Fantastical and surreal, Luis Gispert’s photographic and video amalgams are visually rich explorations of cultural codes. Featuring eleven large-scale glossy photographs from two recent series and two looped videos, Gispert’s exhibition at Artpace illustrates a concern with, and critique of, vari

Kinetic, Lyrical, Playful, Political

Victor Hugo once said that, in contrast to the sublime, the grotesque is the richest material that nature can offer art. Iva Gueorguieva heeds Hugo's words, fashioning wall-sized paintings laden with thickly rendered, sickly hued detail. Gueorguieva's works embody the hybridized and occasionally terr

Architectural, Cartoonish, Ecstatic, Euphoric, Expansive, Fantastic, Kinetic, Layered, Monumental

Chicago native Nathaniel Jones, aka DJ Pierre is one of the most legendary and genre forming artists in the history of American electronic music. His group Phuture's 1988 tune 'Acid Tracks' caused a stir in Great Britain when the track, rather unintentionally, became an anthem of acid house, the pr

Gritty, Kinetic, Techno/house/big beat, Trippy

Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the '80s, and certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time. In his prime, Jackson was an unstoppable juggernaut, possessed of all the tools to dominate the charts seemingly at will: an instantly identifiable voice, eye-popp

Bombast, Bright, Clean, Glamour, Grand, Kinetic, Melancholy, Pioneering, Rhythmic, Sensual