Who's Your. . . Dada?

October 10, 2004|By Terry Glover.

This year's Gallery Night drew a sizable turnout and a division of locales. Between the sophisticated SuHu crowd and the twentysomethings gallery-hopping the hot new West Loop corridor at Randolph and Peoria Streets, there was plenty to be seen and heard:

If you build it: Collaborative artists Robert Davis and Michael Langlois literally constructed parts of Monique Meloche's new gallery space on Peoria, ending just in time to mount their cheeky "I Against I" show.

High art vs. high def: "Why buy a flat screen [television] when you can buy history?"-Painter Raymond Thomas on the art appreciation deficit of the Average Joe at the G. R. N'namdi Gallery.

Time warp: "I can't think of her name. She was before our time."-Two art students contemplating "Miss Liberty" from painter Nicholas Sistler's Hot and Bothered show. They were referring to pin-up girl Betty Grable, who is referenced in the piece.

Universal truths: Question: "Are we going?" Answer: "Is there wine?"-Neophyte Ben Umbreit establishing his priorities for art aficionado companion Michelle Andrade.