Friday, June 22, 2012

If Dogs Ruled the Art World - Canine-ized Matisse, Dali and Seurat at Churchill Park

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So, it's not exactly Roy Lichenstein's cribs on the work of the likes of Cezanne, Gris, and Frank Lloyd Wright on view at the don't-miss Art Institute retrospective, but then, it's not Dogs Playing Poker either.

At the Churchill Field Dog Park in Bucktown, painted along the side of the rail viaduct that is to become the Bloomingdale Trail, there are a series of murals in which the artists pay tribute to some of the most iconic works of Western art by depopulating the humans and replacing them with dogs.
Colleen Cothern
John Bambino
Rainbow Kitty
(if you know the artist's name, please add a comment)

I'm sure the cats would respond in kind, but - wait - there are no cat parks.  What's up with that?

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