Posts tagged johalla projects

Last-Minute Plans: Chicago Urban Art Society’s “The Daley Show” Closing Reception

When the Chicago Urban Art Society were in the process of curating opened their current exhibition “The Daley Show” in September, it was under the assumption that His Elective Majesty would run again, and the exhibit would be a look at the ruling dynasty that’s informed Chicago to its foundation for nearly half a century.  Read Here. 

[CUAS-in-the-News] Assessing a Legacy by Abraham Ritchie

January 3, 2011

As noted in a recent ABC News report, there has been a Mayor Daley for 42 of the past 55 years.  Whether it was Richard J. Daley (Mayor of Chicago, 1955-1976) or Richard M. Daley (Mayor of Chicago, 1989-present), Chicago has long been dominated by the Daley dynasty.  So it took the city by surprise when last September the Mayor called a press conference to announce that he would not be seeking a seventh term. The announcement also came as a surprise to the curators from Johalla Projects and the Chicago Urban Art Society, the organizers of “The Daley Show,” who had been preparing the exhibition under the assumption that the Mayor would be running again.  Read More Here.

[Chicago Tribune] Mayor Gets His Due in “The Daley Show”

By Lauren Viera, Tribune reporter

12:03 p.m. CST, December 30, 2010

Back in September, when the end of the Daley mayoral legacy was announced (to the shock of many), Chicago Urban Art Society already had a related group show in the works. Planned around the presumption that Daley would seek another term in 2011, local artist and sometimes curator Laurie Apple envisioned a politically themed show that, in some ways, piggybacked on the success of the “50 Aldermen, 50 Artists” exhibit she co-curated last spring. Read More Here.

The Daley Show: Portraits of a Political Powerhouse

by Max Herman

December 28, 2010 - 11:15 am

For many young Chicagoans, Richard M. Daley is the only mayor they have ever known. In office since 1989, only his father, Richard J. Daley, has held the mayoral office in Chicago longer. And like his father, Daley has been best known for boisterous change, not waiting for mass approval of many of his controversial decisions. Who else but a Daley would secretly bulldoze the runways of an airport he wanted closed in the middle of the night? But while often brash, arguably, Richard M. Daley got things done in his city. Read More Here.

Timeout Chicago Review: “The Daley Show”

by Candice Weber

December 22, 2010

In 1988, student David K. Nelson Jr. created an uproar when he displayed Mirth & Girth, an unflattering portrait of Mayor Harold Washington in women’s lingerie—painted shortly after Washington’s death—at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Read more!

Art Show Reviews Daley’s Legacy

 December 20, 2010 10:15 AM

CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Richard M. Daley is the subject of many accolades and assessments as he prepares to leave office, and now, he can count an art gallery show among the tributes.

“The Daley Show,” now at the Chicago Urban Art Society in the Pilsen neighborhood, commemorates Mayor Daley in what organizers call his “role as the preeminent political figure in Chicago during the past two decades, and his undeniable importance in shaping the future of the city.” READ MORE HERE.

The Daley Show: Local Artists Dedicate New Exhibit To Mayor Daley

First Posted: 12-17-10 01:16 PM   |   

On Friday, local artists and art fans gathered at the Chicago Urban Art Society in Pilsen for a show dedicated to the only mayor some of those involved in the show have ever known: Mayor Richard M. Daley.

The Daley Show, curated by Anna Cerniglia and Peter Kepha, commemorates the mayor’s role “as the preeminent political figure in Chicago during the past two decades, and his undeniable importance in shaping the future of the city,” according to the exhibit’s organizers. Read More Here.