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By Katina Beniaris<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Art Institute of Chicago digs through its roots to present artists who trained at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in honor of the school\u2019s 150th anniversary. <\/p>\n

\u201cHomegrown: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Permanent Collection\u201d features approximately 120 objects, mainly works on paper, from the Art Institute\u2019s collection of its school\u2019s student artists.<\/p>\n

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Organized by Art Institute Curator and SAIC Professor Mark Pascale, the exhibit focuses on various American art styles beginning with the early 20th century and then organized loosely by decade. It includes notable SAIC<\/a> alumni such as Imagist painter Ed Paschke and sports artist LeRoy Neiman. <\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Homegrown\u2019 was a labor of love,\u201d said Joseph Semkiu, the curatorial research assistant in the museum\u2019s department of prints and drawings, who also completed helped research the exhibit. \u201cMark really put everything together in a masterful way. He had a vision, and he knew who he wanted to include. It was really difficult sometimes to make tough decisions on who to exclude.\u201d <\/p>\n

The exhibit\u2019s early 20th century works include black-and-white etching by artists associated with the Chicago Society of Etchers (founded in 1910 by four SAIC alumni) and several colorful woodblock prints by Gustave Baumann, one of the leading printmakers in America\u2019s color woodcut revival. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou can really see at this point that Baumann was a master printmaker,\u201d Semkiu said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of unique. He would create a small edition of these prints. We\u2019re lucky to have it. If you were to pick one work by Baumann, these [woodblock prints] would probably be it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Self-Portraits-Albright\"
There are 20 pieces of Ivan Albright’s “Self-Portrait” series. (Katina Beniaris\/MEDILL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the most high-profile works are 20 iconic self-portraits by painter Ivan Albright who attended SAIC between 1919 to 1923, though he never graduated. In 1977, when Albright was 80, the school awarded him an honorary degree. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou could really see [Albright] experimenting [with] different styles, some more realistic and some more impressionistic,\u201d Semkiu said. \u201c[These portraits] are definitely a highlight of this exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n

One portion of the exhibit is dedicated to the Hairy Who, a group of SAIC who presented their pop art and surrealist work at the Hyde Park Art Center<\/a> in 1966.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have to say what trend defined the Chicago arts now, it was the Hairy Who,\u201d Semkiu said. \u201cThey really influenced the later 20th century [artists].\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Hairy-Who\"
A woman takes a look at Gladys Nilsson’s “Big School Picture; Little Paper Mural” (Katina Beniaris\/MEDILL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hairy Who artist and watercolorist Gladys Nilsson created \u201cBig School Picture; Little Paper Mural,\u201d whose playful and colorful composition is an excellent example of the exhibit\u2019s collective messages. The painting shows SAIC students as simplified human body forms occupying assorted spaces in time from the early 20th century to the \u201890s. The latter group is making art with their Walkmans. <\/p>\n

\u201cHomegrown\u201d closes this Sunday at the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave. Galleries 124-127. For information, visit www.artic.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: This is the front view of the “Homegrown” exhibit at The Art Insitute of Chicago (Katina Beniaris\/MEDILL).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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