The third edition of EXPO Chicago, the midwest culture hub's reincarnated art fair, returned to the city this week with a strong gallery roster, healthy attendance, and what seemed to be a newly vigorous sense of purpose. A common refrain among dealers—many of whom stoically stuck through the first two editions in hopes it would catch on—was that the fair had "turned a corner," with the heartland's hoped-for collectors, curators, and students showing up in force, and sales ringing up in both the middle and high ranges. Intriguingly, a number of dealers also brought work by artists that marked turning points in their careers, either by evolving previous processes or bringing attention to oeuvres too long unheralded.
SHEREE HOVSEPIAN
Honey Trap (2014)
Monique Meloche
JULES OLITSKI
Untitled (1964)
Honor Fraser
DIANE SIMPSON
Robe (1986)
Corbett vs. Dempsey
HUGH SCOTT-DOUGLAS
From the "Economist" and "Heavy Images" series (both 2014)
Jessica Silverman Gallery
BARBARA KASTEN
Untitled (1977)
Bortolami
JUDY LEGERWOOD
Always Already (2013)
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
SCOTT REEDER
Landlord Painting (2014)
Kavi Gupta Gallery
FRANZ WEST
Trapped by Red Groats and Afterwards… (1987)
David Zwirner Gallery
ROBERT GOBER
Untitled (2007)
Matthew Marks
By Andrew M. Goldstein
