Alumni Featured in Action Figures!
The ManosBuckius Cooperative and other alumni are featured in ¡Action Figures!, curated by Cobalt Studio and Nicole Marroquin (MFA 2008). ¡Action Figures! opens at Cobalt Studio in Chicago on October 14.
Action figures allow us to animate the inanimate, activate the inactive and stimulate fantasies. The exhibition !Action Figures! explores the relationships between direct action, the figurative art tradition, kinetics, performance, participation, activism, intervention and play.
Saul Aguirre — Performance
Charcko & Alfredo Arcos — Video
PBR Street gang (Juan Compean/Antonio Martinez/Jose Arceo) — Sculpture
Charles Fairbanks — Video (MFA 2010)
ManosBuckius Cooperative — Videos — Melanie Manos (MFA 2008) and Sarah Buckius (MFA 2006)
Micheal Flynn — Direct action/Photo
Eric J. Garcia — Sculpture
Andres Hernandez — Video/photography
Erik Howard — Community activist work/Photography
Cara Levine & Cassie Thornton — Performance/photodocument
Naomi Martinez — Figurine and sequential art
Carrie Morris — Bedaya Macbeth Puppetry installation (MFA 2007)
Daniel Pugh- sculpture/performance
Elvia Rodriguez Ochoa — Documentation of (local) direct action
Diana Solis — Drawings Adrienne Vetter — Figurines (MFA 2009)
Build-a-Beaner Fiesta Time Exploratorium Experience (Aaron Michael Morales/Paloma Martinez-Cruz/Nuco Villanueva ) Painting/Performance
Eric Warner — photography
Wesley Wilson — Interactive game
¡Action Figures!
Opening Reception: Friday, 10/14 6 pm-10 pm
Exhibition dates: 10÷14÷11− 10/30/11
Cobalt Studio 1950 W. 21st St, Storefront
Viewing appointments Call 773.644.1163