Entorno: Grass Grows Greener on the Other SIde

Urban planning throughout Chicago’s history has been used deliberately to form the city’s current composition and character—for better and worse. Entorno: Grass Grows Greener on the Other Side, a show that opens at Polvo, an alternative art space in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, on 28 April 2006, is being mounted as a reexamination of what the city grid has come to mean. Polvo’s founders Miguel Cortez, …

Jason Benjamin

Recently voted by Australian Art Collector as one of Australia’s 50 most collectable artists (alongside Brett Whiteley no less), Jason Benjamin has been exhibiting both locally and internationally (New York, London) since 1989. His artworks are evocative and vibrant, feeding off the unique colour palette of the vast Australian landscape. Kevin Spacey owns two of them. But they’re not for those on a budget—he was …

Alison Jackson

Like Garry Winogrand crossed with Jeff Wall, Alison Jackson creates jarring pseudo-documentary photos. Instead of stills cinematically staging the serenity of a night janitor mopping or a chaotic car crash, Jackson stages serene chaos with counterfeit celebrities caught in private moments. In one piece, look-alikes of David Beckham and Prime Minister Tony Blair talk poolside. Blair stands in a Speedo, Beckham is wrapped in a …