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Tom Torluemke will discuss "Tom Torluemke: Live! On Paper, 1987 – 2024." He will be joined by Jeff W. Huebner. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion. RSVP Here (Please note your RSVP is requested but not required)
About the book: Tom Torluemke's (b. Chicago, 1959) name is familiar to art lovers in Chicagoland thanks mainly to his detailed acrylic paintings, in which he observes and memorializes society's ills with the doting attention of a diehard humanist. Torluemke has been considerably more prolific in painting works on paper, a primarily unexplored part of his oeuvre: "Tom Torluemke: Live! On Paper, 1987 – 2024," aspires to reframe the conversation around his art, representing almost forty years of studio activity that includes works about nature, fantasy, autobiography, abstraction, social strife, identity, and a full spectrum of emotion from shame to ecstasy, showcasing Torluemke's unique artistry through his freewheeling imagination and boundless technical chops in capturing our broad collective experience of being fully aware, conscious citizens living in this place at this peculiar moment in history.
About the author: Tom Torluemke is an Indiana-based contemporary artist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, his practice spans 40+ years and includes works in painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, and installations in various mediums. Tom is known for his powerful, no-holds-barred approach to subject matter relating to socio-political, ethical, and humanistic themes. With over 150 solo and group exhibitions and 30 public art commissions throughout the Midwest, his work testifies to the relevance and scope of his ideas and his ability to present them in a meaningful context within their communities.
About the interlocutor: Jeff W. Huebner is an award-winning Chicago-based art writer, journalist, and author. He has written and co-written six books about public art and contemporary/community murals, including "Walls of Prophecy & Protest: William Walker & the Roots of a Revolutionary Public Art Movement" (Northwestern University Press, 2019), "Urban Art Chicago: A Guide to Community Murals, Mosaics, and Sculptures, with Olivia Gude" (Ivan R. Dee, 2000); and "Murals: The Great Walls of Joliet" (University of Illinois Press, 2001). Huebner is a longtime contributor to the weekly Chicago Reader specializing in long-form visual arts-related features also written for the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Chicago magazine, as well as for art publications such as Public Art Review, New Art Examiner, Sculpture, ARTnews, Art Papers; and many other publications. Huebner’s honors and awards include: 2019: Winner, Peter Lisagor Awards, Arts Reporting/Criticism, Non-Daily (Chicago Reader), Society of Professional Journalists/Chicago Headline Club; 2017: inaugural recipient, The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation VisualArts Journalism Award, Portland, Maine; 2012: recipient, Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, for an essay on Chicago artist and community-mural pioneer William Walker, New York City; 2001: First Place, art feature, Alternative Newsweekly Awards, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (Chicago Reader), for the investigative story, “Has Anyone Seen Clyde Angel?” He also received the 2005 annual Nelson Algren Committee Community Service Award, Wicker Park, Chicago.)
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5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60637
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