Volume Gallery is delighted to announce Protist, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Jack Craig opening June 23, 2023, from 5-8 pm at 1709 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622.
Jack Craig’s practice operates in acts of transformation and regeneration. Giving precious and non-precious, natural and man-made materials equal weight, his projects connect to an undiscovered world just beneath our increasingly mass-produced landscape.
The show’s title, Protist references the fourth kingdom of organisms – a class of life otherwise uncategorizable plant, animal, or fungus. In Craig’s latest body of work, he introduces a series of petrified objects formed from melted synthetic carpet, sculpted into grotesquely beautiful works.
In Craig’s childhood home, carpet represented a luxury. Through the economy of mass production, carpet brought an animal-like warmth and insulation into the interior. Craig arrived at design after first exploring a career as an electrical engineer developing stealth technologies. For Craig, “invention is an engine for fantasy.” His methodology combines his understanding of the scientific method with an intuitive process.
| Hours | Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Venue | Volume Gallery |
| Type | Design Exhibition |
| Duration | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| City | Chicago |
About
Volume Gallery
Volume Gallery focuses on American art and design, with a strong emphasis placed on emerging contemporary artists and designers. Volume Gallery releases editions, publications and organizes exhibits that showcase the work of American artists and designers to regional, national and international audiences. We are asking critical questions of what it means to be an American artist/designer in a culture that is rapidly becoming more global, while simultaneously examining the American experience. Outside of an active gallery program, institutional shows and acquisitions are an important component to the roster’s activities. Over the course of the gallery’s history we have placed over 50 pieces in nearly 20 public institutions (LACMA, SFMOMA, AIC, MAD, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Mint Museum and the Renwick to name a few).
