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SOFA EXPO CHICAGO 2017

November 8, 2017 by shelley

SOFA EXPO CHICAGO 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair in Chicago is the premier gallery-presented art fair dedicated to three-dimensional art and design.

Critically acclaimed and continuously running since 1994, what distinguishes SOFA from other top art events is its focus on three-dimensional artworks that cross the boundaries of fine art, decorative art and design. SOFA is noted for its exceptional presentation, with an elite selection of international dealers presenting for sale one-of-a-kind masterworks in handsome, custom-designed gallery exhibits.

SOFA is held annually in the fall at Chicago’s major destination, Navy Pier, with an average of 80 dealers and 35,000 people attending. Sales at the fair are estimated at 15-20 million dollars per show.

Our VIP Tickets are from Elis Gudmann at Studio  ten|CONTEMPORARY.  We first discovered Elis at the Kansas City Plaza Art Show many, many years ago and we followed her to Chicago and have attended SOFA ever since.  Elis does etched metal wall pieces and has focused on creating works infused with color, texture, and form but also does incredible sculpture pieces with husband Kirk Slaughter.

Elis Guddman

Delicious food

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

INCREDIBLE ART

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

SOFA Expo Chicago 2017

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Elisabett Gudmann, S.O.F.A., SOFA, SOFA 2017, SOFA Chicago

Chicago: Halloween with Collins and SOFA show

December 7, 2016 by shelley

Chicago: Halloween with Collins and SOFA show

I headed to Chicago to spend Halloween with Collins, attend the 2016 SOFA show on Navy Pier and attend Winnetka’s Antiques + Modernism Show…

Collins

Collins

Collins

Collins

Playing with Collins

Playing with Collins

Playing with Collins

Playing with Collins

Playing with Collins

Playing with Collins

The trip to Chicago was perfectly timed with the World Series Win of the Chicago Cubs!  It was fun to see the city celebrate the win!!!  It had been 108 years since the last win and the city knew how to celebrate!!

Cubs win World Series

Cubs win World Series

Cubs win World Series

Cubs win World Series

Chicago celebrating the Cubs World Series win 2016

Chicago celebrating the Cubs World Series win 2016

The City turned blue and red…

Chicago celebrating Cubs World Series Win

Chicago celebrating Cubs World Series Win

SOFA show on Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

Thanks to our artist friend Elis Gudmann from tenContemporary Gallery Ellen and I again received VIP tickets to the preview party.

The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair in Chicago is the premier gallery-presented art fair dedicated to three-dimensional art and design.

Critically acclaimed and continuously running since 1994, what distinguishes SOFA from other top art events is its focus on three-dimensional artworks that cross the boundaries of fine art, decorative art and design.  SOFA is noted for its exceptional presentation, with an elite selection of international dealers presenting for sale one-of-a-kind masterworks in handsome, custom-designed gallery exhibits.

SOFA is held annually in the fall at Chicago’s major destination, Navy Pier, with an average of 80 dealers and 35,000 people attending. Sales at the fair are estimated at 15-20 million dollars per show.

SOFA

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago-opening night

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

SOFA 2016 Navy Pier Chicago

Winnetka’s Antique and Modernism Show

winnetka antique show

Winnetka antique show

Winnetka's Antique and Modernism Show

Winnetka’s Antique and Modernism Show

The Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show (A+M Show) is the ultimate destination for interior designers, shoppers, and collectors alike. Ranging in styles from classic to modern, the Show is renowned for exquisite home furnishings and accessories, artwork, clothing, and jewelry, exclusively available for purchase from dealers who are nationally recognized specialists. The Show’s 60-year history and prevailing reputation speak to the caliber of this spectacular style and design event.

Exhibitor Julie Harris of Kansas City, Missouri had these antique bathing suits…we loved these!

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show

I also enjoyed seeing actual artwork of outsider artist Lee Godie…a Chicago original!

In her day-to-day life, Lee Godie was a homeless woman who made a living selling paintings on chilly Chicago streets. She kept her belongings in various lockers throughout the city, showered in hotel bathrooms, and slept outside on benches despite freezing weather.

However, in her self-portraits, taken in a photo booth at the Chicago Greyhound bus station, Godie transforms into a 1920s-era “It Girl,” dramatically dressed in furs, broaches and floppy hats, posed lackadaisically like the most glamorous of movie stars. With each individual ensemble and pose, a new, glitzy character is born.

It’s the palpable tension between the two lives of Godie — the struggling drifter and the sought after art star — that makes her images enchanting. She adorned the small black-and-white prints with various embellishments, sometimes pen or paint, other times eyeliner and lipstick smudged in the appropriate spots. On occasion, Godie rubbed instant tea on her face as a pseudo self-tanner.

According to popular legend, Godie’s tenure as an artist in began 1968, when, at around 60 years old, she was rocked to the core by an Impressionism exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Shortly after the show, all shaken and sweaty, Godie stood on the steps and publicly declared herself a French Impressionist, one “much better than Cezanne,” at that.

