Art & Art History
First Rate Art
Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
(exact dates unknown)
Artists: Craig Anderson, Tammy Bogue Voris, Gary Dienes, Robert Dominiak, Gary Drake, Diane Fitzgerald, Esteen Lauri, Paula Palmer, and David Ritter
First Rate Art by Secondary School Teachers was an exhibition of the work of nine exceptional teachers in the Chicago community, including Craig Anderson, Tammy Bogue Voris, Gary Dienes, Robert Dominiak, Gary Drake, Diane Fitzgerald, Esteen Lauri, Paula Palmer, and David Ritter.
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Exhibition Checklist
Craig Anderson
Corner Icon
Acrylic, 76 x 48 in.
Maelstrom Float
Acrylic and oil, 76 x 48 in.
Courtesy Carl & Ann Berman, The Tracks Restaurant.
Metamorphosis
Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 8 ft.
Gary M. Dienes
Bi-Mod
Clay.
Tri-Axis-Mod
Clay.
Tri-Mod/ Tri-Sphere
Clay.
Robert Dominiak
Space Machine – Hand Crank, 1978
Welded steel and wood base, 31 x 17 x 9 in.
Space Machine I, 1978
Welded steel, 28 1/2 x 13 x 9 in.
Space Machine II, 1978
Welded steel and wood base, 31 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 in.
Warrior I, 1977
Welded steel, 22 x 19 x 6 in.
Warrior II, 1977
Welded steel, 21 x 14 1/2 x 9 in.
Gary Drake
Barre II
Bronze, brass and purple heart, 7 x 3 x 4 in.
Dance Studio
Sepele, bronze, 20 x 13 x 6 in.
Dance Studio – Dressing Room
Sepele, bronze and brass, 14 x 12 x 7 in.
Dance Studio – Hallway
Purple heart and bronze.
Dance Studio – Hallway Mirror
Bronze, beech and mirror, 12 x 6 x 5 in.
Dance Studio – Practice Stage
Birch sepele and bronze, 58 x 14 x 8 in.
Dance Studio – Window I
Charcoal.
Dance Studio – Window II
Charcoal.
Dance Studio – Window III
Charcoal, 14 x 10 x 8 in.
Japanese Box
Beech and bronze, 20 x 4 x 4 in.
Locker Room
Charcoal and pastel, 26 x 20 in.
Smoking in the John – Sink
Charcoal and pastel, 26 x 20 in.
Smoking in the John – Stall
Charcoal, 26 x 20 in.
Smoking in the John – Window
Charcoal, 26 x 20 in.
Diane Fitzgerald
The Buzzy Mask, 1987
Mixed media.
Diane Mask, 1983
Plaster, tin foil, aluminum screening, cardboard, pipe cleaner, watercolor and gouache, 15 1/2 x 12 x 4 in.
Environment 1, 1982
Mixed media, 67 x 67 in.
Happy Half Mask, 1987
Plaster, tin foil, aluminum screening, cradboard, pipe cleaner, watercolor and gouache.
The House Series: No. 2, 1987
Watercolor, 7 x 10 in.
The House Series: No. 4, 1987
Watercolor, 7 x 10 in.
The House Series: No. 5, 1987
Watercolor, gouache, gold thread, 14 x 17 in.
The Jam Mask, 1987
Mixed media.
Lush Fancy, 1983
Watercolor, 20 x 27 in.
My Magical Fantasy II, 1983
Watercolor, 28 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
Over Lemonscape: The House, 1987
Watercolor, 10 x 9 in.
Prairie Wrightscape in Orange, 1985
Watercolor and gouache, 12 x 16 in.
Roman Half Mask, 1987
Plaster, tin foil, aluminum, cardboard, pipe cleaner, watercolor and gouache.
Wrightscape I, 1985
Waterclor, 14 x 32 1/2 in.
Esteen Lauri
Afternoon Delight
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 34 x 45 in.
Another Wedding Doll
Watercolor, 36 x 44 in.
Black Case No. 1
Watercolor and graphite on paper 32 x 43 in.
Cracker Jack’s Wrapper, 1985
38 x 49 in.
First Crystal
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 40 x 50 in.
Raspberry Silk
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 47 x 50 in.
Suitcase Drawing
Graphite, 36 x 44 in.
Suitcase No. 12
Watercolor, 26 x 35 in.
Paula Palmer
Calligraphy of Self
Colored pencils, graphite and cray pas, 15 1/2 x 20 in.
Collective Marks
Colored pencil, graphite and cray pas, 19 1/4 x 25 in.
Feelings Revealed
Colored pencil, graphite and cray pas, 16 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Memory Wall
Colored pencil, graphite and cray pas, 18 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
Ordered Thoughts, 1987
Colored pencil, graphite and cray pas, 11 x 20 1/4 in.
Oriental Instincts
Colored pencil, graphite and cray pas, 16 x 23 in.
Tamara Bogue Voris
Double Indemnity
Graphite on paper.
Swing Music
Graphite on paper.
Remnants of a Curious Erotic Art #1
Graphite on paper.
Thank you, I’ll walk
Graphite on paper.
The War Effort
Graphite on paper.
EXHIBITION SUPPORT
First Rate Art is supported by the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Art and Design’s College of Architecture, Art and Urban Planning.