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June 13, 2007

This Side of Hope
Opening Friday, July 6 - September 30

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonya Pyatt 312.563.0977, 773.895.0637

This Side of Hope


Michael Genovese, Carlos J Ortiz, & Jon Lowenstein

July 6 - August 30, 2007

Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present the group exhibition This Side of Hope: Michael Genovese, Carlos J Ortiz, and Jon Lowenstein. This body of work exemplifies the beauty within tragedy of urban life, a visual witness to the human condition and the looming presence of hope. This collaboration testifies that cities are made of struggles and rewards, an experience that doesn't limit itself to one particular culture, race, or class; The exhibition includes photography by Carlos J Ortiz and Jon Lowenstein, and mixed media by Michael Genovese. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonya Pyatt 312.563.0977, 773.895.0637

This Side of Hope


Michael Genovese, Carlos J Ortiz, & Jon Lowenstein

July 6 - August 30, 2007

Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present the group exhibition This Side of Hope: Michael Genovese, Carlos J Ortiz, and Jon Lowenstein. This body of work exemplifies the beauty within tragedy of urban life, a visual witness to the human condition and the looming presence of hope. This collaboration testifies that cities are made of struggles and rewards, an experience that doesn't limit itself to one particular culture, race, or class; The exhibition includes photography by Carlos J Ortiz and Jon Lowenstein, and mixed media by Michael Genovese.

Opening Night Party
Friday, July 6, 7-10pm
The Architrouve
1433 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
312-563-0977

Exhibition runs until September 30th, 2007
Gallery Hours: Wed. through Fri. 10-6 & Sat. 10-3

Michael Genovese
Emerging from Chicago's inner-city, Michael's journey is colored by the vibrant diversity of culture and self discovery. He incorporates various skills and materials, learned from his visual progress, to communicate a socially conscious agenda. Michael builds bridges with his work, producing subject matter that speaks to the contemplation of art and industry, differences between cultures, and the value of process.

Carlos J Ortiz
Born in San Juan Puerto Rico and raised in Chicago. Ortiz is a photojournalist who worked on City 2000, a year long project documenting Chicago and its inhabitants. He travels to capture "Street Photography" and has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Tribune Magazine, Parade, Philidelphia Publications, and others.

Jon Lowenstein
Jon Lowenstein has been a professional photographer for more than ten years. He specializes in long-term, in-depth documentary photographic projects that question the status quo. He has completed work on his first book, which explores the lives of developmentally disabled people in Illinois and is now working on several book projects and helped publish "Our Streets" a community newspaper about the nearby South Side Chicago community that he is documenting. He has won many awards, including being recently named a 2007 World Press Photo Award, a 2007 USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism Racial Justice Fellow, and many more.

Further questions please contact The Architrouve Director, Tonya Pyatt at 312-563-0977

June 08, 2007

Michael Genovese

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Carlos J. Ortiz

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Jon Lowenstein

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Michael Genovese

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June 02, 2007

SIP and Sign

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonya Pyatt 312.563.0977, 773.895.0637

Sip & Sign
at The Architrouve
With special guest Tony Fitzpatrick

Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present a Sip & Sign event. Come meet Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick and receive a signed catalogue of his exhibition 'The City Etchings' that is currently showing at The Architrouve and sample premium single malt scotches or sip on a martini. This is an opportunity to see 'The City Etchings' exhibition a suite of 30 black and white works featuring a tuxedoed, grinning Foundry Cat, a bellowing Fishman, a harrowing Crack Girl and a stoic Chicago Sailor - the fallen angels, bunko artists and heroes that inhabit Fitzpatrick's real and imagined city. A portion of the proceeds will go to Dustin's Place at Serenity Education And Day Treatment Center in Aurora Colorado; Respite for children and adults with disabilities. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonya Pyatt 312.563.0977, 773.895.0637

Sip & Sign
at The Architrouve
With special guest Tony Fitzpatrick

Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present a Sip & Sign event. Come meet Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick and receive a signed catalogue of his exhibition 'The City Etchings' that is currently showing at The Architrouve and sample premium single malt scotches or sip on a martini. This is an opportunity to see 'The City Etchings' exhibition a suite of 30 black and white works featuring a tuxedoed, grinning Foundry Cat, a bellowing Fishman, a harrowing Crack Girl and a stoic Chicago Sailor - the fallen angels, bunko artists and heroes that inhabit Fitzpatrick's real and imagined city. A portion of the proceeds will go to Dustin's Place at Serenity Education And Day Treatment Center in Aurora Colorado; Respite for children and adults with disabilities.

