Art Expo Chicago

  Art Expo will probably always show enough to keep me entertained for three hours on a Saturday afternoon, even if it never again fills Festival Hall. As seen above, about 50 feet has been walled off this year at the eastern end where I used to enter.  Two of my favorite galleries were gone, Vallarino ( 20th Century) and Forum  (mimetic),  But another favorite, Arcadia(romantic mimetic), has returned after a long absence, so I wasn’t totally disappointed. As in recent years, there was a remarkable difference this year between the work of white male artists (fun, silly, abstract ) and all the others (serious, figurative). Though, of course, there were exceptions. Many things put a smile on my face. But nothing here to suggest that life can be meaningful and important. Unless being black is sufficient. Chase Lock    Chase Lock Chase Lock Chase Lock Chase Lock, b. 1989 North Dakota,  With a background in graffiti, this dude was the funnest and silliest. ...