Above: Colloborative image by Micki LeMieux, Maeve McGale, and Jeremy P Wong
Midsummer Dreams
Chicago Sculpture International Project Space July 20 – August 10, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 20, from 6-9 pm
Live music performance by Michael Shimkus
Exhibiting Artists: Micki LeMieux, Maeve McGale, and Jeremy P Wong
Midsummer is for dreaming. It’s a time for celebration, romance, and new possibilities. This time has served historically as inspiration for European conceptions of fantasy, epitomized through the Scandinavian festival of Midsummer and the Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In both examples, the forest sets a stage for magic and mischief.
Our tale takes a distinct Americana approach. Midsummer Dreams brings together three Chicago artists working in the Midwestern Surreal- a discourse that refers to integrating belief-oriented meaning mechanisms into secular systems. This is displayed through a midwestern sensibility, grounding whimsical imagery in familiar landscapes, rituals, and materials. In a forest of our own making, themes of bounty, desire, shelter, body, and landscape are explored and challenged in sculptural form. Fantasy becomes a powerful tool to reimagine and reflect our reality.
CSI Project Space
1912 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL (at the corner of Cortland and Damen Ave.)
Hours: Friday 2-6 pm; Saturday 12-8 pm; Sunday 1-5 pm
Jeremy Plotkin Wong, "Flower Fields Forever", Epoxy, foam, acrylic paint, mulch
Jeremy Plotkin Wong, "Screaming Season", Ceramic, epoxy, foam, acrylic paint, mulch, LED light
Jeremy Plotkin Wong, "Odd Offering", ceramic, epoxy, acrylic paint
Jeremy Plotkin Wong, "Sweet Sniffer", Ceramic, underglaze, glaze
Jeremy Plotkin Wong, "Belly Beast", Epoxy, ceramic, wire, electrical tape, fur, acrylic paint, mulch, satin ribbon
Maeve McGale, "Landscape", Structural installation
Maeve McGale, "Landscape", Structural installation
Micki LeMieux, Collection of bronzes (view)
Visiting musician, Musician - Michael Shimkus. Listen to Michael's music: soundcloud.com/user-152202169
Micki LeMieux, "Waterbear", bronze and mixed materials
Micki LeMieux, "Mimic", bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Next", bronze, mixed media
Micki LeMieux, "Out on a Limb", bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Le Fleurs", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Ripples", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Blue Eyes", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Feeling Groovy", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Wide Mouth", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Seed of Greens", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "You and Me", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Le Fleurs", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Creatures and Flowers", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Once", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Compost", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Untapped Potential", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "By-gone Bounty", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Flight", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Garlic Dreams", Bronze
Micki LeMieux, "Oneness", Bronze