Sip and Sign
Friday, June 1st, 6-9pm
The Architrouve
1433 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
312-563-0977

Tickets $20
No Reservation Required
Must Be 21 Years of Age to Consume Alcohol

Tony Fitzpatrick is an artist, actor and poet. His work can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum of American Art in Washington D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is the author of six books including three collections of art and poetry: The Hard Angels (1988), Dirty Boulevard (1998) and Bum Town (2001); a collection of etchings entitled Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby's Alphabet (2001) and two collections of drawing-collages entitled, The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 1 (2005) and The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 2, The Dream City (2006). Tony Fitzpatrick was born in Chicago in 1958 where he lives today with his wife and two children.

Images are available upon request. Please contact Architrouve Director, Tonya Pyatt, at 312-563-0977 for more information. Hours: Wed. through Fri. 10-6 pm Sat. 10-3pm

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June 01, 2007

Tony Fitzpatrick: The City Etchings 1993-2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonya Pyatt 312-563-1033

Tony Fitzpatrick: The City Etchings 1993-2003
Opening Friday, April 27, 7pm - 10pm

Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present the first public exhibition of Tony Fitzpatrick's The City Etchings 1993-2003, a suite of 30 black and white works featuring a tuxedoed, grinning Foundry Cat, a bellowing Fishman, a harrowing Crack Girl and a stoic Chicago Sailor - the fallen angels, bunko artists and heroes that inhabit Fitzpatrick's real and imagined city. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonya Pyatt 312-563-1033

Tony Fitzpatrick: The City Etchings 1993-2003
Opening Friday, April 27, 7pm - 10pm

Chicago, IL - The Architrouve is proud to present the first public exhibition of Tony Fitzpatrick's The City Etchings 1993-2003, a suite of 30 black and white works featuring a tuxedoed, grinning Foundry Cat, a bellowing Fishman, a harrowing Crack Girl and a stoic Chicago Sailor - the fallen angels, bunko artists and heroes that inhabit Fitzpatrick's real and imagined city.

Opening Night Party
Friday, April 27, 7-10pm
The Architrouve
1433 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
312-563-1033

Hot dogs by Hot Doug's
Beer by Three Floyds Brewing Company

"The best artists merge their vision with the medium best-suited to capture that vision; in capturing a haunting and timeless vision of the city he so loves in The City Etchings, Tony Fitzpatrick exemplifies this axiom. Viewing his marvelous prints in general, and here, with his City Etchings, one understands why Tony Fitzpatrick has chosen this medium to capture the Chicago he once knew, and make it real for all the rest of us. It is gritty yet lyrical. It allows extraordinary shifts of scale and perspective. Born out of intense labor, it rewards intense scrutiny.” - writes Lynne Warren.

Tony Fitzpatrick is an artist, actor and poet. His work can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum of American Art in Washington D.C., the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is the author of six books including three collections of art and poetry: The Hard Angels (1988), Dirty Boulevard (1998) and Bum Town (2001); a collection of etchings entitled Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby's Alphabet (2001) and two collections of drawing-collages entitled, The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 1 (2005) and The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 2, The Dream City (2006). Tony Fitzpatrick was born in Chicago in 1958 where he lives today with his wife and two children.

Images are available upon request. Please contact Architrouve Director, Tonya Pyatt, at 312-563-1033 for more information. Hours: Wed. through Fri. 10-6 pm Sat. 10-3 pm