Just a few things about the show...

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*Maren Miller Interview with The Post Family!
Art Cards Review for Maren Miller's recent show @ Important Projects in SF

LONG GONE by Maren Miller Opens Saturday, Feb. 12th from 8-11 PM

LONG GONE/MAREN MILLER

The Hills Esthetic Center presents LONG GONE a solo exhibition of New York artist Maren Miller, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 12^th, 2011 from 8-11 PM; the exhibition will close February 26th. Miller’s work reflects the processes through which one’s surroundings condition cultural production. Her work recombines architecture, art, memorial, ornament, and design; questioning the distinction between abstraction and representation. LONG GONE explores forms that have existed in human consciousness since the dawn of image and object making. These include such representations as: the vessel, the wedge, the repeating pattern, the path, and the monolith. Remarking on each object’s revisionist history, Miller’s intent is to reveal the dually mundane and mystical qualities that these forms have acquired. Miller works in a range of media, blurring the line between sculptural “environment” and closed pictorial space. Her intent is to bring the viewer to the approximate moment when an external object becomes an internal image.

Maren Miller currently lives and works in New York. She received her BFA from Cooper Union in 2010. Since then she has attended Ox-bow Residency Program and has most recently shown at Important Projects in San Francisco. This will be her first Chicago exhibition. Her work can be seen at www.marenmiller.com.

Christmas FUNraiser this Saturday!

Saturday 6:00-9:00pm at The Hills Esthetic Center

128 N Campbell St, Unit G, Chicago, IL

On December 4th we will be hosting a silent auction and raffle, in addition to a Christmas gathering, with hopes of raising funds for improvements to the gallery. Artists include Jason Lazarus, Michael Hunter, Chad Kouri, Jessica Taylor Caponigro, Leo Kaplan, Joseph Mohan, Scott Cowan, Greg Stimac, Drew Griffith, Katy Keefe, Ron Ewert, Dustin Ruegger, Michael Kloss, Ben Speckmann, Nicole Kita, Aron Gent, Emily Green, Caitlin Arnold and many others. The Hornswaggler Arts bar will be slinging handcrafted cocktails, live Christmas music on guitars and saxophones, carolers and a magician will populate the crowd. Please join us and continue your support and to celebrate our first successful year! *CASH AND CHECK ARE ENCOURAGED

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Brunch this Saturday and Openings....

YOU ARE INVITED TO AN INFORMAL CLOSING DISCUSSION OF

Girls: A Solo Exhibition of Caitlin Arnold @

THE HILLS ESTHETIC CENTER 128 North Campbell Street, Unit G////Chicago////*MAP

////Saturday, October 16th FROM 1-3 PM

*coffee and muffins provided

IN OTHER NEWS.....

ADDITIONAL OPENINGS FOR "THE HILLS ESTHETIC CENTER" ARTISTS

All Black Everything
new works by michael kloss

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday October 15th from 7-10 PM

at Eastern Expansion 244 W 31st Street

All black everything is a new series of drawings exploring slightly outdated pop culture figures. Mainly men from Edward Furlong to Jim Brewer.

Existence Value

Paul Cowan and Scott Cowan

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 15th from 6-9pm

at Roots & Culture 1034 N Milwaukee Ave.

"Existence Value" investigates the intrinsic value people and cultures give to things- how people with different understandings of the same thing can assume to agree according to the meaning that a thing has in their own life. We have options, an infinite amount of them, which we must see as wide-open variables to use or to deny. Every

decision made is made with intention. It isn’t about being ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, but rather the sequence of events and how they add up. In "Existence Value", a gesture precedes all considerations and assumptions, rendering immediate perception obtuse. These objects, losing all subjectivity; question their own role (real or imaginary) and the artist’s desire to create and be present in the work.

Mugs

Group Show of 30 artists including Katy Keefe and Jason Lazarus.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 22nd from 6-10 PM

at LVL3's Merchandise Mart Auxiliary Space 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza

Coffee mugs represent a place of sentimental permanence. Mass-produced and in the homes of many, coffee mugs are an interesting way to gain cultural insight. They have a variety of functions. As an object, they are a symptom of consumer culture and tradition. We buy them, drink, collect and gift them.This project showcases the artist and mug as a unit.

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE OPENING RECEPTION FOR

"girls"

A SOLO EXHIBITION of CAITLIN ARNOLD

THE HILLS ESTHETIC CENTER is proud to present the work of Chicago photographer Caitlin Arnold. This marks the two and half year point in Arnold’s project, a personal engagement with young women from across the US living in rural, suburban and urban environments. On display is an intimate group of portraits dealing with the breadth and complexity of the contemporary maturation period for girls. Please join us on Friday, September 24th from 8-11 PM at THE HILLS, located at 128 N Campbell Street, Chicago ILL.

THE ARTISTS WORK CAN BE FOUND AT www.caitlinarnold.com.

Beach Party 3!

THE HILLS ESTHETIC CENTER

BEACH PARTY 3!!

THE HILLS ESTHETIC CENTER hosts their 3rd Annual Beach Party this Saturday, August 28th, 2010. A formal opening for the gallery of summer-inspired works, by a plethora of Chicago artists will take place from 8-11 PM. From 11 PM-on bands will begin, the tiki bar will open, and the party will ensue. Expect COCONUTS, BEACH CARS, A TWENTY FOOT GREAT WHITE, INFLATABLES, SUMMER MIX TAPES, A PILE OF WATERMELONS, AND THE REMINISCENT SOUNDS OF DICK DALE.

Chicago artists include Caitlin Arnold, Jessica Taylor Caponigro, Olivia Ciummo, Paul Cowan, Scott Cowan, Frank Van Duerm, Ron Ewert, Michael Hunter, Leo Kaplan, Katy Keefe, Nicole Kita, Michael Kloss, Ben Marcus, Joseph Mohan, Sara Mosk, Matt Nichols, Eddie Peters, Dustin Ruegger, and Lauren Walsh.

Chicago bands and DJ's include Deep Earth, The Alices (members of Glass Bricks and Altered States), DJ Rad Pitt, and DJ Jean Shorts.

THE HILLS is located at 128 N Campbell Street///Unit G///Chicago, IL///60618 *MAP

Closing Brunch for Jessica Taylor Caponigro this Sunday from 1-3 PM!

YOU ARE INVITED TO AN INFORMAL CLOSING DISCUSSION OF

Jessica Taylor Caponigro's

LOOKS LIKE A PLACE I CAME IN

@THE HILLS ESTHETIC CENTER 128 North Campbell Street, Unit G////Chicago////*MAP

////SUNDAY, AUGUST 15th FROM 1-3 PM

FRESHLY BAKED MUFFINS AND COFFEE WILL BE PROVIDED, FEEL FREE TO BRING A DISH TO SHARE!