Pawn Works and Maxwell Colette Gallery have joined forces to bring inter­na­tion­ally lauded con­tem­po­rary artists to Chicago, who are known for their involve­ment in the Street Art move­ment. The first of these joint ven­tures, GAIA: Resplen­dent Sem­blance, launches this month with a series of projects show­cas­ing the artist Gaia. The events will include a show of new, large scale paint­ings and decol­lage on wood art works at Maxwell Colette Gallery, a site spe­cific instal­la­tion and show fea­tur­ing addi­tional pieces at the Pawn Works space and a mas­sive win­dow instal­la­tion at State Street and Adams pre­sented in con­junc­tion with The Chicago Loop Alliance’s Pop Up Art Loop initiative.

Gaia’s art is best known for his large scale ren­der­ings of human and ani­mal forms, often in states of hybridiza­tion. Ani­mals fuse with humans or other ani­mals, blend­ing visual char­ac­ter­is­tics and lay­ers of spir­i­tual and mytho­log­i­cal rel­e­vance. Reclaim­ing a long dor­mant visual iconog­ra­phy, Gaia’s images tran­scend cul­tural lit­er­acy, achiev­ing sig­nif­i­cance on mul­ti­ple lev­els. As con­tem­po­rary urban cul­ture deem­pha­sizes nature, Gaia invades the city of glass, steel and con­crete with a breath­tak­ing reminder of earth and life. Func­tion­ing as a con­tem­po­rary visual shaman, he facil­i­tates uniquely urban inter­ac­tions with post­mod­ern spirit guides who in turn force us to acknowl­edge our lost con­nec­tion with the nat­ural and the mys­ti­cal worlds.

Pawn Works and Maxwell Colette Gallery will co-​host an open­ing recep­tion for GAIA:Resplendent Sem­blance at Maxwell Colette Gallery on Fri­day, March 25^th from 6 — 9 pm. The artist will be in attendance.

Maxwell Colette Gallery and Pawn Works Present
GAIA: Resplen­dent Sem­blance
March 25^th — May 7, 2011
Open­ing Recep­tion: Fri­day, March 25^th 2011 /​6 — 9pm

Tags: Art movement, contemporary, Gaia, Maxwell Colette Gallery, Pawn Works

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