Invoking the Absence: CSI Spring Show at the Elks Memorial

Void #2 – by Toby Zallman (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)

Invoking the Absence, was a juried exhibition sponsored by Chicago Sculpture International, featuring the artwork of 22 Chicago-based artists playing with the notions of void and its existence in space, time, order, abstraction and conflict. Situated in the Beaux-Arts style domed structure of the Elks National Memorial, the exhibit works to call attention to the limitless vacuum that exists, creating a dialogue that conjures feelings and exchanges of emotion and/or validation of emptiness that is truly present. 

Exhibited Artists

Dominic Sansone, Suzanne Cohan-Lange, Peter N. Gray, Christina Murphy, Sharon Gilmore, Terrence Karpowicz, Laurie LeBreton, Corinne D. Peterson, Toby Zallman, Stephen Klassen, Carol Hammerman, Peter Dallos, Deborah Adams Doering, Christine Perri, Ron Gard, Steve Luecking, Eric W. Stephenson, Dusty Folwarczny, Fisher Stolz, Christopher Newman, Michael Grucza & Sharon Bladholm

How Soon We Forget – by Terry Kaprowicz (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)

Vented Torso – by Steve Luecking (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)

Marat/Apollo – by Christine Perri (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)

Explorer – by Corinne D. Peterson (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)

If I Had A Nickle – by Michael Grucza (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)

Children of God – by Suzanne Cohan Lange (Photo: Jyoti Srivastava)