A Eulogy for Shane Campbell Gallery
Chicago and Vicinity
I'm embarrassed to say that I only discovered Shane Campbell's gallery in 2015 --- fourteen years after he opened it in Oak Park. (which is where I live)
Ouch.
How could I have missed it ? Looking back at his list of exhibitions , he 's a bit closer to the contemporary artworld mainstream than I've ever been. He finds fashionable alienation much more attractive than I do. But still, there's quite a few I wish I'd seen.
In 2016 he opened the south side gallery shown above.
He also had a satellite apartment gallery in a Lincoln Park high-rise designed by Mies Der Rohe.
How cool was that!
Apparently, he recently realized that he wasn't having fun any more. He hasn't sold his building or shut down his website -- but he's no longer mounting any shows.
I hope that eventually he will change his mind - if he can still afford to do so.
Maybe he could downsize a bit.
He ran a very small gallery for more than a decade. Why not do it again?
As Thomas McCormick has proven -
you don't really need a big staff and a big, gorgeous space
to sell big gorgeous art.
( The links below are to my New City reviews )
Elliott Hundley
I'm embarrassed to say that I only discovered Shane Campbell's gallery in 2015 --- fourteen years after he opened it in Oak Park. (which is where I live)
Ouch.
How could I have missed it ? Looking back at his list of exhibitions , he 's a bit closer to the contemporary artworld mainstream than I've ever been. He finds fashionable alienation much more attractive than I do. But still, there's quite a few I wish I'd seen.
In 2016 he opened the south side gallery shown above.
It was a huge and gorgeous space.
He also had a satellite apartment gallery in a Lincoln Park high-rise designed by Mies Der Rohe.
How cool was that!
Apparently, he recently realized that he wasn't having fun any more. He hasn't sold his building or shut down his website -- but he's no longer mounting any shows.
I hope that eventually he will change his mind - if he can still afford to do so.
Maybe he could downsize a bit.
He ran a very small gallery for more than a decade. Why not do it again?
As Thomas McCormick has proven -
you don't really need a big staff and a big, gorgeous space
to sell big gorgeous art.
( The links below are to my New City reviews )
Elliott Hundley
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