KIRK'S APARTMENT

2013-05-09

Kirk’s Apartment is currently undergoing a change in programming.

Expect an announcement at the end of the month.

Until then go ahead and enjoy some Steven Wright, circa 1990.

See you soon.

2013-05-07

Formerly the Artist, 2013

Slideshow by Francisco Cordero-Oceguera

2013-05-04

Documentataion for Francisco Cordero-Oceguera: Formerly the Artist.
February 15th - April 26th , 2013

List of works:
Formerly the Artist (35mm slide projection)
Burying My Old Paintings In My Back Yard (12 min. video)
Diary of a Lover (Purchased, played, shrink wrapped, framed 12” record)

for more work by Francisco Cordero Oceguera please visit fffrancisco.com

2013-01-27

Announcing:
Formerly the Artist
Francisco Cordero-Oceguera at Kirk’s Apartment

In early 2012 Francisco Cordero-Oceguera stepped away from art. His studio was packed into a storage space and his work was abandoned. Over the next year he began to look at himself. He wept openly. He tried putting old habits to rest. His relationship to his work led to a new understanding, which acts as the basis for this show. This show is about Francisco; a young man, his thoughts, his feelings, and the trouble of making work. This is a show about Francisco Cordero-Oceguera, formerly the artist.

Opening Friday, February 15th, 6-10pm
(on view by appointment until 4/18/2013)

2251 W Cornelia, Apt 2, Chicago IL, 60618

2013-01-02

Mike Paro: As long as it looks good and fits the budget Documentation
Oct. 19 - Dec. 9, 2012

2012-10-15

Announcing
As long as it looks good and fits the budget : MIKE PARO at Kirk’s Apartment

Kirk Faber: So, Mike. What have you been working on lately, roughly, without giving too much away?

Mike Paro: I’ve been thinking a lot about design. I’m interested in what drives aesthetic choices—use, efficiency, function. My recent work combines the differences I observe in how art is formed and how design is formed — where we approach the two fields. Simplified, I see design as informing things from the world and art informing things from the self.

KF: I like that. I was thinking earlier today about the pieces we were talking about and the work’s relationship to furniture or home decor. Then there’s the fact that these things are going to be set up in front of the window or over the couch, etc. The work’s not being designed specifically for my apartment but it seems like materials like naugahyde or Ikea fixtures might fit the situation, or they might very well not. How do you feel about these things existing in my apartment instead of a normal, white-walled gallery?

MP: I would hope the work feels right at home. I’ve selected the work to reflect a domestic setting, and the setting does allow for a slight tinge of humor to enter the conversation, but that I am OK with. The line is blurred on where art is and where an interior designer stepped in. That line between art and life really reflects your work, and I’m really glad it worked out this way—an unintended collaboration of sorts.

KF: Well that’s an interesting comparison. I hadn’t thought about that but it totally makes sense. In that case maybe I should paint a wall to match one of your pieces or reupholster a chair in naugahyde. Or at least wear a matching tie or something. Maybe not.

MP: I’m into it.

As long as it looks good and fits the budget: Mike Paro at Kirk’s Apartment opens Friday, October 19^th at our new location (2251 N Cornelia, Apt 2) with an opening reception between 6 and 9pm.

The exhibition will be on view by appointment until November 30^th, 2012.

To make an appointment please email Kirk at kirksapartment@gmail.com.

2012-09-25

Kirk’s Apartment has moved.

Kirk’s Apartment’s new location is 2251 W Cornelia, Apt 2.

Our next show will be a solo exhibition with work by Mike Paro, opening on Friday, October 19th.

More information soon.

2012-04-09

Documentation for That thing in that old Groucho Marx movie where he’s standing in the doorway opposite the other guy standing and acting like his reflection: Benjamin Bellas and Oli Watt at Kirk’s Apartment

2012-03-31

Please join us for the closing reception of THAT THING IN THAT OLD GROUCHO MARX MOVIE WHERE HE’S STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OPPOSITE THE OTHER GUY STANDING AND ACTING LIKE HIS REFLECTION: Benjamin Bellas and Oli Watt at Kirk’s Apartment.

Reception begins at 2pm on Saturday, April 7th.

Kirk’s Apartment is located at 3710 N. Marshfield, Apt 1E

Thanks,
Kirk

FLAVORPILL REVIEW: http://flavorpill.com/chicago/events/2012/3/2/kirks-apartment-oli-watt-and-benjamin-bellas

NEWCITY REVIEW: http://art.newcity.com/2012/03/13/review-oil-watt-and-ben-bellaskirks-apartment/

2012-03-13

"That thing in that old Groucho Marx movie..." Newcity Review

2012-03-07

"That thing in that old Groucho Marx movie..." featured as an Editor's Pick on Flavorpill

2012-02-06

THAT THING IN THAT OLD GROUCHO MARX MOVIE WHERE HE’S STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OPPOSITE THE OTHER GUY STANDING AND ACTING LIKE HIS REFLECTION

opening reception Friday, March 2nd 6PM
through April 6th by appointment (kirksapartment@gmail.com)

press release:

there is a line
it is invisible yet firmly located
at its best
it is between two people
it serves to divide them, yet join them
these persons willfully obey the line
these persons form groups
groups like us, you, and I

what you always thought was your reflection
was simply your initial encounter with an idea so grand
it could not resist the gravitational force of cliche
or some sort of emulation otherwise related

do not contemplate the nature of the newly discovered space
or why or how it is where it is
don’t question how it is that the furniture became so arranged
never mind that the shards mysteriously disappear
or that the entire wall appears to buckle upon impact
or that you know not of what these sentences refer to
just willfully obey the line

the one that exists between those observing and those observed
existing aside from the problem that there is no way to discern whom is which
or perhaps because of that
the one that exists between us, you, and I

-Benjamin Bellas