seeing\' stands as the coolest use for screws and hex nuts that we\'ve seen in some time. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $The Jenkins Johnson Gallery has an entire wall dedicated to the amazing collection of photographer Gordon Parks\'s documentation of a young Muhammed Ali. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $StudioGang\'s hanging sculptural cones again mark gathering points on the EXPO floor. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $We couldn\'t quite figure out what was going on in the Tristian Koenig gallery space, which was decked out like a bad bro apartment. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $Dustin Yellin\'s amazing untitled small figure sculptures drew big crowds, reminding us a bit of the creepy body slice exhibits in one of the Museum of Science and Industry\'s basement stairwells. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$ $Dustin Yellin\'s amazing untitled small figure sculptures drew big crowds, reminding us a bit of the creepy body slice exhibits in one of the Museum of Science and Industry\'s basement stairwells. Photo by Josh Mogerman.$

Sure, Chicagoist has a pretty amazing art staff—but the rest of the writers are interested in eye candy, too. So we braved the tourist hordes and headed out to Navy Pier to wander amongst the the contemporary art wonders of EXPO Chicago. When we were not confessing our sins to the birds in Jenny Kendler's amazing hairy igloo installation in the NRDC booth, here's a look at some of the pieces that popped for us.

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