really lovely, tasty, intimate night.

thanks yall

xoxo

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Megha Gupta
VISIONS FROM THE BURNED FOREST

6-9PM Friday, July 9^th

at No Coast Exhibitions & Editions

1500 W 17^th Street

No Coast Exhibitions and Editions distributes affordable multiples and holds public exhibitions and events to highlight emerging art practices in Chicago, the Midwest, and around the country. We are ending the first series of public programs at our current location with the closing of an exhibition by New York based artist Megha Gupta.

The closing will feature digestibles by WitchPilgrim, consumable works that have been crafted to highlight essential qualities of work from the exhibition.

WITCHPILGRIM is a seasonal, inspired, intuitive gastronomic experience offered by a self-described “outsider chef” living in Pilsen.

No coast will be closed Wednesday, Thursday & Friday this summer! Visit us during our regular weekend hours: Saturday Noon-7 and Sunday Noon-6

VISIONS FROM THE BURNED FOREST
New works on paper by Megha Gupta
On view June 18th - July 9th, 2010
Opening Reception Friday June 18th, 5-8pm

at No Coast Exhibitions and Editions
1500 West 17th Street

Chicago, IL 60608

The lake that we are walking to is in the shape of a heart. The heart rises up and floats in the air, it makes a void inside the mountain. The moon is like a fire that shrinks and rises into the sky.

After the fire, the structure of the forest remains, like a ruin. In the regrowth of wildflowers among the burned out trees are colors bright and alien. Purples, pinks, and yellows. Oceans that once were, rivers that have eroded the earth, and civilizations that altered lands and died: these landscapes are alien, what is left does not know itself. But structures remain, as in the mind…

Processes of obliteration and regeneration recur throughout the life of the forest. Such forces are at work in the collages of Megha Gupta. Fragments reconstituted. Mechanical and chemical operative chance, free association, creation/destruction… Gupta presents the viewer with a poetic vision unforming and reforming, like memories…

Using xerox-transfer and collage, Gupta alters and recombines imagery from her own paintings and drawings to create new works. Alongside the exhibition, Gupta is also releasing a limited edition of paper lithography prints.

Acephalous will recreate their awesome performance from No Coast’s “Heaven Is Real” at the MCA.
BEGINS PROMPTLY: 6:30 PM, Friday, May 14.

Acephalous is a group of artists whose performances incorporate dancing, acting, music, and puppetry. The closing performance is a playful poke at death and the spirit world through the tragicomic unfoldings of a live radio drama.

in conjunction with the closing for:

THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS
Works on paper and collage installation by Marvin Astorga
RECEPTION 5-7 PM, Friday, May 14, 2010