THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED: keith@rarenestgallery.com or 708-616-8671

Tom Palazzolo is widely known as one of Chicago’s most important experimental filmmakers. In this first-ever comprehensive retrospective, Tom’s film work is secondary to his output as a master printmaker, painter, photographer and maker of assembled sculptures.

Palazzolo landed in Chicago in 1960, transferring from the Ringling School of Art to attend the School of the Art Institute. He quickly became known for his vernacular documents including photography, films, and paintings. He was an important part of the underground film scene in Chicago during the 1960s-70s that set itself apart from Hollywood and New York’s experimental genres. He received a bachelor’s degree and Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the School of the Art Institute in 1966. Although his work is set apart, he often exhibited alongside the Chicago groups known as the Hairy Who and the Imagists. In the mid-1960s, Palazzolo and a group of friends formed the Floating Cinematheque, a secret film society that met in apartments around Chicago. Many of their films faced the chagrin of a Chicago Police Censor Board.

Join us as we explore Palazzolo’s full career, accompanied by additional lectures and events.

John F. Miller B. Princeton, Illinois 1923 - D. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2021

John Miller’s 70+ year career formed a graceful arc of thoughtful conceptualization, experimentation and a mastery of diverse mediums.

Please join Rare Nest at this opening reception of a survey exhibition.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUESTED. Via email: keith@rarenestgallery.com

Rare Nest Gallery has undertaken a catalog of Miller’s works. This exhibition will explore the artist’s enormous archive and will be accompanied by additional events including visits to the artist’s studio in the west loop.

Jay Boersma: Consistency and Variety of his Vision

Please join Rare Nest Gallery, for a special overview, with photographer Jay Boersma, of his current exhibition at the Koehnline Museum in Des Plaines. A limited number of free exhibition catalog’s are available.

Jay Boersma’s work has evolved over a long career. He has changed from black and white to color photography, from one format to another, and from film to digital, but his eye, concern for composition, and his interest in depicting the world remain constant. He says, “I remain fascinated by the built world and its endless variety of human-made structures, environments, and details and the unique ways in which these are transformed by age, use, and—in particular—the act of photographing them.” This retrospective exhibition will include work from his early years in Providence, his photos that were part of the Changing Chicago project, his haunting images of empty and abandoned spaces, and the sometimes colorful and always beautiful images of the streets from places he has traveled.

Exhibition through March 31, 2022

Koehnline Museum is a part of the Campus of Oakton College, 1600 E. Golf Road Des Plaines, IL 60016

January 18th - March 29th, 2020

Born 1927, Princeton Illinois. John Miller’s career - seven decades long - formed a graceful arc of thoughtful conceptualization, experimentation and mastery of arcane media. Rare Nest’s exhibition will offer an exploration of the enormous Miller archive including early work through 2004, when the artist's symptoms of Alzheimer’s became pronounced. With curatorial contributions from Lynne Brown, among others.

The Miller Family and Rare Nest will partner in donating a percentage of all sales to the Alzheimer's Association. This exhibition will be accompanied by additional events and discussions around the disposition of artist's studios - a growing problem. A panel discussion, "Inherited Collections: Blessing or Curse" will be moderated by Dr. David Sokol, alongside leading curators and the heirs to large estates. Visit rarenestgallery.com/events for info.

Opening Reception Saturday, January 18th, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Reservations are required for all events:

keith@rarenestgallery.com or 708-616-8671 / rarenestgallery.com

Like This, But Different, a show of sculpture by John Upchurch, runs January 16 - February 27th. 2020. Opening reception 1/16, 6-9 pm. The Gallery /A+C Architects 4840 Main St, Skokie Il

Please join Rare Nest as we celebrate the work of 7 Gallery artists including new works and never-before seen archival pieces. Reservations: keith@rarenestgallery.com or 708-616-8671

FEATURING WORKS BY

Nancy L. Abrams – photojounalism in Appalachia, 1974 - 1985

Herbert Brun – early computer graphics

Sharon Goodman – abstract drawings and prints

Otto Neumann – expressionist works on paper 1926 - 1950

Leopold Segedin – paintings and drawings

John T. Upchurch – sculpture

Megan Williamson – new paintings

The exhibition, "Leo Segedin's Chicago: Games, Trains, and Planes" will be on view in the Link Gallery (between the School of Art + Design and Krannert Art Museum) from May 22 to June 15, 2019, with a closing reception/book signing on Saturday, June 15, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Meet the artist, enjoy light refreshments, and take in the breadth and depth of a life dedicated to capturing life's moments and memories with incredible skill, grace, and feeling. The recently published Leopold Segedin: A Habit of Art will be available.

ASSEMBLY HALL
Rebekka Federle • John T. Upchurch
May 18 – June 24, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 18, 5 – 9 PM

Reservations required: keith@rarenestgallery.com / 708-616-8671

Rebekka Federle, (1990, Chicago)
Raised on the south side of Chicago, Federle has lived in Budapest, New Orleans, Kansas City, Portland, and Berlin.  Her work analyzes narratives of ancient myths, local folklore and hazy memory, and is articulated with antique printed material culled from each new place she visits. Federle attended the Kansas City Art Institute and received her BFA with Honors in 2014 from the Maine College of Art in woodworking & furniture design.
John T. Upchurch (1968, Chicago)
For the last several years, John T. Upchurch has crafted and appropriated discarded elements and manufactured materials to produce a prolific body of sculptural objects that suggest patent models, specimen collections or curious tools.  Upchurch received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute (1990) where he simultaneously studied and performed in bands - most notably The Coctails.  John’s enigmatic sculptures achieve a singular accomplishment in their defiance of scale.

Reservations are required. keith@rarenestgallery.com or 708-616-8671

Please join Rare Nest for the closing reception of “An Ilustrated Lover’s Discourse” - an installation by Keith Bringe with a multi-channel sound piece by Ed Herrmann. We will also reprise the adapted, low-light systems for this event.

Roland Barthe's "Fragments d'un Discourse Amoreux" was published in Paris by Editions du Seuil in 1977. A mainstay in linguistic studies, "A Lover's Discourse" comprises 80 'fragments' - chapters - that illuminate the anatomy of desire with references from Goethe, Plato, Freud, Gide, Zen philosophy and more. Bringe interprets the book through 80 constructions, combining painting, drawing, objects, and photography. The assemblage recalls cabinets of curiosity and the work of Joseph Cornell. This is the first, public exhibition of a work in progress, slowly developed over a decade.

Ann-Marie Greenberg and John Upchurch present a 3 day exhibition of new works.

John Upchurch is a sculptor working in Chicago and a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. His works often suggest prototypes, patent models, specimen collections or other curious tools.

Ann-Marie Greenberg is a graduate of Kansas City Art Institute, currently working as an artist in Chicago. Her work and materials reflect the nature of humans abandoning nature.

March 16, Opening Reception 6 - 9 PM

March 17th Gallery Hours 1 - 5 pm

March 18th Gallery Hours / Closing Reception 3-6 PM