From then on, she painted. A lot. Godie’s paintings are flattened portraits of high society ladies, wide-eyed beauties with wide-brimmed hats, smokey makeup and cherry red lips. From her self-proclaimed inauguration into the art world in 1968 until 1990, when she was 82 years old, Godie peddled her work every day on the Chicago streets, carrying her portfolio around in a big black case.

Her paintings sold for around $20 or $30 — if she liked you, that is. “She would have her canvases half uncurled,” gallery-owner Carl Hammer explained to The Telegraph. “If she was interested in selling to you, she would let [the canvas] open up so you could see more. If she didn’t like you, she would curl it up the other way.”

During the course of her career Godie became an iconic figure in the Chicago art scene, known for galavanting about in a toga one day, a fur coat the next. She’d sing and dance when interacting with her fans, adding a performative element to her tireless art making.

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show: Lee Godie-outsider art

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show: Lee Godie-outsider art

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show: Lee Godie-outsider art

Antiques + Modernism Winnetka Show: Lee Godie-outsider art

Filed Under: Events, Travel Tagged With: Antique and Modernism Show, Chicago, Collins, Lee Godie, SOFA, Winnetka Antiques Show

SOFA Chicago 2015

January 13, 2016 by shelley

Chicago SOFA 2015

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SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

Ellen and I made our annual trip to Chicago to attend the VIP SOFA Show.  Our VIP tickets come from artist (and good friend) Elis Gudmann from ten472 Gallery

I really like her latest works that combined charred wood with the etched metal…

Elis Gudmann artist

Elis Gudmann artist

Elis’ bio:

Elisabett Gudmann is a Northern California based artist focused on creating works infused with color, texture, and form.   While most widely recognized for her metal wall pieces, she is also an accomplished sculptor and often creates 3-dimensional works with her partner, Kirk H. Slaughter.

METAL WALL PIECES:

The complex and physically demanding process involves laboriously etching the metal to create detailed surface textures and imagery in relief. Unique and intricate patina colors are achieved by working with a variety of caustic chemicals, layering colors and often employing a reductive technique.  Mostly conceptual in nature, her imagery evolves through layered complexity and evokes references to natural and man-made environments.  Influences of abstract expressionism infuse her work, striking a balance between the abstract and the recognizable.

SOFA had a lot of interesting art:

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

This was completely done in those tiny seed beads!

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

These were glass objects!

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

and some “live art”

SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA Chicago 2015

I alway enjoy the city of Chicago also and the Magnificent Mile was decked out in glorious fall decor

Chicago's magnificent mile decked out in fall decor!

Chicago’s magnificent mile decked out in fall decor!

Chicago's magnificent mile decked out in fall decor!

Chicago’s magnificent mile decked out in fall decor!

I find the architect and skyline of Chicago very picturesque.

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And my all time favorite photo I took of Chicago skyline was a few years ago on a day the clouds hung so low the tops of buildings were obscured:chicago

Filed Under: Art, Events, Travel Tagged With: Chicago, Fall decor Chicago, Magnificent Mile, Sculpture Objects Fine Art Design, SOFA, SOFA Chicago, SOFA Chicago 2015

SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design) Chicago Preview Night

November 17, 2014 by shelley

SOFA (Sculptural Objects Functional Art + Design) Chicago Preview Night

SOFA Chicago

SOFA Chicago

Ellen and I headed to Chicago to attend the preview night of the 2014 SOFA show.  Our tickets were courtesy of Ten472 Contemporary Art.

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

SOFA Chicago 2014

Chicago scenes

Chicago-view

Chicago-view

Chicago 2014

Chicago 2014

Street decorations Chicago fall 2014

Street decorations Chicago fall 2014

Chicago Water Tower

Chicago Water Tower

Filed Under: Art, Events, Travel Tagged With: Art Show, Chicago, SOFA, SOFA Chicago

S.O.F.A. (Sculpture Objects Functional Art + Design) Chicago Navy Pier 2012

February 15, 2013 by shelley

SOFA CHICAGO 2012 Chicago Navy Pier

SOFA 2012 at Chicago Navy Pier

SOFA 2012 at Chicago Navy Pier

The 19th Annual Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair is a gallery-presented, international art exposition dedicated to bridging the worlds of design, decorative and fine art. Works by emerging and established artists and designers are available for sale by premier galleries and dealers.

SOFA Chicago Nov 2012

SOFA Chicago Nov 2012

Chicago_12_CFE_7083Ellen Duckworth and I always get VIP tickets from our friend Elise Gudmann from Studio ten472 Contemporary Art.  I discovered Elise and her work years ago at the Kansas City Plaza Art Fair.

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Her booth:

Studio ten472 Gallery

Studio ten472 Gallery

SOFA opening.

SOFA opening.

SOFA opening.

SOFA opening.

 

Crowds at SOFA opening night.

Crowds at SOFA opening night.

SOFA

SOFA

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Filed Under: Art, Events, Travel Tagged With: Art, Art Show, Chicago, SOFA, Travel

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